On July 26, 2023, Katalin Karikó was awarded the Theodor Boveri Prize by the Würzburg Physical-Medical Society. Those who could not experience her inspiring lecture in person at the Biocenter can watch the recording here.
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How can the cultivation of cacao be improved by using the right pollination technique? This has now been investigated by a research team including Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter's Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology.
moreHow internal clocks control fat metabolism
09/11/2023
In the fruit fly Drosophila, circadian clocks also control fat metabolism. This is shown in a new study by a research team at the University of Würzburg. The findings could also be relevant for humans.
moreDNA Chips as Storage Media of the Future
08/24/2023
In the form of DNA, nature shows how data can be stored in a space-saving and long-term manner. Würzburg's chair of bioinformatics is developing DNA chips for computer technology.
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The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It reacts to rapid temperature jumps, as Würzburg researchers have discovered.
moreThe woman behind the vaccine breakthrough
07/11/2023
With her research, biochemist Katalin Karikó has laid the foundation for the development of RNA vaccines against the coronavirus. Now she is coming to the University of Würzburg to give a public lecture.
moreWith head and leg to the beautiful cut
07/07/2023
How do leafcutter ants measure the size of the leaf pieces they cut off? A study by the University of Würzburg now provides answers.
moreJust follow your nose!
07/05/2023
How do solitary bees and wasps recognize their homes? Biologists Dr. Sylvie Vandenabeele and Professor Thomas Schmitt investigated this question. They were able to demonstrate the importance of olfactory markers.
moreSuccess for Cancer Researcher
06/07/2023
Great recognition for translational cancer researcher Dr. Markus Diefenbacher: He was nominated as Associated Editor of the journal Oncogene.
moreBetter vision through movement
06/07/2023
When bumblebees move, their vision improves. Scientists at the University of Würzburg have now been able to prove this.
moreDeficiency causes appetite for meat
05/16/2023
Under certain circumstances, a rare tropical plant develops into a carnivore. A research team from the universities of Hannover and Würzburg has now deciphered the mechanism responsible for this.
moreMonitoring Forests More Closely
05/08/2023
Increasing heat and drought are changing forests faster than expected. Researchers at the University of Würzburg want to keep a better eye on these dynamics. They have raised 1.2 million euros for their project.
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PHD defense Julius Vincent Lasway; Faculty for Biology
"Impact of human land use on bee diversity and plan-pollinator interactions in Tanzania savannah ecosystems"
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| 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 |
PHD defense Patrick Eiring; Faculty for Biology
“Super-resolution microscopy of plasma membrane receptors"
12/10/2021, 12:15 PM - 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: | Patrick Eiring, M. Sc. |
PHD defense Mingyu Ye; Faculty for Biology
“ Immunotherapy with Vaccinia virus co-expressing tumor-associated antigens and mouse IL-2 cytokine in mice with mammary cancer"
12/08/2021, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Hörsaal A102, B1 (Biozentrum), Hubland Süd |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Mingyu Ye, M. Sc. |
PHD defense Anna Vyalkova; Faculty for Biology
“Testing efficacy of approved Smallpox Vaccines in Human and Canine Cancer Therapy: Adipose - tissue derived stem cells (ADSC) take up VACV and serve as a protective vehicle for virus delivery to tumors"
12/08/2021, 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: | Anna Vyalkova, Dipl. Biol. |
PHD defense Alexander Kuhlemann; Faculty for Biology
“Bioorthogonal labeling of neuronal proteins using super-resolution fluorescence microscopy"
11/26/2021, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
| Category: | Fakultät für Biologie, Kalender-JMU, Kolloquium, Promotionskolloquium |
| Location: | Hörsaal A102, B1 (Biozentrum), Hubland Süd |
| Organizer: | Fakultät für Biologie, via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Alexander Kuhlemann, M. Sc. |
PHD defense Kirstin Kucka; Faculty for Biology
“Characterization of a novel tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor 2 (TNFR2) agonist: the heteromeric, membrane bound ligand lymphotoxin-a2ß""
11/26/2021, 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: | Kirstin Kucka, M. Sc. |
Appointment procedure for Professorship (W2) for ‘Theoretical Evolutionary Biology’ ’; Faculty of Biology
11/24/2021, 9:00 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 |
