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    Unravelling the secrets of silk threads Philipp Seib is an innovative Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy at the University of Jena
    The Pharmacologist Prof. Dr. Philipp Seib from the University of Jena.
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
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    Synthetic biology reveals the secrets of life without oxygen ERC Advanced Grant for natural product researcher Christian Hertweck
    Natural product researcher Christian Hertweck has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant.
    Image: Anna Schroll/Leibniz-HKI
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    So that no sparks fly Research team develops explosion- protected 3D endoscope for industrial applications in collaboration with business partners
    Junior professor Dr Christian Franke (left) and Dr Andreas Stark with an experimental setup from a previous project. The expertise gained in this will be integrated into "3D-Vens".
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)
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    Modelling the Anthropocene University of Jena involved in new Graduate School at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
    Steam rises from the Jena cogeneration plant.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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    Meet the naturalist Goethe The new Goethe Laboratory at the University of Jena will be open to the public from 11 July
    View of the Goethe Laboratory with the Goethe portrait and the skull of an African elephant.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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    Bacterial glitter: New findings open up possibilities for sustainable color technologies An international research team of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Balance of the Microverse' has investigated the mechanism that makes bacteria reflect light without using pigments.
    The colours of the marine bacterium Marinobacter alginolytica are due to ordered bacterial cells forming a photonic crystal, producing colour by interference effects.
    Picture: Colin Ingham
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    Successful communication can save lives Mona Weiß is the new Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology
    The new Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology, Prof. Dr Mona Weiß.
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
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    Axel Brakhage re-elected as Vice President of the DFG Jena microbiologist remains on the Executive Board of Germany's largest research funding organisation for another four years
    The re-elected Vice President of the DFG, Prof. Dr Axel A. Brakhage.
    Image: Anna Schroll/Leibniz-HKI
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    Unravelling the secrets of artificial photosynthesis Junior research group led by Dr Jacob Schneidewind launches new project on hydrogen production
    Dr Jacob Schneidewind investigates water splitting with blue light.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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    Recyclables from wood waste for energy storage and environmental technology Research team takes lignin waste from the timber industry to develop materials that can be used to build and recycle sustainable batteries
    Harvested trees in a forest near Stadtroda. The forest industry produces large quantities of lignin, which researchers want to turn from a waste product into a recyclable material.
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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    Merits in the History of Biology Biology didactics experts Uwe Hoßfeld and Karl Porges and science historian Stefan Lux were honoured with the Ilse Jahn Prize of the German Society for the History and Theory of Biology
    Uwe Hoßfeld (left) and Karl Porges were honoured with the Ilse Jahn Award.
    Image: Enrico Sobetzko
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    Ways to strengthen democracy Doctoral graduates were honoured and celebrated at the University of Jena's Schillertag
    Prof. Dr Georg Pohnert welcomed the guests at the ceremony on the occasion of Schiller Day.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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