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  1. Invitation: 15 Years of the Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM)

    Join us on November 17, 2025, to celebrate 15 years of the Jena Center for Soft Matter with talks, a keynote lecture, and lab tours.
    15 years JCSM – molecular models, lab glassware, and logo
    Image: KI und H. Tarik Cetin
  2. University of Jena joins renowned network of excellence

    The network of excellence »ELSA - European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI« has welcomed fifteen new research institutions and universities, including the University of Jena
    Kick-off meeting of the ELLIS Unit Jena in 2023.
    Image: Anna Schroll
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    New chapter in biodiversity research in Central Germany

    Three states commit to funding iDiv beyond 2030
    State Secretary for Science Thomas Wünsch (Saxony-Anhalt), Minister President Mario Voigt (Thuringia) and Minister President Michael Kretschmer (Saxony) sign a letter of intent to fund iDiv beyond 2030. In the background are Martin Quaas, Scientific Director, and Anne Wesemann, Administrative Director of iDiv.
    Image: Stefan Bernhardt (iDiv)
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    The dose makes the difference

    An international research team from Zurich, Jena and Paris reveals how yeast fungi not only use a toxin to cause infections, but also to colonize their host inconspicuously
    The yeast fungus Candida albicans (blue) breaks out of human immune cells (red) by forming long thread-like hyphae. The part of the hypha that has already left the cells is colored yellow.
    Image: Erik Böhm, Leibniz-HKI
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    Magic mushrooms invent active compound twice

    A study shows that different types of mushrooms use completely different methods to produce the psychoactive substance psilocybin
    Psilocybe cubensis grows worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions. The mushroom contains the psychoactive substance psilocybin.
    Image: Felix Blei, Leibniz-HKI
  6. Electrochemistry Made Simple at the MINT Festiva Jena

    From simple finger batteries to cutting-edge polymer technologies, our MINT Festival demo made electrochemistry easy and exciting.
    Team at MINT Festival Jena presenting battery research with HIPOLE and CEEC Jena.
    Image: H. Tarik Cetin
  7. Bird flu spreads in Antarctica

    Researchers fear significant impact on bird populations
    This is a skua (a predatory gull) that died of H5N1 avian influenza.
    Image: Katharina Engl
  8. ThWIC draws a positive interim balance

    The »Thuringian Water Innovation Cluster« presents the results of the first project phase and sets the course for the coming funding period.
    Wastewater treatment plant in Jena-Zwätzen. The »ThWIC« consortium is committed to the sustainable use of water as a resource.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
  9. Experience science up close for a week

    University of Jena invites you to the MINT Festival and the "Highlights of Physics" / Get your tickets now
    At the MINT Festival Jena, pupils can go on an exploration tour with VR glasses.
    Image: Mario Imiella
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    FAIR4Chem Award 2026

    The FAIR4Chem Award honours researchers in chemistry who publish their research data.
    Flyer FAIR4Chem Award 2026
    Graphic: NFDI4Chem
  11. Capturing carbon dioxide using an electrochemical process

    Carl Zeiss Foundation supports interdisciplinary project on CO₂ capture and storage at the University of Jena with 1.8 million euros
    Dr Tilmann Joachim Neubert in a laboratory at the Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (Universität Jena)
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    How species-rich is your garden?

    A research team at the University of Jena has developed a self-test to help you assess and improve the ecological quality of private gardens.
    Planting beds featuring standing deadwood and wooden paths.
    Image: NABU/Volker Gehrmann
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