News 2018

28.12.2018: ERC Consolidator Grant for Martin Kaltenpoth for his research focusing on the relationship between beetles and symbiotic bacteria

SYMBeetle project to investigate symbiont-assisted cuticle biosynthesis as a crucial mechanism that may have contributed to the evolutionary success of beetles   ...

17.12.2018: The influence of probiotics on the intestinal flora of premature infants

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research to promote a clinical study headed by the Mainz University Medical Center regarding the efficacy of probiotics for premature infants  ...

11.12.2018: New approach towards an improved treatment of anxiety disorders

Mainz-based scientists publish recent findings on resilience research  ...

11.12.2018: How glial cells develop in the brain from neural precursor cells

Mainz University Medical Center publishes new findings that contribute to our understanding of neurodegenerative disorders   ...

05.12.2018: New research on African languages and migration in the Rhine-Main region

Project funding via the RMU Initiative Funding for Research / Study participants sought-after   ...

30.11.2018: German Research Foundation approves collaborative research center to investigate DNA repair and genome stability

Interdisciplinary research alliance to identify cellular mechanisms involved in protecting and repairing genes   ...

29.11.2018: How skin cancer cells sidestep the immune system

Mainz-based immunologists report on a new mechanism of immune evasion in Nature Immunology  ...

14.11.2018: Earth’s magnetic field measured using artificial stars at 90 kilometers altitude

An international collaboration uses laser-generated stars to determine the Earth's magnetic field in the sodium layer of the atmosphere   ...

13.11.2018: Atomic parity violation research reaches new milestone

Measurement of parity violation for different isotopes of atomic ytterbium agrees with predictions of the Standard Model of particle physics   ...

08.11.2018: Mainz University launches "Movement and Wellbeing" Master’s degree program in sports science

English-language Master's program in cooperation with partner universities in China and India will start in the 2019 summer semester   ...

06.11.2018: Mainz-Paris study: Cost overruns of Olympic Games comparable to other large-scale projects

Sports scientists present comprehensive analysis of cost and revenue overruns of the last ten Olympic Games  ...

06.11.2018: Reuters Top 100 ranking places Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz among the 100 most innovative universities in the world

JGU achieves an outstanding fourth place among the nine German universities ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide  ...

05.11.2018: Peering into the Sun from the depths of the Gran Sasso massif: Borexino sheds light on solar neutrinos

Borexino Collaboration publishes results of research into the Sun's 'ghost particles' in Nature   ...

31.10.2018: Bose-Einstein condensate generated in space for the first time

Physicists put in place groundwork for accurately testing Einstein's equivalence principle/ Recent publication in Nature   ...

30.10.2018: Providing an example in the field of teaching: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz receives the Genius Loci Award for Excellence in Teaching

Mainz University convinced the jury with its consistent and sustainable implementation of its Teaching Strategy and its openness to teaching innovations in all fields of university education   ...

30.10.2018: Full steam ahead to the quantum web: Mainz University is involved in European Flagship on Quantum Technologies program

EU announces first funding for Quantum Flagship program to develop quantum technology / Researchers at Mainz are partners in two projects on quantum computers and quantum metrology   ...

24.10.2018: EU funding to promote the utilization of lignin

International consortium of research institutions and industry receives EU funding for the construction of a lignin conversion facility  ...

22.10.2018: EU project establishes innovative infrastructure for religious research

Mainz-based sub-project will bring together major written treasures of books held by city, church, and university   ...

22.10.2018: Mineral discoveries in the Galapagos Islands pose a puzzle as to their formation and origin

Mainz University and the Galapagos National Park Directorate have entered into an agreement that will allow extensive collaborative research into the geological development of the islands   ...

22.10.2018: Individual stress susceptibility and glucose metabolism are linked to brain function

Perturbations in brain glucose metabolism identified as cause for stress-induced spatial memory impairments  ...