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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.

The French scholar Dr. phil. habil. Indravati Félicité commenced an eight-month research stay at the University of Greifswald in January 2022. Her Humboldt Research Fellowship is being hosted by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael North at the Department of History. She is performing research on the topic of…

A digital record and documentation of the manor houses in the Baltic Sea region will be carried out at the University of Greifswald over the next three years with the pilot project ‘Research Centre for Manors in the Baltic Sea Region’. Minister of Science Bettina Martin handed over the confirmation…

The whole of Europe and in particular those around us with roots in the Ukraine are finding themselves faced with an indescribable and shocking situation. The University of Greifswald’s initiative ‘Joint Efforts for Psychological Health (GPG)’, under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Eva-Lotta Brakemeier…

Dinosaur fossils from the clay pit near Grimmen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) have now been described for the first time in a study and examined using new methods. In 2017, Jörg Ansorge (a geologist from Greifswald) discovered parts of the skin armour of a plant-eating dinosaur from the Jurassic…

In line with the recommendation of the Research and Structural Committee, the Rector and the Central Gender Equality Officer have awarded the ‘Käthe Kluth Junior Research Group 2022’ to Dr. Mandy Roheger from the Clinic and Polyclinic for Neurology at University Medicine Greifswald. The junior…