“I’m delighted to have been re-elected for a second term of office and am looking forward to working together with all members of the University to continue to make the University of Greifswald well-known [...] Schafmeister, assured the re-elected Rector all the necessary support from the Senate in order to continue to lead the University successfully through the world of academia and academic politics. Professor [...] Rectors’ Conference and Spokeswoman of the Association of North German Universities since 2014. Contact at the University of Greifswald University of Greifswald Press and Media Relations Office Domstraße

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The subsidiary subject is aimed at students training to become teachers of history, geography or art and design, who are interested in learning how to teach their subjects bilingually. Whilst studying the [...] acquire the ability to take part in the academic discourse of their subject area in English. Moreover, bilingual teaching also provides culture-specific perspectives for contents specific to the subject area [...] area. In this additional qualification, students get to know the various dimensions of intercultural learning for content subjects and gain the ability to systematically support the pupils’ linguistic and

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herself the goal of learning 30 languages, to be able to discover and understand the “world”. “The DAAD Award means a lot to me, it is a brilliant feeling to know that my achievements have been acknowledged [...] for more than 10 years. It aims to underline the enrichment that foreign students can bring to the university community and helps give them a face. Media Photo Contact at the University of Greifswald Katharina [...] consistency and persistency. In addition to her native languages Taiwanese and Mandarin, Yang-Leng Liu also speaks English, Swedish, Norwegian and Icelandic, to name just some. When she was a young pupil

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was the first research institute for climate law to investigate the significant link to energy and mobility issues. The GUC has hardly ever been able to honour a greater success story of a ‘start up’ in [...] his key field of research - tax law - to the topics sustainability and climate policy at an early stage of his career. This interdisciplinary approach not only led to a strong influence on the development [...] academic who uses his expertise to successfully and suitably tackle challenges faced by society. He stands for practice-oriented teaching, research that is significant to society, the industry and politics

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effects to heparin in blood clotting. “Enzymes that specifically fragment fucoidan and thus help to characterize its structure are of great scientific interest because they enable researchers to understand [...] floating aggregates that can cover the Atlantic from west to east. Some ecologists see this very productive ecosystem as a marine counterpart to rainforests on land. In these algal forests, large amounts [...] Andreas Sichert from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology dedicated his PhD to the question as to how brown algae can be such a good carbon sink: “The main constituents of algal biomass are

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a global approach to health among inhabitants of rural regions, a communication project would like to draw Vorpommern’s citizens attention to the topic of One Health and enable them to get involved at [...] interactive conferences. The alliance plans to focus on acute problems faced by the region, which are proven to restrict or endanger health and quality of life, in particular antimicrobial resistance, [...] the alliance considers health to be a global task that is the responsibility of the healthcare system, politics, industry and society: ‘The farmer, who decides how he wants to use his land should also consider

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traits and signals are often crucial for mate choice decisions. Nuptial gifts, provided by the male to the female during mating, may represent an indicator of male condition, especially if production of [...] tested condition-dependence of male vibrational signals of well-fed versus starved males, when in contact with female dragline silk and during mating trials. Our results show that vibrational signals are [...] earlier and emitted more vibrational pulses than poor-condition males. They were also more likely to be accepted by the female for copulation. We additionally identified vibrational signals during copulation

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language and literature. The degree course makes a contribution to German-Russian relations in science, culture and tertiary education. It shall help to advance German linguistics and the German language in Russia [...] modern theories and methods in the field of German linguistics and communication science. They learn how to use subject and context-specific methods of analysis in various linguistic and communicational situations [...] students profit in particular from the specific research profile and the universities’ varying approaches to the subject area. The new degree course promotes the internationalisation of studies and the international

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für Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen and the NetzwerkN . Furthermore, there are plans to acquire additional funding to cover the costs for more staff and climate protection measures. The University of G [...] Government and the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern will provide more support to higher education institutions when it comes to climate protection,’ explains Dr. Tiemo Timmermann, Sustainability Officer at [...] this strategy have made it clear that we are faced with immense challenges that we will only be able to overcome (of which I am personally convinced) if we face them together,’ says Rector Katharina Riedel

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of the animals' muscle structure in detail. The study aims to ensure long-term muscle regeneration in muscular dystrophy. Awarding the prize to the two researchers does not only promote an innovative project [...] disease in which the muscles of those affected are gradually replaced by connective tissue. This leads to progressive muscle weakness. The cause of the disease is the absence of a large muscle protein called [...] examine the myotubes’ electrophysiological properties and their calcium concentration. The plan is to treat a DMD-like disease in mouse models in the future. This will also include the restoration of

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be awarded as a recognition of efforts to intensify the cooperation with Polish institutions at the University of Greifswald and at institutions directly linked to the university. With her thesis on ‘The [...] field of text production and reception in German-Polish foreign language acquisition. It is relevant to both German and Polish linguistics and is an empirically-based study in the field of German-Polish [...] (Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań). As a result of intensive exchange activities and joint visits to conferences – initiated by Dr. Susanne Kabatnik – a close research collaboration has evolved between

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school in order to investigate teaching methods, the results of which they can integrate into their final dissertations. The broad spectrum of possible subjects is also new. In addition to the compulsory [...] partners underlines our commitment to be a university in the region, for the region. We are delighted that by introducing this degree course, we are making a further contribution to the development of our federal [...] features of the degree course is a fixed day of teaching practice from the first semester onwards. Thanks to the considerable support of Greifswald’s education authority, 24 state primary schools and seven private

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In addition to radiation therapy, cytotoxic agents, also known as chemotherapy, are frequently used to treat cancer. They prevent cells from dividing, and thus cancer cells are unable to multiply unchecked [...] that appear to contribute to the development of that type of cancer. Ritter supported the team in the efficacy studies on special, drug-resistant cancer cell lines. The researchers were able to show that [...] will try to establish how well the newly developed drugs specifically inhibit MRP4 in order to reduce side effects. If the substances are a success, several years of clinical trials will follow to confirm

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possible to use GPS for precise positioning, which is now taken for granted. A further example is the theory of elliptic curves, which was developed around 1900, and is today used to encode (ECC) day-to-day [...] scientists, their colleagues and doctoral candidates to spend longer periods of time at the University of Greifswald or at the Columbian partner institutions to work jointly on the research project. The results [...] pure mathematics, which should connect group theory, higher category theory and group representation to one another. Pure mathematics looks at abstract mathematical questions and problems. The abstractness

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(home to the German parliament) and the Federal Chancellery. At the beginning of December, 25 students from the University of Greifswald will make their way to Riga for the return visit. Their trip to the [...] in both towns on current political issues and also get a taster of political practice in excursions to the national parliaments. This year the students are analysing and discussing current developments [...] impressions and knowledge. Further Information Department of Political Science and Communication Studies Contact at the University of Greifswald Dr. Stefan Ewert Department of Political Science and Communication

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