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.

28.04.2017: Symbiotic bacteria: from hitchhiker to beetle bodyguard

Bacterial symbionts transition between plant pathogenicity and insect defensive mutualism   ...

25.04.2017: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz to coordinate new DFG Priority Program in photochemistry

Priority Program "Light-controlled reactivity of metal complexes" paves the way for the development of new high-performance materials  ...

11.04.2017: Stalagmites store paleoclimate data

Stalagmites from caves provide evidence of changes in the effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on weather systems in Central Europe and Morocco  ...

31.03.2017: Stefan Müller-Stach to assume the office of Vice President for Research and Early Career Academics at Mainz University

Stefan Müller-Stach will succeed Wolfgang Hofmeister on April 1, 2017   ...

23.03.2017: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz nominated for the Genius Loci Award for Excellence in Teaching

Stifterverband will award a prize for excellence in university teaching in 2017 for the first time  ...

16.03.2017: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz achieves very good results in the 2016 International Student Barometer

International students are highly satisfied with their time at JGU and the university’s welcoming culture  ...

15.03.2017: Multiple sclerosis research identifies receptor that facilitates influx of T cells into the brain

Researchers at the Mainz University Medical Center have discovered a mechanism that makes it easier for T cells to damage the brain  ...

08.03.2017: Philosophy and Predictive Processing: online open access collection of publications on the mind, brain, and consciousness

MIND Group continues its pioneering work in the autonomous publication of academic articles  ...

07.03.2017: A backup copy in the central brain: How fruit flies form orientation memory

Gaseous neurotransmitters play an important role in the short-term orientation memory of Drosophila / Scientists decode biochemical processes   ...

06.03.2017: The influence of stimulants on performance when playing chess

Trial undertaken by the Mainz University Medical Center investigates cognitive enhancement in chess players  ...

28.02.2017: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz accredited in the Stifterverband Diversity Audit

Mainz University successfully completed the Shaping Diversity audit / Focus on diversity-oriented learning and teaching   ...

23.02.2017: Stingless bees have their nests protected by soldiers

Attacks by robber bees result in the evolution of larger guard bees and thus promote the division of labor in the hive   ...

20.02.2017: Breakthrough in noise research

New study of Cardiology of Mainz University Medical Center identifies mechanisms responsible for vessel damage resulting from aircraft noise   ...

20.02.2017: Augsburg Master Builders' Ledgers now available online

Research Unit Historical Cultural Studies publishes digital edition of the Augsburg Master Builders' Ledgers   ...

13.02.2017: Brian Luke receives Heisenberg Professorship

Adjunct Director at the Institute of Molecular Biology will continue to investigate the structure and function of telomeres ...

09.02.2017: Synapses compete for neuronal building blocks

Equilibrium between inhibitory and excitatory synaptic activity plays an important role in structural homeostasis   ...

02.02.2017: Experiment involving ultracold rubidium lifts off with research rocket

Physicists create basis for accurately testing Einstein's equivalence principle / Bose-Einstein condensate generated in space for the first time   ...

27.01.2017: Structure, Symmetry, and Stability of Matter and Antimatter research building inaugurated

New building on the Gutenberg Campus officially opened for business ...

23.01.2017: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz to collaborate with US research center Fermilab near Chicago

Collaboration agreement signed / Expansion of the university's international research network   ...

19.01.2017: Magnetic moment of a single antiproton determined with greatest precision ever

Physicists publish most accurate measurement of a fundamental property of the antiproton to date / Contribution to the matter-antimatter debate   ...