News 2008

24.06.2008: Shells – a unique climate archive on the ocean floor

Mollusk shells document the climate of the past and climate changes attributable to humans ...

12.06.2008: Mainz University involved in new DFG Transregional Collaborative Research Center in the field of immune responses

Laboratories in Würzburg, Berlin and Mainz are investigating the genetic regulation of specialized T cells ...

04.06.2008: Myelin accelerates stimuli: Shedding light on the mechanisms of myelin formation in the central nervous system

Investigations conducted by the Department of Molecular Cell Biology published in the Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Cell Biology ...

03.06.2008: Even fruit flies have an orientation memory: Recall tested in a virtual space

Scientists from Mainz University have demonstrated that Drosophila has an orientation memory / Publication in Nature ...

30.05.2008: Sedentary, but highly mobile: In Germany every second person of working age has experience with occupational mobility

Sociologists of Mainz University are coordinating a Europe-wide study on the prevalence, diversity, and consequence of occupational mobilty ...

22.04.2008: Day of Teaching 2008: Authoring tool project for developing a web-based virtual physics laboratory wins state prize

Faculty of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science of Mainz University receives the Rhineland-Palatinate Excellence Award for Learning and Teaching ...

22.04.2008: Skills Lab and Simulation Center at the Mainz University Medical Center provide innovative training

Broad range of practical simulation courses ...

22.04.2008: Day of Teaching 2008: Awards for five lecturers and two teaching projects at Mainz University

Authoring tool for virtual physics lessons and the Friday Conference for practicing interpreting under conference conditions come out tops in the state Excellence Competition ...

22.04.2008: Day of Teaching 2008: Award for the Germersheim Friday Conference concept

Project of Faculty 06 receives the Excellence Award for Learning and Teaching of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate ...

21.04.2008: Generous private donation for the Botanic Garden at Mainz University

Elisabeth Gateff supports the planned Green School with EUR 50,000 ...

13.03.2008: The German Donors’ Association honors Mainz University for its outstanding quality management concept

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz qualifies as a pilot university in the Quality Management in Institutions of Higher Education program / Funding of EUR 300,000 approved ...