Press Releases

Scientists in Mainz and Berlin use chromium for efficient green-to-blue photon upconversion ...

Hanna Kokko of the University of Zurich will receive the highest endowed German research prize to become founding director of an institute for computer-aided biosciences at Mainz University ...
Leading international pharmaceutical scientist from Uppsala University will collaborate with his JGU host Peter Langguth to reduce side effects of chemotherapy ...

Researchers of Mainz University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin receive the 2022 Schmidt-Hunter Meta-Analysis Award for a publication in Psychological Bulletin ...

New study published in the journal Cell ...

Future process aims at preserving the advantages of PEGylation for the use in nanomedicine while avoiding recognition of the new PEG structures by the immune system ...

New Microbiology and Neuroscience programs to be launched in the 2022/2023 winter semester in addition to the existing Master's program in Molecular Biotechnology ...

JGU to bestow its most prestigious research award on quantum physicist Rainer Blatt of the University of Innsbruck ...

A pure quantum effect as the key to a better understanding of the subatomic world / New research program in Mainz bundles a wide range of expertise ...

Direction-selective neuron subtypes detect complex motion patterns and not uniform directions of motion ...

EU funding for work on the adaptive properties of visual systems of insects ...

Vertical wind tunnel at Mainz University supplies important data to facilitate the prediction of heavy rain, hail, and graupel precipitation ...

A representative survey of 500 ultra-Orthodox Israeli adults during the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the role that digital media can play in promoting safer behavior by increasing compliance with government health regulations ...

Tree ring analyses reveal growth declines over recent decades / Researchers expect further, even drastic declines, especially in southern Europe ...
Work in times of Brexit: New survey on the relationship between macropolitical events and personal wellbeing ...
Researchers will examine decisions made by algorithms with regard to transparency and fairness as well as data protection and the efficient use of resources ...

Most prestigious research award of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz goes to Dutch archaeologist ...

New proteomics method identifies proteins binding to R-loops and decodes the role of the DDX41 protein in opposing double-strand breaks in the cells' DNA ...
Funding from the European Union's Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees program to serve to award scholarships for students 3 February 2022 The European joint degree program "Transnational German Studies" – a collaboration of the universities of Porto, Luxembourg, Mainz, and Palermo – will be funded over the next five years with roughly EUR 4 million from the European Union's Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees program. This financial backing will be used primarily for student scholarships. "Being supported by the EU underlines the importance and quality of our integrated Master's degree program – especially in view of the fact that currently only a few programs in the humanities are funded at all, and only three of those focus on literature and culture," emphasized Professor Stephan Jolie, Vice President for Learning and Teaching at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and co-initiator and director of the joint degree program. "Our Master's degree program ...

BECCAL will allow experiments to be conducted on board the ISS using ultracold atoms for fundamental research and for the development of quantum sensors of the future ...