research & discover
University of Freiburg researchers transcend the traditional boundaries between the disciplines, working together to advance scientific knowledge and work out solutions to the great challenges of the future.
“We can only protect what we know”
Using less pesticides can’t stop the decline in insect populations alone. What should humans do to give insects a chance to survive?
Neither a market or a black market
In Cambodia Robert John is researching the social, economic and scientific aspects of the trade in sand
The Complicated Search for Mistakes in the DNA Base Sequence
Miriam Schmidts researches rare genetic diseases at the University of Freiburg
“Spaghetti” gel acts like tissue
Biotechnologist Wilfried Weber is building molecular tools with which to make better treatments
Buffet for bees
A team led by ecologist Alexandra-Maria Klein is investigating whether a balanced diet protects insects from pesticides
1.5 Million Euros for Cardiologist
Dennis Wolf of the University Heart Center Freiburg – Bad Krozingen receives Starting Grant from the European Research Council
Detoxifying Souls
The Freiburg theologian Klaus Baumann is studying how people cope with war traumas
The Cultural Baggage of Wild Animals
A nature conservation biologist explains how wolves and lynxes are treated differently
Doorway and doorman all in one
The protein complex TOM regulates protein access to cell power plants – Chris Meisinger aims to find out which signal pathways can change that selection