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The research project "(Un)Disciplined: Pluralizing Ukrainian Studies - Understanding the War in Ukraine" (UNDIPUS) was originally aimed at understanding the “stalemate conflict" in the Donbas. Among other things, the project will examine the long run-up to the war, and the cultural dimensions and…

A month ago, the first digital herbarium specimens from the National Herbarium of Uzbekistan (TASH) were transferred to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The GBIF is the world's most comprehensive biodiversity database with over 2 billion entries, and is available to scientists…

Scientists from the Universities of Greifswald, Hamburg and Prague have developed genetic markers for the European wasp spider that allow the sex of tiny young spiders to be determined. The wasp spider is of particular ecological and evolutionary interest, as the range of this originally southern…

Scientists from Würzburg, Greifswald, Tübingen, Dublin and Pavia are establishing a biophysical platform to study the mechanical properties of platelets (thrombocytes) in mice and humans. The results of their research have now been published in the scientific journal Science Advances…

Marshlands store approximately five times more carbon per square metre than forests and 500 times more than oceans. In these ecosystems, plant growth is stimulated by the storage of carbon in the ground and vice versa. The protection and restoration of such marshlands can help humankind to reduce…

The Indian chemist Dr. Pankaj Kumar from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Tirupati/Andhra Pradesh is a visiting researcher at the University of Greifswald and, together with host Prof. Dr. Carola Schulzke at the Institute of Biochemistry, is investigating the metal…

The Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) was ceremoniously founded on 26 April 2022 in Greifswald. The HIOH is a new institute of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, which is being established together with the University of Greifswald, University Medicine…

The research project VolImpact on the influences of volcanic activities on the atmosphere and the climate is entering a new phase. In March 2022, the German Research Foundation's (DFG) Joint Committee granted a second funding phase for the research group FOR 2820 ‘Revisiting the volcanic impact on…

The Plant³ alliance can expand its extensive project programme on regional raw materials from LAND, MOOR and SEA. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has now pledged a further 7 million euros in funding. These funds will be used to support additional research and development…

A key to longer life: people live 13 years longer if they perceive ageing as a process of development. Researchers at University Medicine Greifswald were able to show that people who associate ageing with personal goals and plans can expect to live far longer.