Research Training Groups
Excellence Initiative
Jena School for Microbial Communication
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Axel Brakhage (Institut für Mikrobiologie, Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie - Hans-Knöll-Institut)
Phone: +49 3641 656601
Fax: +49 3641 656603
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Pro-Excellence Programme
Graduate School Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change (GSBC)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Uwe Cantner (Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre/ Mikroökonomik)
Phone: +49 3641 943200
Fax: +49 3641 943202
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Laboratory of the Enlightenment (DSLA)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralf Koerrenz (Institut für Bildung und Kultur)
Phone: +49 3641 945331
Fax: +49 3641 945322
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Further Graduate Schools
Jena School Molecular Medicine
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Wetzker (Institute of Molecular Cell Biology)
Phone: +49 (0)3641 - 9395600
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Falk Lederer (Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics)
Phone: +49 3641 9 47170
DFG Research Training Groups (GRK)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Amélie Mummendey (Institute of Psychology)
Phone: +49 3641 930400
Fax: +49 3641 930401
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GRK 1257 "Alteration and element mobility at the microbe-mineral interface"
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Erika Kothe (Institute of Microbiology)
Phone: +49 3641 949291
Fax: +49 3641 949292
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GRK 1402 "Human Dignity and Human Rights - Origins, Development and Application of a Central Complex of Values"
Collaborative Research Training Group with the University of Erfurt
Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Hans Joas (Max Weber Center Erfurt) & Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Knoepffler (Institute of Applied Ethics Jena)
Phone: +49 3641 945801
Fax: +49 3641 945802
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GRK 1411 "The Economic of Innovative Change"
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Uwe Cantner (Department of Economics)
Phone: +49 3641 943200
Fax: +49 3641 943202
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GRK 1412 "Cultural Orientations and Institutional/Structural Order in Southeastern Europe"
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dahmen (Department of Romance Studies)
Phone: +49 36 41 94 46 60
Fax: +49 36 41 94 46 02
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GRK 1523 "Quantum and Gravitational Fields"
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Andreas Wipf (Institute of Theoretical Physics)
Phone: +49 3641 947130
Fax: +49 3641 947132
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GRK 1715 "Molekulare Signaturen adaptiver Stressreaktionen"
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Wetzker (Institut of Molecular Cell Biology)
Phone: +49 3641 9395600
E-Mail: Reinhard.Wetzker@uni-jena.de
Further Research Training Groups
"Foundations of Global Financial Markets - Stability and Change"
(Foundation: "Geld und Währung")
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Christoph Ohler (School of Law)
Phone: +49 3641 942261
Fax: +49 3641 942262
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"Protestantische Bildungstraditionen"
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralf Koerrenz (Institut für Bildung und Kultur)
Phone: +49 3641 945331
Fax: +49 3641 945322
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Research Training Group Jena Center "20th Century History"
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Norbert Frei
Phone: +49 3641 944450
Fax: +49 3641 944452
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Research Training Group "European security for old age" (Research Network "Pension schemes")
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Eberhard Eichenhofer
Phone: +49 3641 942150
Fax: +49 3641 942152
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Partner at Research Training Groups coordinated by other universities
GRK 1020 "Mediale Historiographien. Media of History - History of Media"
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Friedrich Balke (Bauhaus University Weimar)
Partner at International Research Schools coordinated by non-university institutions
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. David Heckel (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Jena)
Phone: +49 3641 571001
Fax: +49 3641 571002
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International Leibniz Research School for Microbial and Biomolecular Interactions
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Axel A. Brakhage (Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute Jena & Institute of Microbiology, FSU Jena)
Phone: +49 3641 5321400
Fax: +49 3641 5320810
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International Max Planck Research School "Adapting Behaviour to a Fundamentally Uncertain World"
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Werner Güth (Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena)
Phone: +49 3641 686 626
Fax: +49 3641 686667
Email:
Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Graduate School for Environmental Research
Sprecher: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olaf Kolditz (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Halle)
Phone: +49 341 235-1844
Fax: +49 341 235-2885
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Leibniz Graduate School on Ageing and Age-Related Diseases
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Peter Herrlich (Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute Jena)
Phone: +49 3641 656340
Fax: +49 3641 656335
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International Max Planck Research School on Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martin Heimann
Phone: +49 3641 576350
Fax: +49 3641 577300
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Closed DFG Research Training Groups at FSU
GRK 761 Approximation and Algorithmic Methods (until 2005)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martina Zähle-Ziezold (Mathematical Institute)
GRK 768 Biomolecular Switches (until 2006)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stefan Heinemann (Center for Molecular Biomedicine)
GRK 266 Functioning and Regeneration of Degraded Ecosystems (until 2006)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stefan Halle (Institute for Ecology)
GRK 344 "Icons in Late Intiquity" (until 2008)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Meinolf Vielberg (Institute of Classical Philology)
Marie Curie Research Training Networks (RTN)
RTN "European Twin Study Network on Schizophrenia" (6. FP)
Coordination:FSU Jena, Clinic for Psychiatry
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Sauer
Phone: +49 3641 935242
Fax: +49 3641 935280
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Partner at Marie Curie Research Training Networks (RTN)
RTN "Nanomaterials in Application in Sensors, Catalysis and Emerging Technologies"
Coordination: Queen Mary, University of London
Partner at FSU Jena: Dr. Mohr (Institute for Physical Chemistry)
Phone: +49 3641 948379
Fax: +49 36 41 948302
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RTN "Protein Tyrosine Phosphatses: Structure, Regulation and Biological Function"
Coordination: University College London
Partner at FSU Jena: Prof. Dr. Frank-D. Böhmer (Institute for Molecular Cell Biology)
Phone: +49 3641 9325660
Fax: +49 3641 9325652
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Partner at Marie CurieHost Fellowships for Early Stage Research Training, 6. FP
"Towards a European PhD in Advanced Drug Delivery"
Coordination: University of the Saarland
Partner at FSU Jena: Prof. Dr. Alfred Fahr (Institute for Pharmacy)
Phone: +49 36419449 00
Fax: +49 36 41 944902
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