Münster University receives two new research associations

Two new priority programmes at Münster University focus on informatics technologies. WWU - Robert Matzke The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved two new Priority Programmes (SPP) coordinated by the University of Münster: Biologist Prof Erich Bornberg-Bauer from the Institute of Evolution and Biodiversity is leading the project "Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations (GEvol)", and Chemist Prof Frank Glorius from the Institute of Organic Chemistry is coordinating the project "Use and Development of Machine Learning for Molecular Applications - Molecular Machine Learning". Both programmes focus on informatics technologies in the natural sciences. In total, the DFG established 13 new SPPs, for which it will provide a total of about 82 million euros over three years - about five to seven million euros per SPP. The programmes each describe a specific overarching topic. If researchers are interested in collaborating on a Priority Programme, the DFG will invite them to submit the corresponding applications for research grants by a certain deadline. "Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations (GEvol)" New experimental and computational techniques provide innovative opportunities to study the evolutionary history of genomes (the genetic material of a living being) and to reconstruct the emergence of new traits and characteristics of species, for example insects.