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    Specific activation instead of continuous operation: How bacteria save energy and what this means for antibiotic resistances

    Researchers in the Cluster of Excellence “Balance of the Microverse” at the University of Jena decipher a key mechanism of antibiotic resistance pumps
    Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich researches in the Cluster of Excellence “Balance of the Microverse”at the University of Jena.
    Image: Anna Schroll
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    When germs get on your nerves

    Jena University Hospital coordinates new DFG Research Training Group to research the neuropsychiatric consequences of infectious diseases
    The new DFG Research Training Group NeurInfect in Jena and Berlin is researching the neuropsychiatric consequences of infectious diseases.
    Illustration: Gumpert/UKJ
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    The origin of the term sustainability

    »The history behind the picture«: New publication sheds light on the term sustainability
    A forestry machine in a forest. The term sustainability originally comes from forestry.
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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    An Enzyme Neutralizes Pathogens by Cleaving a Bacterial Toxin

    Research team led by Prof. Christian Hertweck discovers an enzyme that neutralizes the virulence factor malleicyprol in human pathogenic bacteria
    Scientist Ingrid Richter at work in the laboratory. As part of Christian Hertweck’s team, she was involved in experiments, data analysis, and the writing of the research paper.
    Image: Ingrid Richter/Leibnitz-HKI
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    How gut bacteria could protect young adults from cancer

    »PerMiCCion« project receives further federal funding and investigates how the microbiome can contribute to the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer
    3D visualisation of the human intestine with highlighted areas of inflammation and tumours (bright red-orange).
    Illustration: Adobe Stock / appledesign
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    Mosses help to reduce nitrogen in the forest

    Researchers at the University of Jena are investigating the lower layers of the forest ecosystem
    Forest floor covered with moss.
    Image: Till Deilmann
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    The Power of Gut Enzymes: Why Healthy Eating Affects Everyone Differently

    Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence »Balance of the Microverse«, together with international partners, have uncovered a mechanism that determines how the gut microbiome processes healthful plant compounds.
    Prof Dr Gianni Panagiotou (right) in conversation with a team colleague.
    Image: Anna Schroll
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    Majority of local insect biomass decline linked to species loss

    Study by the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the University of Jena examines insect biomass in German grasslands, such as meadows and pastures
    Part of the data was collected in the Jena experiment, one of the two research programmes included in the study.
    Image: Anne Ebeling
  9. Unconventional in five dimensions

    Researchers from EAH Jena and the University of Jena are developing biocompatible micro-optics for high-tech endoscopes in a project funded by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Additively manufactured apple with a complex gyroid structure to demonstrate the extended possibilities of 5D printing.
    Image: Jens Bliedtner
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    Excellent and internationally visible

    University of Jena celebrates 15 years of the »Jena Centre for Soft Matter« and takes a look at future prospects
    Speakers and members of the JCSM during the 15th anniversary celebration (names below the text).
    Image: Hüseyin Cetin (Universität Jena)
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    Fewer ground beetles in Germany

    A research team from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the University Jena and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) analysed over 600,000 data sets.
    The mountain forest ground beetle (Carabus sylvestris) is becoming increasingly rare throughout Germany.
    Image: Ralph Martin
  12. New hope in the fight against cancer—innovations in the treatment of leukaemia

    Prof. Dr Andreas Hochhaus receives the Thuringian Research Award for applied research 2025
    Haematologist and oncologist Prof. Dr Andreas Hochhaus was awarded the Thuringian Research Prize 2025 for his research into the treatment of leukaemia.
    Image: Anna Schroll
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