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A team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University (UL), and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has investigated the mo

Some children are particularly brave, others very compassionate. And then there are the temperamental ones - all with their own unique strengths.

News from Together with an international team of German and US scientists, Junior Professor Martin Hänsel suggests and discusses the concept of "Climate Policy Curves" in the international journal Climate Policy.

Over the next four years, a new joint project will investigate the links between wildfires and climate change.

News from Professor Antje Körner, Professor of Metabolic Research at Leipzig University's Faculty of Medicine and Head of the Metabolism Division at the Helmholtz Institute of Metabolic, Obesity and

News from When it comes to modern diseases, paediatrician Professor Antje Körner believes that there is too great a focus on adults and not enough on children and adolescents.

When people develop myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), the healthy maturation of blood cells is impaired.

The High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft, or HALO, has been making unparalleled contributions to Earth system research for over a decade.

Top-level research at Leipzig University gets a boost thanks to another double success. Two collaborative research centres (CRCs), including a Transregio programme, that focus on climate and membrane receptors will be extended for another four years starting in January 2024.

News from Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1423, "Structural Dynamics of GPCR Activation and Signal Transduction", led by biochemists Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger and Professor Torsten Schöneberg from Leipzig University, has been extended for a second funding period. This was announced today (24 November) by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

A team of researchers led by Leipzig University has gained new insights into the respiratory system of fruit flies - the so-called tracheal system - which could be important for future research into aneurysms.

Exchange data between medical devices from different manufacturers in a secure and user-friendly way: The answer is IEEE 11073 Service-oriented device connectivity (SDC). This is a networking technology that is primarily used in operating rooms and clinics and was co-developed at the University of Leipzig.

Against the backdrop of reactions in this country to Hamas' terror in Israel, Felix Klein, the German government's anti-Semitism commissioner, has called for tougher criminal law in cases of incitement to hatred.

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Work Hauptgebäude Chemie 04103 Leipzig Phone: work +49 341 97-36000 341 97-36094 Dean Christoph Schneider Vice-Dean Holger Kohlmann Dean of Studies Reinhard Denecke Deanery Marco Weiß work Institutsge

A bad-tempered or overly complimentary boss, colleagues who drink too much alcohol and behave badly, an awkward atmosphere, forced festivities or a party in a random pub in the middle of nowhere - there are many factors that can turn any office Christmas party into a disaster.

News from "Multiple Secularities - Beyond the West, Beyond Modernities" is the name of a German Research Foundation (DFG)-funded Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (CASHSS)

News from At a time when the world is being rocked by multiple crises, a research network in Central Germany is showing new ways forward.

The use of active mechanical circulatory support is growing rapidly around the world. The hope is that these systems will improve survival after the most severe form of acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock.

To date, over 1000 vascular plants in Nigeria may be undescribed, making it impossible to know whether or not these plants are endangered and in need of protection.

News from Another great success for Leipzig in supporting early career researchers: the German Research Foundation (DFG) announced today (8 November) that two new Research Training Groups with more than 60 doctoral researchers will be funded from 2024.

News from Professor Antje Körner started as head of the Metabolism Division at the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) on 1 July 2023. This followed a joint appointment as Professor of Metabolic Research at Leipzig University's Faculty of Medicine and the Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Centre for Environmental Health.

News from In the REPLACER project, researchers are developing so-called hybrid living materials. The focus is on producing microbial proteins with a low carbon footprint, high acceptance and affordable costs - by using greenhouse gases.

International Clinical Trial Shows Alternative to Standard Treatment of Myelodysplastic Neoplasms In people with myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), a usually benign form of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, the body produces too few functional blood cells.

In patients suffering from myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), a group of often mildly progressing bone marrow disorders, the body does not produce enough functional blood cells.

Phosphorus is one of the building blocks of life and has never been discovered beyond Earth. Scientists from Germany, Japan and the USA have now proven that phosphorus salts can be found in an ocean under the ice of Saturn's moon Enceladus and have published their findings in the journal Nature. Among them is Bernd Abel from the Institute of Technical Chemistry at the University of Leipzig.

In patients affected by myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), the body does not produce enough functional blood cells.