18 students from across Germany joined us at our #ClusterOfExcellence at @uni-jena.de for the #CampusThüringenTour! 💬 Talks, lab tours & hands-on microbiology — from Gram staining to magnetotactic bacteria from the Saale. 🔬🌱🧫 #ScienceEducation #Microbiology

Researchers from #UniJena and Jena University Hospital have been honoured with the Thuringian Animal Welfare Award in the category ‘Development of suitable alternative methods to animal testing’. Congratulations! 👏 ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/354409/th...

Dr. Diana Feick ist neue Juniorprofessorin für #DaFDaZ an der #UniJena mit Schwerpunkt empirische Unterrichtsforschung. Sie sieht Apps & KI als hilfreiche Tools zum Sprachenlernen, aber nicht als Ersatz für das Sprechen von Mensch zu Mensch. Herzlich willkommen! 💐 ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/354299/wie-g...

🚦 @uni-jena.de proposes “The Smartest Traffic Lights in Jena” for Bürgerbudget 2025: crossing figures with microscopes, microbes & QR codes to fun science insights. 💡 Science at the crosswalk – vote via mitmachen.jena.de/budgets/5/in... #GreenLightForScience

Willkommen! 🤗 Am heutigen Mittwoch, 1. Oktober, beginnt das neue Wintersemester und wir begrüßen alle unsere neuen Studierenden an der #UniJena. Um 18 Uhr findet die offizielle Begrüßung im Hörsaal 1 statt, die auch im Livestream übertragen wird. ➡️ online.mmz.uni-jena.de/beta/livestr...

Today, Jena University Hospital, the University of Applied Sciences Jena, and our University start JENAINNOVATION. With three million euros in funding from the @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social, a strong centre for transfer, start-ups and innovation is being created. 👉 www.uni-jena.de/en/353144/je...

Today we celebrate the inauguration of the Centre for Digital Interculturality Studies @uni-jena.de. Learn more about this important milestone highlighted by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology & Space in a profile article: www.geistes-und-sozialwissenschaften-bmbf.de/de/News-Einz...

"iDiv ist eine Erfolgsgeschichte – wissenschaftlich, institutionell und gesellschaftlich", so Prof. Dr. Andreas Marx, Präsident der #UniJena. Den Großteil der Förderung für das Forschungszentrum übernehmen künftig die Länder Thüringen, Sachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/352363/neues...

At the @ellisunitjena.bsky.social Summer School, 'AI for Earth and Climate Sciences', researchers from across Europe came together to share ideas and develop new perspectives at the intersection of AI and climate sciences. Watch the film of this successful event 👉 youtu.be/G98AI3e6PVw?...

Vielen Dank den Studierenden am Historischen Institut der @uni-jena.de und meinen Kolleg:innen Julia Landau, Franziska Mendler und Franz Waurig - und Christoph Ermisch für die gelungene Gestaltung der Ausstellung!

55 students got the Wübben Science Foundation Student Grant! 🎓 Among them: Samira Quanz & Emily Reichel from our #ClusterOfExcellence. 🦠🔬 Read more about their research: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/two-... @w-s-w.org @uni-jena.de #Microverse #StudentGrant #FutureScientists

A research team from #UniJena has documented the first cases of H5N1 bird flu on the Antarctic Fildes Peninsula. During their Antarctic expedition in 2025, the researchers observed an unusually high mortality rate among seabirds. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/350559/bi...

Heute Abend an der @uni-jena.de falls jmd spontan Zeit und Lust hat 🫠 www.eventbrite.de/e/sind-die-k...

On Wednesday, 17 September, the Thuringian Water Innovation Cluster #ThWIC, jointly initiated by #UniJena, #EAHJena & #FraunhoferIKTS, will present the results of the first project phase and the roadmap for the coming years. 💧💡 ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/348997/th...

That’s what I am investigating in my Postdoc in the Fungal Informatics group with @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social at the @uni-jena.de @microverse.bsky.social

Four innovative projects in digital academic teaching at #UniJena are being supported by #Stifterverband and the Thuringian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture with up to 50,000 euros each. 🎓 ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/348062/in...

Since 1 September, Prof. Dr @juliabechteler.bsky.social has headed the new "Bryophyte Ecology and Evolution" research group at the Senckenberg Institute for Plant Form and Function (SIP) and at #UniJena, becoming the first professor for mosses in Germany. @sgn.one ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/345774/fi...

