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.

21.01.2015: "Open MIND" open access collection of original research publications on the mind, brain, and consciousness freely available online

MIND Group pioneers in autonomous publication of academic texts / 92 authors and commentators have contributed to the "Open MIND" collection ...

16.01.2015: Mainz University presents first JGU Leadership Team Awards

Excellent teams implement the university's management guidelines providing for efficient leadership as well as constructive and successful teamwork ...

15.01.2015: Alfred Hornung appointed member of the Academia Europaea

American Studies scholar from Mainz University joins London-based Academy of Humanities, Letters and Sciences ...

07.01.2015: Rosetta mission with an alpha particle x-ray spectrometer constructed in Mainz is named Physics World 2014 Breakthrough of the Year

Mainz scientists participating in both the Rosetta mission and the Borexino experiment nominated as top-10 breakthroughs of the year ...

19.12.2014: Joachim Kopp receives ERC Starting Grant for research in particle and astroparticle physics

Award worth EUR 800,000 designed to promote research into new approaches in theoretical neutrino physics ...

17.12.2014: Angela Möller accepts endowed professorship on "Oxidic Materials"

Materials research in Mainz to be expanded even further / Carl Zeiss Foundation supports professorship ...

15.12.2014: Günter Meyer receives Jere L. Bacharach Service Award for his outstanding work for international Middle Eastern Studies

Highest accolade of Middle Eastern scholarship goes to Mainz-based geographer ...

12.12.2014: Neurons listen to glia cells

Research collaboration uncovers a novel mechanism of altered information processing between neurons / Major relevance for learning and processing of sensory input ...

09.12.2014: Researchers from Mainz and Würzburg propose better substances for treating the dengue virus

Potential new active substance has an effect even in very low concentrations ...

08.12.2014: Researchers at Mainz University explore new approach for treating Alzheimer’s disease

Psoriasis medication may be effective in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease ...

08.12.2014: Graduate School of Excellence "Materials Science in Mainz" awards Visiting Professorships 2014

Stephan Link of Rice University and Andrei Slavin of Oakland University appointed as MAINZ Visiting Professors ...

05.12.2014: Katja Heinze receives research award for intelligent food packaging with freshness indicator

Chemistry professor from Mainz University developed in a collaborative research project a novel foil packaging material that displays information on food freshness by means of color changes ...

05.12.2014: Leonie Mück and Christoph Schüll receive MAINZ Award for excellent doctoral theses in the field of materials science

Graduate School of Excellence "Materials Science in Mainz" rewards outstanding dissertations ...

04.12.2014: Natural substance in red wine has an anti-inflammatory effect in cardiovascular diseases

Resveratrol binds with the KSRP regulator protein and provides for its activation ...

04.12.2014: Goethe Institute awards German-Arabic Translation Prize to Samir Grees and Mahmoud Hassanein

Germersheim graduates receive prizes in the Established Translator and Young Translator categories ...

03.12.2014: Egyptologist of Mainz University receives approval for long-term project through the 2015 German Academies' Program to study ancient Egyptian cursive scripts

Inventory of hieratic and cursive hieroglyphic characters will be systematically and digitally recorded for the first time to be jointly funded by the federal and state governments ...

03.12.2014: Mainz-based anthropologist receives Melville J. Herskovits Award for publication on land tenure and the politics of belonging in northern Ghana and Burkina Faso

Carola Lentz is the first German academic to win the most prestigious international African Studies book prize ...

02.12.2014: Geosciences and Physics at Mainz University score highly in the Best Global Universities rankings

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is among the best 100 universities in the world in the disciplines of Geosciences and Physics / Rank second and sixth in national comparison ...

27.11.2014: Opening of the new School of Seeing building as a showcase for university collections and other humanities projects

Friends of Mainz University invested EUR 300,000 in the establishment of a multi-functional pavilion facility ...

25.11.2014: Krishnaraj Rajalingam selected to be a fellow of the Gutenberg Research College

Eminent molecular cell biologist will establish a research team at the Research Center for Immunotherapy of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ...