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.

05.05.2015: Gutenberg Research College welcomes new members and bestows the 2015 Gutenberg Research Award

Focus on supporting and creating a network of excellent researchers ...

05.05.2015: Gutenberg Research Award 2015 goes to polymer chemist Kazunori Kataoka and theologian Kwok Pui Lan

Gutenberg Research College of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz honors internationally renowned researchers ...

27.04.2015: Jens Marquardt receives Lichtenberg Professorship for molecular hepatocarcinogenesis

Volkswagen Foundation provides EUR 1.3 million funding for liver cancer research ...

22.04.2015: Mainz University opens Spin Phenomena Interdisciplinary Center to accelerate spin research

New research center SPICE will bring together researchers from different disciplines to study spin-related phenomena ...

09.04.2015: First ionization energy of lawrencium determined

Measurements confirm position of lawrencium as final member of the actinide series and corroborate architecture of the periodic table ...

07.04.2015: No evidence that low-frequency magnetic fields accelerate development of Alzheimer’s disease and ALS

Research study by the Mainz University Medical Center investigates the influence of low-frequency magnetic fields on neurodegenerative diseases ...

01.04.2015: Vassilis Roukos joins Institute of Molecular Biology in Mainz to study cellular mechanisms maintaining genome integrity

Expert will use novel high-throughput imaging tools to explore the roles of chromatin organization in genome stability and maintenance ...

31.03.2015: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz establishes new postgraduate research groups in the humanities and social sciences

Gutenberg Council for Young Researchers to fund six mini-graduate schools for two years to the tune of some EUR 500,000 ...

16.03.2015: Condensed matter physicist Mathias Kläui awarded ERC Proof of Concept Grant to develop innovative magnetic sensors for applications involving thousands of revolutions

EU support to bridge gap between theoretical research and commercial applications ...

11.03.2015: Meta-study shows that the experience of time is altered in depression

Psychologists at Mainz University have documented the differences in the way that depressed individuals subjectively assess the flow of time and evaluate the duration of specific time intervals ...

13.02.2015: American Physical Society places three Mainz-related research projects among "Top Ten Physics News Stories in 2014"

Rosetta mission, discovery of cosmic neutrinos, and detection of element 117 listed among the ten most exciting research achievements in 2014 ...

12.02.2015: German and Israeli scientists initiate research program at the interface of solid state physics and quantum physics

Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler and Ron Folman receive EUR 1.6 million in research funding as part of the German-Israeli Project Cooperation ...

11.02.2015: Mainz researchers identify novel factor involved in autophagy

Insight may enable innovative approach for new concepts in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases ...

09.02.2015: Scientists at the Research Center for Immunotherapy at Mainz University identify a new population of regulatory T-cells

Discovery improves understanding of the cause of allergic asthma and may serve as an early diagnostic marker ...

05.02.2015: Novel form of experience-dependent plasticity in the adult brain discovered

Scientists reveal unprecedented degree of connectivity reorganization in newly-generated hippocampal neurons in response to experience ...

04.02.2015: New research center TRANSSOS focuses on transnational social support

Research Center for Transnational Social Support creates sustainable structures for research into social support across national borders ...

03.02.2015: Physicists observe motion of tiny magnetic whirls

Skyrmions are candidates for future data storage and information processing ...

28.01.2015: Particle physicists from Mainz University participate in JUNO neutrino experiment

Project designed to undertake precise measurement of neutrino oscillation should provide insight into neutrino mass hierarchy ...

27.01.2015: Mainz researchers develop new theoretical framework for future studies of resilience

New approach focuses on the appraisal of stressful or threatening situations by the brain ...

22.01.2015: Fruit fly motoneuron dendrites are not essential for basic functions

Dendrite architecture determines fine control of motor abilities ...