News 2011

22.12.2011: The -s plural marker is not a foreign import into the German language

Unis, Studis, CDs, Pkws, and Buddenbrooks: Plural formation adding the suffix -s is truly German and dates back to the 17th/18th century ...

21.12.2011: Institute of Molecular Biology starts international PhD program on "Dynamics of Gene Regulation, Epigenetics and DNA Damage Response"

Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation funds a new program for 30 outstanding doctoral students from all over the world
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19.12.2011: EUR 11.7 million for teaching concept: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is successful in the national "Quality in Teaching" competition

JGU implements measures for staff and organizational development to further optimize teaching and learning processes at subject level ...

12.12.2011: Humboldt Research Award for Top US Researcher Robert J. Cava of Princeton

Renowned materials scientist comes to Germany at the invitation of researchers at Mainz University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology / Focus on superconductors ...

06.12.2011: World Record for One-Loop Calculations

Physicists at Mainz University significantly improve the calculation method for scattering experiments in particle physics ...

06.12.2011: Friedemann Schrenk will hold the Johannes Gutenberg Endowed Professorship 2012

The road to Homo sapiens and "Out of Africa" represent the focus of the lecture series to be given by the internationally renowned paleoanthropologist in the summer semester 2012 ...

01.12.2011: Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities honors Mainz University concept for leadership culture development

PARTICIPATION and EXPERTISE guidelines form the basis for a common understanding of leadership, staff development measures, and sustainable anchoring of the new leadership culture in all areas of Mainz University ...

01.12.2011: CHE ranking Diverse Excellence 2011: British Studies / American Studies at Mainz University ranked in the lead of top-level university research

British Studies / American Studies division at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz excels in terms of international orientation, publications, and doctorates ...

01.12.2011: ERC Advanced Grant for Detlef Schuppan: Gastroenterologist of Mainz University receives the European Union’s highest endowed research funding award

Acclaim for cutting-edge research in organ fibrosis conducted at the Mainz University Medical Center ...

28.11.2011: Founders Day 2011: EUR 95.000 for projects in research and teaching

"Paths to the Future: Endowing Knowledge" / Foundations present various forms of social commitment ...

21.11.2011: Leading materials scientist of Mainz University is new Director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden

Claudia Felser remains at Mainz University as Director of the "Materials Science in Mainz" Graduate School of Excellence and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry ...

17.11.2011: Claudia Felser receives EU funding of EUR 2.4 million

Mainz chemist receives ERC Advanced Grant for developing materials research based on Heusler compounds ...

17.11.2011: Matthias Neubert receives an ERC Advanced Grant worth over EUR 2.1 million

Extremely precise predictions can help LHC scientists in their search for the parameters of a new theory of nature ...

17.11.2011: ERC Advanced Grants for two top-level researchers at Mainz University

Claudia Felser and Matthias Neubert awarded a total of EUR 4.5 million by the European Union ...

20.10.2011: Different reading devices, different modes of reading?

JGU Media Convergence Research Unit publishes a pioneer study on reading devices vs. paper ...

11.10.2011: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz intensifies cooperation with Seoul National University and Peking University

JGU President Georg Krausch visits Seoul and Beijing: Consultations on innovative measures to strengthen and support exchange in research and teaching with top-class Asian universities ...

06.10.2011: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz receives the TOTAL E-QUALITY award for the third time for its promotion of equal opportunities for women and men

TOTAL E-QUALITY Deutschland e.V. honors JGU's exemplary and successful measures to promote equality ...

21.09.2011: International research into molluscan phylogeny reveals deep animal relationship of snails and mussels

Scientists from the United States, Norway, and Germany create a unique data set for the reconstruction of the phylogeny of molluscs ...

21.09.2011: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has the most students enrolled in chemistry in all of Germany

Statistical data published by the German Chemical Society proves the attractiveness of chemistry studies in Mainz ...

20.09.2011: Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz make visible the structure of the smallest crystals

Mainz method of electron microscopy in international demand / Structural analysis of zeolite published in Science ...