In the project #PHORTIFY, the Abbe School of Photonics at #UniJena, @leibnizipht.bsky.social and Active Fiber Systems GmbH join forces with nine other universities and research institutions across Europe to strengthen the education of young talent in #photonics. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/346159/je...

Improving the continuous monitoring of micropollutants in wastewater—that is the aim of "MikroGraph". The state of Thuringia is funding the research network of #UniJena and other Thuringian research institutions and companies with over €2 million from ERDF funds. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/345224/mi...

Es sind nicht alle in #Jena geöffneten #Kulturdenkmale in der Liste der Dt. Stiftung #Denkmalschutz dabei, aber die meisten. Manche haben sich halt spät entschieden... In den Faltblättern findet Ihr sie dann ab nächster Woche. #TagDesOffenenDenkmals #Denkmaltag @uni-jena.de @lichtstadt.bsky.social

Funded by @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social, the junior research group led by chemist Dr Tilmann J. Neubert at #UniJena aims to develop a method to filter carbon dioxide out of the air using electrochemical processes with renewable raw materials. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/344696/cz...

Wissenschaft zum Erleben: Vom 15.-20. September kommt das bundesweite Festival „Highlights der Physik“ nach Jena Vorträge, Ausstellungen, Bühnenshows und Abendveranstaltungen für Jung und Alt – Wissenschaftler*innen geben spannende Einblicke in ihre Forschung. 👉 highlights-physik.de

When neutron stars and black holes collide, they produce gravitational waves and radiation. Prof. Bernuzzi of our University is launching a DFG @dfg.de-funded project with @pennstateuniv.bsky.social to improve the interpretation of such signals. 👉 www.uni-jena.de/en/343893/im...

In collaboration with @sgn.one and @idiv-research.bsky.social, a research team from our Institute for Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution has developed a simple self-test for garden owners to check how species-friendly their garden is. 👉 www.uni-jena.de/en/343288/wi...

Die @uni-jena.de hat einen #Job als Koordinator*in des Public Hub ausgeschrieben. Zu den Aufgaben gehören die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, die #Wisskomm des Clusters und das Verfassen von Pressemitteilungen. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 15. September. www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/stellenangeb...

From Friday, 29 August, to Thursday, 18 September, #Stadtradeln will take place in Jena, and our Green Office invites all members of #UniJena to join the ‘Friedrich-Schiller-Universität’ team. Anyone who wishes can also form faculty or group teams within the team. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/328790/pr...

2025 markiert ein besonderes Jubiläum: Der @daadworldwide.bsky.social (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) wird 100 Jahre alt! Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🎉 Unsere Studierenden empfinden ihre Auslandserfahrungen oft als persönliche und berufliche Bereicherung.👇 #UniJena #DAAD100 #International

🔬 In our new “3 Questions for…” episode, junior group leader @mlakemeyer.bsky.social reveals how chemical biology tools help decode microbial interactions & gut microbiota’s role in health & disease – and how this could inspire new therapies. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS54... @uni-jena.de

Today, 15 August, Thuringia's environmental minister Tilo Kummer visited the Botanical Garden at #UniJena to learn about the University's activities relating to species identification training—an important tool for protecting #biodiversity. @idiv-research.bsky.social @sgn.one @umweltth.bsky.social

🦅 Birds migrate for food, not just warmer temperatures. In her interview with #InsideBiodiversity, Prof. Susanne Fritz (iDiv & @uni-jena.de) explains how seasonal insect booms shape migration. 🌍🐛 Listen now and subscribe: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

Dr Marc Appelhans is new Professor of Integrative Plant Taxonomy at #UniJena and also the new director of our Botanical Garden. Welcome! 🤗 ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/342254/th...

Multimodal AI is not yet a reliable assistant in research: As a team led by Dr Kevin Jablonka at #UniJena reports in Nature Computational Science, AI models can master standard tasks, but struggle with spatial thinking and linking different sources of information. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/342056/die-g...

Today, Wednesday, 13 August, the computer centre will be performing maintenance on the IT systems at #UniJena from 17:00 to 20:00. During this period, it will not be possible to access some documents and there may also be disruptions when logging in via the SSO system.

🐘 As Earth cooled over the past 15 million years, mammals tended to grow larger. Prof. Susanne Fritz (@uni-jena.de & iDiv) explains how body size helped species, like elephants, survive colder climates. 🌡️📈 Subscribe: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io #InsideBiodiversity #WorldElephantDay

Today, Monday, 11 August, we welcomed our new trainees who are beginning their vocational training at #UniJena. Out of approximately 200 applications, 15 young people were selected and are now starting their careers in the field of scientific support. Welcome! 🤗 ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/5505/voca...

