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.

10.07.2012: Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center gain new insights into Taspase1 function

Exploiting "molecular glues" to target disease relevant proteolytic enzymes ...

09.07.2012: Climate in northern Europe reconstructed for the past 2,000 years: Cooling trend calculated precisely for the first time

Calculations prepared by Mainz scientists will also influence the way current climate change is perceived / Publication of results in Nature Climate Change ...

02.07.2012: Inspired by nature: Paints and coatings containing bactericidal agent nanoparticles combat marine fouling

Vanadium pentoxide nanoparticles mimic natural enzymes and inhibit surface build-up of algae and bacteria ...

27.06.2012: The origins of human settlement: Mainz University coordinates a new EU project for young researchers

Junior researcher Zuzana Fajkošová passes international selection procedure and begins her doctorate in the Palaeogenetics Group at the JGU Institute of Anthropology ...

22.06.2012: The blue blood of the emperor scorpion x-rayed

Biologists from Mainz University are the first to successfully crystallize the hemocyanin of the emperor scorpion to shed new light on the structure and active site of the giant oxygen transport protein ...

20.06.2012: Ambulatory monitoring: Patients become monitors of their own health

Ambulatory monitoring will become more and more part of patients' and doctors' everyday lives / Special issue of Psychosomatic Medicine ...

15.06.2012: Mainz University successful in the German Excellence Initiative: Cluster of Excellence and Graduate School approved

International committee of experts votes to approve JGU Cluster of Excellence and Graduate School / EUR 50 million for top-flight research at Mainz University ...

13.06.2012: Seal of quality for an excellent standard of research: JGU is on track for success in attracting research funding

External funding of JGU research activities has increased by 42 percent to EUR 96 million since 2007 / Positive trend continues in 2012 ...

12.06.2012: Mainz University Medical Center to set up a new collaborative research center focusing on multiple sclerosis research

New CRC/Transregio under the direction of the Mainz University Medical Center will receive EUR 13,3 million over the next four years ...

11.06.2012: Mainz geoscientist Dorrit Jacob has been awarded Heisenberg Professorship by the German Research Foundation

New chair for carbon geomaterials will focus on diamonds and biominerals ...

06.06.2012: Applied nanobiomedicine: Exploiting nanoparticles to hunt for hidden cancer cells

Launch of the interdisciplinary joint project "MRCyte" ...

04.06.2012: Two new high-performance computers make Rhineland-Palatinate a leader in scientific computing

Super-fast computing capacity will support and strengthen top-flight research in Mainz and Kaiserslautern ...

29.05.2012: Leading RNA biologist René Ketting joins Institute of Molecular Biology as Scientific Director

Molecular biologist will introduce C. elegans and zebrafish as model systems to study mechanisms controlling development and disease ...

22.05.2012: Gutenberg Research College welcomes new fellows and bestows the Gutenberg Research Award

Award given to the internationally renowned linguist and cognitive science specialist Leonard Talmy ...

22.05.2012: Gutenberg Research Award for American Linguist Leonard Talmy

Innovative pioneer of modern linguistics and 'founding father' of Cognitive Linguistics honored in Mainz ...

21.05.2012: Mainz linguists publish the first modern introduction to onomastics for both experts and the broader public

Names are omnipresent, yet little-studied ...

18.05.2012: Enroute to a quantum computer

Volkswagen Foundation gives EUR 550,000 support to material sciences project being conducted under the aegis of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ...

27.04.2012: American Studies Network Book Prize for "Ground Zero Fiction" by Birgit Däwes

Junior Professor of American Studies receives award from the American Studies Network ...

27.04.2012: Günter Meyer re-elected as President of the European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES)

Professor of Economic and Social Geography at Mainz University reconfirmed as head of the umbrella organization of European research on the Middle East ...

26.04.2012: Mainz University Medical Center attracts funding of an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

Highly endowed international award for the promotion of research in Germany conferred on blood coagulation researcher Wolfram Ruf ...