A new collaborative research centre is being launched in Würzburg. It investigates critical decision processes that determine the outcome of human infection.
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Hollow spheres made of MYC proteins open new doors in cancer research. Würzburg scientists have discovered them and report about this breakthrough in the journal "Nature".
moreA difficult key factor
10/19/2022
At the beginning of the corona pandemic, the R0 value was an essential criterion for estimating the further development. A study by the University of Würzburg now shows that it was often not really accurately determined.
moreCommander in the cell's production room
10/14/2022
How do cells manage to quickly adapt their growth to changing environmental conditions? A new study by a research team from Würzburg provides an answer to this question.
moreExtreme Salt Stress Triggers Leaf Movement
10/06/2022
Plant leaves can cope with much higher salt concentrations than roots. The underlying mechanism may help to develop more salt-tolerant crops.
moreHow many ants are there?
09/19/2022
Have you ever asked yourself this question? A team led by Würzburg biologists Dr. Patrick Schultheiss and Dr. Sabine Nooten now has the answer. In addition to the number, the distribution was also determined.
moreThe medicine of ants
09/15/2022
Biologist Dr. Erik Frank is researching how an African ant species treats its wounded. To continue his work, the German Research Foundation (DFG) has now granted him an Emmy Noether group.
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In the cultivation of organic cacao, many factors determine the yield. An international research team has now identified important players and their combined effects.
moreNew agents to combat a dangerous pathogen
08/01/2022
Poxviruses pose a threat to humanity that should be taken seriously, as the current outbreak of monkeypox shows. A research team from the University of Würzburg is now working on the development of new drugs.
moreShaping up the Genome for Cell Division
06/03/2022
Researchers from Heidelberg and Würzburg have uncovered the inner workings of the molecular machinery that shapes chromosomes during cell division.
moreGreat progress thanks to mini organs
05/13/2022
Life-like organ replicas - so-called 3D organoids - are a good way to research disease processes. A team from the University of Würzburg has now presented a kind of blueprint for such a model of the cervix.
moreWhat Grasshoppers Feed On
05/12/2022
Little is known about the food webs of herbivorous insects. A team from the Würzburg Biocenter is investigating, in Lower Franconia as well as in the Berchtesgaden Alps.
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PHD defense Martin von Rüden; Faculty for Biology
"The Venus flytrap – Role of oxylipins in trap performance of Dionaea muscipula"
04/27/2022, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM![[Translate to Englisch:] Logo Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/c/csm_logo-biocenter-480-205_8920736dd4.png "[Translate to Englisch:] Logo Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg"){kind=logo}
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 4 (Botanischer Garten) |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Martin von Rüden, M. Sc. |
PHD defense Ivan Petrov; Faculty for Biology
"Combinational therapy of tumors in syngeneic mouse tumor models with oncolytic Vaccinia virus strains expressing IL-2 and INF-g. Human adipose tissue-derived stem cell mediated delivery of oncolytic Vaccinia virus"
04/19/2022, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Hubland Süd, B1 (Biozentrum) |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Ivan Petrov, Dipl. Bio. |
PHD defense Jing Yu-Strzelczyk; Faculty for Biology
"Generation and Characterization of novel proteins for light-activated hyperpolarization of cell membranes"
04/08/2022, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Hörsaal A102, B1 (Biozentrum), Hubland Süd |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Jing Yu-Strzelczyk, M.Sc. |
PHD defense Corinna Frank; Faculty for Biology
"Analysis of the molecular mechanisms of tissue-specific facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)"
03/30/2022, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Hörsaal A102, B1 (Biozentrum), Hubland Süd |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Corinna Frank, M.Sc. |
PHD defense Rose Sagwe; Faculty for Biology
"Pollinator diversity, pollination deficits, and pollination efficiency in avocado (Persea americana) production across different landscapes in Murang's county, Kenya"
03/15/2022, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Rose Sagwe, M.Sc. |
PHD defense Julia Doll; Faculty for Biology
"Identification and characterization of novel hearing-loss associated genes and variants by Exome sequencing"
02/17/2022, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Hörsaal A102, B1 (Biozentrum), Hubland Süd |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Julia Doll, M.Sc. |
PHD defense Julius Vincent Lasway; Faculty for Biology
"Impact of human land use on bee diversity and plan-pollinator interactions in Tanzania savannah ecosystems"
02/16/2022, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Hörsaal A102, B1 (Biozentrum), Hubland Süd |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Julius Vincent Lasway, M. in Applied Ecology |
PHD defense Jinping Lu; Faculty for Biology
"The vacuolar TPC1 channel and its luminal calcium sensing site in the luminal pore entrance"
02/16/2022, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Seminarpavillon des Julius-von-Sachs-Instituts |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Jinping Lu, M.Sc. |
Habilitation presentation PhD Cindrilla Chumduri; Faculty for Biology
“Interactions and impact of carcinogenic bacteria and viral pathogens with the distinct cervical epithelial niches"
02/02/2022, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Hörsaal A102, B1 (Biozentrum), Hubland Süd |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Cindrilla Chumduri, PhD |
PHD defense Dominic Helmerich; Faculty for Biology
“Impact of photophysics and photochemistry of cyanine dyes on localization microscopy"
01/28/2022, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Hörsaal A102, B1 (Biozentrum), Hubland Süd |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Dominic Helmerich, M. Sc. |
PHD defense Stefanie Strack; Faculty for Biology
“Role of the Polycomb Factors PCGF6 and E2F6 in undifferentiated and differentiating embryonic stem cells of mice"
12/21/2021, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Stefanie Strack, M. Sc. |
PHD defense Kunkun Li; Faculty for Biology
“Dissecting the interconnection of Ca2+ and pH signaling in plants with a novel biosensor for dual imaging"
12/17/2021, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 4 (Botanischer Garten) |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Kunkun Li, M. Agriculture |
PHD defense Pamela Ferretti; Faculty for Biology
“Clostridioides difficile beyond the disease-centred perspective: Beneficial properties in healthy infants and over-diagnosis in diseased adults identified by species- and SNV-based metagenomic analysis"
12/15/2021, 9:15 AM - 12/10/2021, 1:15 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Hörsaal A102, B1 (Biozentrum), Hubland Süd |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Pamela Ferretti, Master in Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology |
Appointment procedure for W3-Professorship or W2-Professorship with tenure track to W3-Professorship in ‘Bioinformatics ’; Faculty of Biology
12/14/2021, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
Appointment procedure for W3-Professorship or W2-Professorship with tenure track to W3-Professorship in ‘Bioinformatics ’; Faculty of Biology (Kopie 1)
12/13/2021, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
