Press Releases

The presented list of press releases in English is only a selection of our German press texts. For the time being, these translated press releases focus primarily on science and research at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

28.02.2019: Arms race between ant societies: Gene activity in defenders depends on invading slavemaking ants

Defenders' behavior and brain gene activity reflects origin of attacking slavemakers   ...

28.02.2019: Ugur Sahin receives German Cancer Award 2019

Prestigious award for Mainz cancer scientist   ...

22.02.2019: Honeybees' waggle dance no longer useful in some cultivated landscapes

Social communication in bee colonies: Bees learn to evaluate the importance of information shared by waggle dances   ...

20.02.2019: New therapeutic approach to combat African sleeping sickness

Small inhibitor molecule inhibits parasitic enzyme / Novel concept could also be employed in the future rational design of drugs for the treatment of other diseases  ...

12.02.2019: New RMU project in the field of artificial intelligence and deep learning

Rhine-Main Universities Initiative Funding for Research supports the innovative DeCoDeML network of the universities of Mainz, Darmstadt, and Frankfurt   ...

05.02.2019: World’s largest study confirms treatment success in minimally invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

Despite rapidly increasing intervention rates, the complication rate remains consistently low  ...

29.01.2019: Dietary nanoparticulates impact gut microbiome

Mainz University Medical Center uncovers new insights into the effects of food nanoparticles on the intestinal flora   ...

28.01.2019: ERC Consolidator Grant for Pol Besenius for his development of synthetic vaccines

SUPRAVACC project is based on a modular concept using individual molecular building blocks for the preparation of fully synthetic vaccines   ...

15.01.2019: Welfare state reform: Economist Klaus Wälde launches discussion on compulsory kindergarten attendance

Poverty should be tackled over the short term by the introduction of new control instruments and, in the longer term, through early childhood education  ...

11.01.2019: Plant phytolith and water content influence rate of tooth enamel abrasion in vertebrates

Scientists can reconstruct the feeding behavior and habitats of extinct vertebrates   ...

10.01.2019: New therapeutic concept controls pathogenic T cells relevant in multiple sclerosis

Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center have discovered the potential of a typhoid vaccine for treatment of the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS)  ...

10.01.2019: Mustapha Laatiaoui receives ERC Consolidator Grant for superheavy element research

EU grant worth EUR 2 million for the development of a new approach in optical spectroscopy   ...

28.12.2018: ERC Consolidator Grant for Martin Kaltenpoth for his research focusing on the relationship between beetles and symbiotic bacteria

SYMBeetle project to investigate symbiont-assisted cuticle biosynthesis as a crucial mechanism that may have contributed to the evolutionary success of beetles   ...

17.12.2018: The influence of probiotics on the intestinal flora of premature infants

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research to promote a clinical study headed by the Mainz University Medical Center regarding the efficacy of probiotics for premature infants  ...

11.12.2018: New approach towards an improved treatment of anxiety disorders

Mainz-based scientists publish recent findings on resilience research  ...

11.12.2018: How glial cells develop in the brain from neural precursor cells

Mainz University Medical Center publishes new findings that contribute to our understanding of neurodegenerative disorders   ...

05.12.2018: New research on African languages and migration in the Rhine-Main region

Project funding via the RMU Initiative Funding for Research / Study participants sought-after   ...

30.11.2018: German Research Foundation approves collaborative research center to investigate DNA repair and genome stability

Interdisciplinary research alliance to identify cellular mechanisms involved in protecting and repairing genes   ...

29.11.2018: How skin cancer cells sidestep the immune system

Mainz-based immunologists report on a new mechanism of immune evasion in Nature Immunology  ...

14.11.2018: Earth’s magnetic field measured using artificial stars at 90 kilometers altitude

An international collaboration uses laser-generated stars to determine the Earth's magnetic field in the sodium layer of the atmosphere   ...