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.

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 Award for American Linguist Leonard Talmy

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

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 ...

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: 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

23.04.2012: Shakespeare Illustration Archive Oppel-Hammerschmidt at the Mainz University Library goes online

Users worldwide now have full digital access to thousands of Shakespearean illustrations ...

16.04.2012: Mainz University promotes easier access to research results

Free online access to scientific data as prerequisite for a virtual research environment ...

12.04.2012: Third volume of the German Surname Atlas published

Merkel, Eberlein, Bäuerle: On the formation of surnames ...

04.04.2012: End of the magic: Shell model for beryllium isotopes invalidated

Atomic nuclei in laser light: Nuclear physicists investigate magic shells / Publication in Physical Review Letters ...

03.04.2012: Malte Persike of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz awarded the Ars legendi Prize 2012 for Excellence in University Teaching in the field of social sciences

Commended by the Donors' Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany and the German Rector's Conference for innovative and student-oriented teaching concepts ...

29.03.2012: All domestic cattle descend from a small herd of aurochs in the Near East

Anthropologists from Mainz University together with French and English colleagues have calculated the size of the first domesticated cattle herd ...