in society and social activities, as well as overcoming personal restrictions and hurdles related to special life situations. During the ceremony, Falko Mahnhardt, a representative of Debeka, and the [...] Clemens Steinert is currently studying Protestant Theology. A Deutschlandstipendium scholarship amounts to € 300/month and is granted for a period of at least one year. Half of the sum is provided by the national [...] from companies, foundations, societies and private individuals. This year, the University would like to thank the following scholarship donors: apoBank-Stiftung Apothekerkammer Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Dr

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fragrances and flavouring, for example deodorants. Taxol is used to treat various kinds of cancer and artemisinin for treating malaria. To be able to produce the terpenoids in a precise an environmentally-friendly [...] of his doctorate, he completed a two-year postdoc position at NUS, before moving to the University of Basel in 2017 to take up a position as research fellow, where he conducted work on artificial meta [...] merged into synthetic metabolic pathways in microorganisms. During his stay in Greifswald, Dr. Wu plans to create new metabolic pathways in the bacterium Escherichia Coli , which would enable, for example,

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that we have been able to achieve in Greifswald, based on scientifically proven concepts. By means of international networking and the use of Community Medicine, we would like to achieve the same chances [...] paediatric dentists and 15 master’s students is working together with ORCA not only to gain new scientific insights, but also to include them directly in the treatment of patients or in school dentist visit [...] presidency will start with the annual congress in 2019 in Columbia. ‘It honours Greifswald that we are able to consolidate the introduction of ideas originating in Scandinavia for the prevention and treatment of

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critical situation. I am very grateful to Frank-Walter Steinmeier that he managed to find time to visit our Institute of Slavonic Studies and I’m looking forward to an interesting speech on current issues [...] able to secure this unique profile of Ukrainian Studies here in Greifswald, together with the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern”, said Frank-Walter Steinmeier. “The Federal Foreign Office helped to maintain [...] for Ukrainian Cultural Studies has now been advertised. The goal is to find someone for the position as soon as possible. Contact at the University of Greifswald Press and Media Relations Office Domstraße

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food. It helps cells to eliminate cellular waste, i.e. parts of the cell that are no longer needed. This process is also called autophagy. It is assumed that spermidine uses autophagy to slow down the ageing [...] in different brain areas, are an indicator for Alzheimer's disease. "To better understand this well-known contrast, we wanted to investigate the relationship between spermidine blood levels and established [...] used four MRI-based brain markers and were able to show that elevated spermidine blood levels were associated with advanced brain ageing according to all four markers. Study participants were healthy

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summer drought. This is probably due to the fact that pine, as an evergreen conifer, is able to photosynthesise in warmer winters. In our forests we generally need to plant those tree species today that [...] and the research group of Prof. Kreyling, used tree rings to contribute to these pressing questions. In particular, they investigated where and to what extent tree growth was influenced by which climatic [...] growth of the deciduous tree species beech and oak along the southern Baltic Sea from the German coast to Estonia is mainly determined by summer conditions, especially water supply. And this influence of summer

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finally able to solve the structure of PETase; this was also made possible due to experiments held at the Diamond Light Source. However, PETase is only part of the solution. It is equally important to characterise [...] solving the structure of MHETase and then using this insight to optimise the enzyme for use in PET recycling. To do this, they first had to extract the enzyme from bacterial cells and purify it. This [...] X-ray light that is produced by the facility. “In order to see how MHETase binds to PET and decomposes it, you need a fragment of plastic that binds to MHETase but is not cleaved by it,” explains Weber. A

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tudentische-gremienwahlen/ What needs to be considered in the run-up to the election? Participation and electoral roll: A university e-mail account is required to participate in the election. You are listed [...] *** Dear students, the current legislature of student councils is coming to an end. From Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 8. 30 a. m. to Friday, 12 January 2024, 12.00 p.m. , the elections for the Student Parliament [...] candidacy: All enrolled students have the active and passive right to vote for the Student Parliament and the Student Council assigned to their course of study - i.e. they may vote and stand as candidates

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location for Nordic studies, which is closely related to the traditional ties the town has to the north of Europe due to its position right next to the Baltic Sea. The language classes for Nordic languages [...] departments of foreign languages and culture started to be created in the German Empire in 1918. Due to the joint German-Swedish history, the decision was made to found the Nordic Institute at the University of [...] audience to join in the group dance. Prof. Dr. Christer Lindqvist summarised the Department’s history during his celebratory speech. He not only highlighted the importance of Swedish in Greifswald due to the

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is appointed. The University of Greifswald expects to receive funds from the Stifterverband (Association of Foundations for German Science) amounting to € 450.000, for a maximum period of five years. Gr [...] need to address climate change and climate protection,’ stressed Science Minister Birgit Hesse during the signing of the target agreement in Schwerin. ‘Peatlands make a substantial contribution to the [...] threatened due to human use. Greifswald’s scientists are investigating how mankind and agriculture can use peatlands without destroying them. By creating this professorship, we wish to support these efforts

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The main goal of the DFG Research Unit VolImpact is to substantially improve the scholarly understanding of the ways the climate system reacts to volcanic eruptions. The data produced by satellite-based [...] Volcanic eruptions are one of the most significant natural causes of changes to the climate system. Although atmospheric research has been investigating the influence of volcanic eruptions for more than [...] sed measurements of corresponding atmospheric parameters will be used to make comprehensive models of the physical and chemical processes. The DFG Research Unit is made up of five scientific sub-projects

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cordially invites students and staff members of the University of Greifswald to Hanoi: “Come to Vietnam, study our history and get to know our country (and our food!)’. ERASMUS Coordinator, Nadine Voigt, emphasizes [...] the heart of the delegation’s visit to Greifswald. Prof. Dr. Margit Bussmann, who undertook a period of research at USSH in autumn 2017, will introduce the guests to colleagues from the Department of Politics [...] now preparing a joint interdisciplinary conference on topics related to international relations for spring 2019, giving us the chance to conduct joint research,’ says Professor Margit Bussmann. Prof. Dr.

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occurred in the blood of the vaccinated, leading to a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. Parallel to their research findings, the researchers were able to announce the positive news from a medical point [...] results have made it possible to cut the rate of severe complications by more than 90 percent. The research findings are particularly relevant to countries that only have access to the AstraZeneca vaccine. [...] Thrombocytopenia (VITT) – describes a mechanism that is similar to a Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) with antibody response to platelet factor 4 (PF4), but not identical. The investigations held

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Félicité aims to revise the idea that a diplomatic regime began to spread across the world from the middle of the 17 th century, which was based on rules that were defined and agreed to in isolation on [...] verify the Baltic Sea region’s early opening to parts of the world outside of Europe. Following on from her stay in Greifswald, Indravati Félicité would like to revitalise the institutional collaboration [...] the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables more than 2,000 researchers from all over the world to come to Germany for a period of academic stay. The foundation maintains a network of more than 30,000 Humboldt

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Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig and should help to considerably advance infection biology in Germany. According to Dean Endlich, Greifswald provides an institute of this kind with ‘unique [...] Greifswald as a location and supplement the existing cutting-edge research. This could make it possible to vanquish central challenges of the healthcare system. ‘Greifswald provides an excellent infrastructure [...] many years of successful research. Pro-Rector Riedel suggests that the ‘requirements have now been met to make a successful bid for national research excellence programmes in the future. The federal funding

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