A researcher prepares an experiment with the amplifier of the POLARIS laser system.
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A researcher prepares an experiment with the amplifier of the POLARIS laser system.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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Friedrich Schiller University Jena is a long-standing and research-oriented university offering a broad range of subjects. Its cutting-edge research focuses on three profile areas: Light – Life – Liberty. The University also boasts a dense collaborative network including external research institutions, research-driven companies, and renown cultural institutions. With almost 18,000 students and more than 8,600 employees, the University significantly shapes the character of Jena as a cosmopolitan and forward-thinking city.

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Latest News

  1. Dr Trang Vuong (l.) and Dr Prateek Shetty show the growth of the green alga in the spatially structured 3D environment in comparison to conventional cultivation conditions in the laboratory.
    Image: Maria Mittag (Universität Jena)
    • Light
    • Life
    • Research
    Interdisciplinary research reveals adaptation mechanisms of microscopic algae

    Study by researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse" shows how the green alga can adapt its shape and metabolism under natural conditions without changing its genome.
  2. Hyperscanning research in TOUCHNET: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy is used to visualize oxygen consumption in the brain during everyday touch events.
    Image: Ilona Croy (Universität Jena)
    • Awards and Personnel
    • Research
    Touch me!

    Psychologist Prof. Dr Ilona Croy receives “ERC Consolidator Grant” worth two million euros for a project on interpersonal touch research
  3. Dr David Kaiser holds a nasal swab sample, which is examined for biomarkers using the developed sensor.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
    • Light
    • Research
    Paving the way for diagnostics

    Chemists at the University of Jena develop graphene-based biosensor
  4. They represent the CRC ‘Structural Change of Property’: (from left) Hartmut Rosa, Silke van Dyk and Tilman Reitz.
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
    • Life
    • Research
    Property issues remain in focus

    The German Research Foundation is funding the Collaborative Research Centre "Structural Change of Property" at the Universities of Jena and Erfurt for a further four years.
  5. View of the exhibition with excavation artefacts and documents.
    Image: Marco Körner (Universität Jena)
    • Event
    • Knowledge Transfer and Innovation
    Pioneers of archaeology

    The travelling exhibition "Ein gut Theil Eigenheit. Life journeys of early female archaeologists" can be seen from 26 November in the University Main Building
  6. The pathogenic mould Aspergillus fumigatus is one of the infectious agents that the research team wants to combat with the help of non-pathogenic microbes.
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
    • Life
    • Research
    • Knowledge Transfer and Innovation
    A way out of the antibiotics crisis

    Interdisciplinary research team is developing new strategies against resistant pathogens in the Carl Zeiss Foundation's "CZS Breakthroughs" programme
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Upcoming Events

  1. Dragon boat
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    Technology, digitalisation, innovation
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    • Seminar/Workshop

    China Competence Certificatefor effective scientific cooperation

    • online
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    • Subject to registration
  2. Script 10 Yeaers Social Potentials in Autism
    Illustration: Simone Dahmen, FSU Jena
    Social Potentials in Autism celebrating 10th Anniversary on 13th december
    9 s.t. ·
    • Festive event

    Social Potentials in Autism Research Group to celebrate 10-year-anniversary on the 13.12. with a rich program featuring researchers and partners.

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  3. Fiber laser laboratory of the Limpert research group.
    Image: Tobias Tieß and Charles Loussert
    Polarization maintaining fibers – Fundamental limits and mitigation strategies in high-power fiber lasers
    16:15 ·
    • Vortrag/Vorlesung

    Doctoral Thesis Defense by M. Sc. Gonzalo Palma Vega (IAP Jena)

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  4. Photonics Laboratory
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    Three Dimensional Tracking of Single Nanoparticle in Microstructured Fibers
    14:15 ·
    • Vortrag/Vorlesung

    Defense of doctoral thesis by M. Sc. Shiqi Jiang

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  5. Wand aus Schiffsconainern
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    Introduction to Containerization with Docker
    9 s.t. ·
    • Seminar/Workshop

    But what do “containerization” and “isolate” mean and how do I use Docker? In this workshop, we are going to answer these questions.

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  6. Dragon boat
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    "China competence" in intercultural science communication in the age of de-risking
    18:15 ·
    • Vortrag/Vorlesung

    Lecture Series for China competence: "Relations between China and Germany from the perspective of intercultural communication"

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