News 2021

04.11.2021: Ciliopathies: Tiny filament projections from cells send out false signals

A new study on the Bardet-Biedl syndrome has shown that defective cilia broadcast signals that can exacerbate organ and tissue problems   ...

03.11.2021: The Gutenberg Gait Database: World’s largest collection of gait analysis data of healthy individuals published

Publicly accessible database provides a reference set of data to be used for the diagnosis and treatment of gait disorders / Further expansion of the database is planned   ...

02.11.2021: New technique provides detailed information on nuclear material

Research team of Leibniz University Hannover and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz determines origin of microparticles   ...

26.10.2021: Crossing between marching rhythm and swing: German popular music during the Nazi regime

New research project undertaken by the departments of Musicology and History of Mainz University examines the media, networks, key figures, and content of light music in the Third Reich  ...

19.10.2021: How quickly does the climate recover?

Research conducted at Mainz University shows that it took the climate 20,000 to 50,000 years to stabilize after the rise in global temperatures of five to eight degrees Celsius 56 million years ago   ...

18.10.2021: IceCube analysis puts most general constraints on nonstandard neutrino interactions

Team of scientists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence lead on new publication   ...

08.10.2021: Mainz University is ranked number one in Physics in Germany in the 2021 DFG Funding Atlas

JGU is in fourth place overall in the natural sciences and has significantly improved its ranking in terms of the acquirement of DFG funding in the life sciences   ...

28.09.2021: The advantage of genetic diversity: More diverse ant colonies raise more offspring

Genetically diverse ant colonies tend to be more productive, presumably due to improved division of labor   ...

24.09.2021: Excellent scores in the 2021 U-Multirank for Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Top rankings in research, knowledge transfer, and international orientation  ...

24.09.2021: European University Alliance FORTHEM welcomes new partners and strengthens its network with the university cities' administrations and chambers of commerce

FORTHEM will expand its network to universities in Norway and Romania / Building relations and enhancing exchange also at the city and chamber of commerce level   ...

21.09.2021: Rhine-Main Universities to join forces for the upcoming Excellence Strategy competition

RMU alliance will further extend its strategic collaboration   ...

15.09.2021: Electrosynthesis: preventing cathodic corrosion

Researchers at Mainz University publish literature review in Chemical Reviews and launch project designed to obtain precursors for plastics from agricultural waste   ...

09.09.2021: Giving websites a human touch: Researcher of Mainz University receives SERVSIG Best Service Article Award of the American Marketing Association

Images and videos of service employees on digital channels of service firms improve customer loyalty   ...

06.09.2021: Edward Lemke receives funding from the Volkswagen Foundation for his work on the replication of cellular processes using new forms of organelles

Volkswagen Foundation to provide some EUR 1 million to finance research focusing on membraneless organelles under the aegis of its "Life?" funding initiative   ...

25.08.2021: In the trap: New method for cooling charged particles

System consisting of two Penning traps connected to an electrical resonant circuit transmits the cooling power of laser-cooled ions   ...

25.08.2021: Engineering new cell functionalities on thin films

Researchers from Mainz have developed a method to engineer new functionalities into cells and better understand eukaryotic cell functions  ...

23.08.2021: Heavy rain forecast from the Eifel maars

Sediment cores indicate more heavy rain events in warm periods and less climate variability in cold periods   ...

20.08.2021: Successful climate research in the Amazon region is continued and expanded with ATTO+

Next funding phase of the ATTO project will answer new pressing questions in climate research in the Amazon   ...

10.08.2021: Atomic nuclei and leptons: milestone in the calculation of cross sections

Precise theoretical predictions relevant for future neutrino experiments  ...

26.07.2021: Movement and Wellbeing Master’s degree program in sports science open for graduates of Bachelor’s programs with a focus on social sciences, health sciences, and life sciences

Interdisciplinary expansion of the English-language Master's program in cooperation with partner universities in China and India / Application deadline: 15 November 2021   ...