@ellis.eu Summer School Jena 2025 AI for Earth & Climate Sciences 🧑‍🎓Tutors: 20 of 22 📚Topic: Hybrid 🎓Sujan Koirala 🎓Nuno Carvalhais @uni-jena.de @bgc-jena.mpg.de @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social @climatechangeai.bsky.social, @elsa-ai.eu, @esa.int, @maxplanck.de 🔗 tinyurl.com/63b4p62b

🎧 New episode of #InsideBiodiversity out now! Megafaunal extinctions — mammoths, giant sloths, woolly rhinos — all happened just 10K–50K years ago. Prof. Susanne Fritz (iDiv & @uni-jena.de) shares how climate & humans played a role — & why speciation may be ongoing. 🦣🌡️ insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

🎧 Coming soon on #InsideBiodiversity: Prof. Susanne Fritz (iDiv, @uni-jena.de) on biodiversity through deep time. Megafauna, climate, extinction, and what it means for biodiversity science today. 🌍🦣 Subscribe today: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

✨ Highlight: LIFE-funded researchers will present their projects at the 4th LIFE Symposium – TIME TO CONNECT 📅 When? November 26, 2025 | 📍 Where? ZAF @uni-jena.de More info & registration: www.uni-jena.de/211607/life-... #Research #UniJena #Networking #Innovation #LifeSciences

A pioneering microbiological project is being launched at #UniJena with the support of the @volkswagenstiftung.de: Prof. Dr. Christian Jogler and his team at @microverse.bsky.social are receiving around 1.4 million euros to search for a fourth domain of life. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/329747/in...

Prof. Dr Sebastian Böcker from #UniJena has received an Advanced Grant from @erc.europa.eu for his project ‘BindingShadows’. He and his team will develop machine learning methods to find unknown biologically active metabolites using mass spectrometry data. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/329406/us...

#UniJena is part of the new German-Ukrainian University Network, which, with funding from the @daadworldwide.bsky.social, supports the reconstruction of Ukrainian universities and their integration into the European Higher Education Area. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/329307/auf-d...

Einblick in unsere Themen hier in Erfurt @unierfurt.bsky.social gefällig? Im neusten Blogpost von Silke van Dyk, Professorin an der @uni-jena.de und ebenso Sprecherin des @sfb294.bsky.social, geht es um Aktuelles - die Debatte um ein 'soziales Pflichtjahr'. www.voluntariness.org/de/organisie...

Our president, Prof. Andreas Marx, met with Thuringia's minister president, Dr Mario Voigt, to discuss our university's excellence strategy in depth. 👉 www.uni-jena.de/en/167277/ex... #UniJena #Thuringia #StrategyOfExcellence #Exzellenzuniversität #ClusterOfExcellence

Together with GrundGesetzVerstehen e.V., Psychologist PD Dr Katharina Eckstein and her team at #UniJena work to develop formats for teaching democracy in schools and integrate them into school practice. @volkswagenstiftung.de supports this with 167,000 euros. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/328757/yo...

A team from the Chair of German Language and Literature Education at #UniJena and experts from the Pacemaker Initiative are investigating how AI can help primary school children learn to read and write, funded by the Auridis Foundation and the Victor Rolff Foundation. ➡️ uni-jena.de/en/250724-skills

“What is feeding surface life?” 🌍 and “Are the microbes all alive?” 🦠 — Kirsten Küsel (@kuesellab.bsky.social & @uni-jena.de) sparked deep curiosity at the #MicrobialDiversity Symposium at @mblscience.bsky.social. A powerful talk on unseen life in groundwater & its global impact. #MBL2025

🎓 Published a top paper in the past year? As a doctoral researcher or postdoc @uni-jena.de , you could be nominated for the €2,000 Siegfried Czapski Publication Prize! 🧬🌟 Celebrate excellence at the LIGHT–LIFE interface. 🗓 Apply by 31 July: apply2.uni-jena.de/acefa #JenaAlliance #ResearchPrize

In the DiLaB project, researchers at the Institute of Applied Physics at #UniJena develop a process for manufacturing glass optics, combining lasers with diamond turning. The project is funded by @thueringen.de and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE). Thank you! 🙏 🇪🇺

Using semantically described and linked knowledge and supported by AI processes, Marianne Mauch and her team at #UniJena aim to develop a digital solution to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The European Regional Development Fund supports this with around 23,500 euros. Thank you! 🙏🇪🇺