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  2. Using light to reveal hidden quantum properties

    Researchers at the Universities of Jena and Regensburg are developing an optical technique that can be used to investigate the quantum geometry of ultra-thin materials

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    PhD candidate Nele Tornow in a laboratory for non-linear optics at the Institute of Solid State Physics at the University of Jena.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)

  3. On the trail of new drug candidates

    Research team from the Cluster of Excellence »Balance of the Microverse« analyzed the hidden potential in the genomes of peatland bacteria

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    To study the bacterial community, the researchers took peat samples from the Schlöppnerbrunnen fen in the Bavarian Fichtelgebirge.
    Image: Kirsten Küsel

  4. Unravelling the underlying level and structure of conflicts

    New at the University: As an assistant professor of Intercultural Communication with a focus on migration studies, Dr. Dilek A. Tepeli is researching local conflicts and emotions in urban areas

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    • Awards and Personnel
    Dilek Tepeli is a junior professor in Jena.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)

  6. »We are a University of Excellence«

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena awarded University of Excellence status

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    There was jubilation at the University of Jena following the announcement of the Excellence Commission’s decision on 2 October 2026 in the Rosensäle.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)

  7. When does the molecule emerge from the column?

    Researchers at the University of Jena are working with partners in Munich to develop an AI method that can predict the retention times of small molecules more reliably

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    Bioinformaticians Prof. Dr Sebastian Böcker (left) and Fleming Kretschmer from the University of Jena.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)

  10. Molecular switch-up

    Researchers show how bacteria remodel a peptide to take on a new role.

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    Wild-type Pandoraea norimbergensis strain on chrome azurol S (CAS) agar plate. The yellow glow illustrates the siderophores taking iron from the CAS.
    Image: Elena Herzog und Keishi Ishida, Leibniz-HKI, lizenziert unter CC BY 4.0

  11. Social cohesion strengthens security

    Biodiversity researcher Aletta Bonn is a co-author of a new interim report by the German Advisory Council on Global Change

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    Prof. Dr Aletta Bonn is Professor of Ecosystem Services at the University of Jena and heads the Department of Biodiversity and Humans at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). She has been a member of the German Federal Government’s Scientific Advisory Board on Global Environmental Change (WBGU) since 2024.
    Image: Bernhardt/iDiv
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