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The newly developed software BRAKER3 provides scientists all over the world access to a high-performance instrument for genome annotation, i.e. for identifying and labelling several relevant characteristics of a genomic sequence. The software represents a considerable advancement in bioinformatic…

An interdisciplinary research group from the Universities of Greifswald and Bremen, as well as the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, have uncovered previously unknown interactions between phytoplankton and bacteria within the marine carbon cycle. They have been able to show,…

After the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in 1883, there were numerous eyewitness reports of abnormal optical phenomena in the atmosphere. Among the most unusual observations are the green sunsets that were previously unexplained, in which the twilight near the horizon did not take on the usual…

The project focuses on changes in the production of popular music, which has been profoundly cosmopolitan and internationally oriented since the 1920s, in times of dictatorial cultural policy, exile and persecution. The "PopPrints" research project on the production of popular music in Germany and…

Bacterial cells must quickly react to changes in their environment. This is accompanied by an adaptation of the actual activity of genes. Research groups at the University of Greifswald as well as the University of Cologne have elucidated a mechanism underlying the regulation of bacterial…

A significant number of COVID-19 patients reported cognitive impairment both during the acute infection phase and after the illness. Other neurological symptoms such as fatigue and tiredness were also often experienced. A study sheds new light on the underlying mechanisms of these symptoms. A team…

The Director of the Clinic and Policlinic for Neurosurgery at University Medicine Greifswald, Prof. Dr. Henry Schroeder, is a new member of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery. The worldwide non-profit public benefit association only admits a few members from any one country. The World Academy…

At the end of 2023, the Forschungsverbund SED-Staat, together with collaboration partners from the Universities of Greifswald and Potsdam as well as the Freie Universität Berlin, presented the final research results on the deaths of GDR citizens attempting to flee via Eastern Bloc countries and…

Locals from Greifswald and the surrounding region set a clear and visible sign against racism and discrimination on Greifswald’s market square on 13 January 2024. 1300 people braved the wintery conditions with drizzle and temperatures just above freezing to take part in the event to kick-off the…

So far, there is hardly any data on how biodiversity reacts to paludiculture. A new study published in October 2023 by the journal Scientific Reports sheds light on this issue. The multi-taxon study led by scholars from the Institutes of Botany and Landscape Ecology and Zoology at the University of…