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Can photovoltaics on rewetted peatlands reduce land-use conflicts in Germany and make rewetting more attractive for the agricultural sector? Researchers from the Universities of Greifswald and Hohenheim, together with the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar…

Early-career researchers belonging to the University of Greifswald and University Medicine Greifswald's joint Research Training Group RTG-PRO have discovered how certain enzymes influence the development of acute pancreatitis. They were able to show that the intracellular protease inhibitor cystatin…

Spiders can smell: they use pore-covered sensilla that are similar to hairs to detect volatile substances. This is the key finding of a study that has been published in the January 2025 issue of the scientific journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” (DOI…

A research team from the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) has investigated the distribution and characteristics of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the Baltic Sea. The findings prove that resistant pathogens occur not only in samples taken from clinical settings but also from the…

Northern Germany’s universities counting on collaboration and innovation: the Association of North German Universities (VNU) looks back on 30 successful years of collaboration in the fields of studies and teaching. As one of the first university alliances in Germany, it set benchmarks. In light of…

The Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio "WETSCAPES2.0: Novel Ecosystems in Rewetted Fens" aims to investigate the complex ecological, biogeochemical and hydrological processes of fens in order to find out how they work. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is…

An enzyme class that was previously only marginally investigated in bacteria has been systemically, structurally and functionally characterised. This has enabled the identification of thousands of bacterial enzymes, resulting in valuable information on the evolutionary development of these enzymes.…

By receiving the German Environmental Award from the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) on 27 October 2024, Dr. Franziska Tanneberger becomes the third peatland researcher from the University of Greifswald to have been presented with this prestigious award in the last ten years. This…

The mechanical properties of red blood cells (erythrocytes) at various temperatures could play an important role in mammals’ ability to hibernate. This is the outcome of a study that compared the thermomechanical properties of erythrocytes in two species of bats and humans. The study was published…

The Greifswald Research Awards 2024 were presented at a ceremony in the Aula of the University of Greifswald on 24 September 2024. Two outstanding academic scholars were honoured for their pioneering contributions to the field of applied research. The awards for applied cutting-edge research go to…