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  1. The splendour of the final resting place

    University of Jena presents unique colour reconstruction of a Baroque coffin
    Colour reconstruction of the pewter coffin of Duke Johann Wilhelm of Saxony-Jena (1675–1690) from the princely crypt in Jena's St. Michael's Church.
    Image: Digitus Art/Universität Jena
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    Research with impact—from Jena to the world

    University of Jena submits Excellence Strategy proposal
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    15 years of interdisciplinary cutting-edge research into soft matter

    Jena Centre for Soft Matter (JCSM) celebrates anniversary with festive event
    Researchers investigate functionalised polymer nanoparticles in a test tube in a JCSM laboratory.
    Image: Anne Günther (University of 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
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    On the trail of the caribou hunters

    Archaeological team discovers stone artefacts in the interior of a peninsula in western Greenland
    The researchers discovered this caribou hunters' overnight site, which is over 2000 years old, on the Nuussuaq Peninsula in western Greenland in the summer of 2025.
    Image: Clemens Pasda (Universität Jena)
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    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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    Jena Center for Romanticism Research

    On 11 November, the University of Jena will open a new centre for interdisciplinary research into Romanticism and for exchange with society.
    The management team of the new centre (from left): Dr Britta Hochkirchen, apl. Prof. Dr Sandra Kerschbaumer, Dr Helmut Hühn and Prof. Dr Johannes Grave.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)
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    Female authorship in Weimar Classicism

    As part of this year's Schiller Days at the University of Jena, literary scholar Delf Lützen was honoured with the Schiller Prize 2025.
    Festive presentation of the certificate for the Schiller Prize 2025 to prizewinner Delf Lützen (left) after the laudatory speech by PD Dr Nikolas Immer (right)
    Image: Claudia Streim
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    Return of valuable copies of ancient art

    Agreement with the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: plaster casts of ancient artworks will once again become the property of the University of Jena
    Cast of Apollo from the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
    Image: Walerija Latermann/Universität Jena
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    Previously uncultivable bacteria provide new insights into groundwater ecosystems

    Research team from the Cluster of Excellence »Balance of the Microverse« has succeeded in cultivating hard-to-grow microbes in the laboratory
    Groundwater samples in the laboratory in which bacteria of the Candidate Phyla Radiation are enriched under different conditions.
    Image: Martin Taubert
  11. A clear signal against forgetting

    Members of the University of Jena are once again involved in the »Klang der Stolpersteine« on 9 November.
    In Stadtroda, a stumbling block commemorates murdered children as well as victims of forced sterilization and the "Aktion T 4". The initiative for this place of remembrance came from three pupils.
    Image: AG Biologiedidaktik
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    A skilful combination of analogue and digital teaching formats

    University of Jena Teaching Award 2025: Dr Manuel Robert Quaschner receives award in the category »Teaching and learning culture in times of AI«
    Dr Manuel Robert Quaschner receives the 2025 Teaching Award from the University of Jena.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)
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