Press Releases 2022
Deep Learning helps improve gene therapies and antiviral drugs
Team led by bioinformatician Rolf Backofen develops algorithm to identify anti-CRISPR protein
Exhibition in the Botanical Garden: “New Wildlife - Globalization in the Plant Kingdom”
Botanical Garden Week will be dedicated to so-called neophytes from June 11, 2022 - Family day is on June 19, 2022
How tree extinction affects the food web
German Research Foundation approves international research group headed by biologist Alexandra-Maria Klein
New insights into the movement of pine cone scales
Cone scales open and close due to the interaction of multiple tissue layers, all of which respond to moisture
"FreiPose" enables measurement of neuronal activity during the movement of individual body parts
New tracking method captures 3D motion of body points and can factor out the influence of unwanted movement
A 3400-year-old city emerges from the Tigris River
Drought reveals urban center of the Mittani Empire
Sensor network in the forest to improve forecasts of climate change impacts
The German Research Foundation approves the Collaborative Research Center "ECOSENSE"
Ceremonial opening of the new research center “Institute for Machine-Brain Interfacing Technology”
Freiburg scientists at IMBIT conduct interdisciplinary research on human-machine interfaces
Students organize University Sustainability Days
Freiburg event series with workshops, initiatives and discussions will take place May 21-26, 2022
Hybrid edition from Schelling's previously unpublished estate
DFG is providing six million euros in funding for a 12-year project at the University of Freiburg and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Event series about voices from the “other Russia”
The Tsvetaeva Center at the University of Freiburg invites well-known regime-critical intellectuals and artists
German-Russian Relations a Century after the “Treaty of Rapallo”
The University of Freiburg is marking the centennial with an invitation to a series of events beginning on 9 May 2022. These include lectures, a play, and a panel discussion
Cell division in moss and animals more similar than previously thought
German-Japanese research team from Universities of Freiburg and Nagoya identifies what determines the site of cell division in plants
Rediscover the Uniseum
Visitors to the Uniseum can enjoy the exhibition using audio guides or their own smart phone starting now
CHE Ranking 2022 honors research strengths in electrical engineering and information technology and psychology
University of Freiburg is among the leading universities in the ranking by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE)
COVID-19: How vaccination and previous infections also help fight against Omicron
Immune cells against previous Sars-CoV-2 variants also recognize Omicron well and can thus protect against severe disease / Vaccination can improve immune response even after infection / Study by Freiburg medical researchers published in Nature Microbiology
New discoveries about the origin of the brain’s immune system
Important immune cells in the brain’s blood vessels do not mature until after birth
Bumblebees’ nutrition influences their pesticide resistance
Effects of a common fungicide differ depending on the plant to which it is applied
New process enables 3D printing of small and complex components made of glass in just a few minutes
Scientists combine materials science invention with newly developed 3D printing technology
Studium generale and Colloquium politicum begin the summer semester on April 25, 2022
The program will focus on the cultural-historical background of the Ukraine conflict and cultural understanding