Press Releases 2023
- New findings about human metabolic processes
- Freiburg researchers discover numerous undescribed metabolic processes and their genes by comparing metabolic products in urine and blood
- THE Impact Rankings: University of Freiburg among the top 10 percent for SDG 13 (Climate Action)
- In a Germany-wide comparison, the University of Freiburg ranks second for SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and 13 (Climate Action)
- Light conveyed by the signal transmitting molecule sucrose controls growth of plant roots
- Team of Freiburg researchers shows how information about the quantity of absorbed light passes from the leaves to the roots
- Emergence of solvated dielectrons observed for the first time
- Team in conjunction with the University of Freiburg generates low-energy electrons using ultraviolet light
- Maximilian Haedicke Named Unified Patent Court Judge
- University of Freiburg legal scholar to work in shaping the newly established European institution
- Report on the Name of the University of Freiburg has been published
- “No cause found for changing the name of the University of Freiburg,” according to the commission’s report. The Senate and University Administration have agreed on the report’s findings.
- Lars P. Feld Receives University Medal
- The professor of economic policy and economics of order and director of the Walter Eucken Institute strengthens the University of Freiburg’s reputation with his expertise.
- Distinguished professorship for Freiburg immunologist
- Marta Rizzi has taken on a Heisenberg professorship at the University of Freiburg on April 1, 2023 with a research focus on immunodeficiencies
- Two new Collaborative Research Centre in Medicine approved at the University of Freiburg
- In addition, the German Research Foundation is extending two existing Collaborative Research Centres
- Oldest architectural plans detail mysterious desert mega structures
- An international team of researchers including the University of Freiburg identifies engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the oldest known scaled building plans in human history.
- The Role of the University in a Deglobalizing World
- At the Dies universitatis of the University of Freiburg on May 23, 2023, alumna Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg will give a keynote speech
- Mast cells have an important impact on the development of chronic myeloid leukemia
- Research team at the University of Freiburg traces the origin of proinflammatory cytokines
- New strategy for clinically relevant protein sequencing
- Researchers of the Project nEOdiag aims to develop fast and inexpensive analyses of amino acid sequences at the University of Freiburg
- New research project studying the lives of lesbians in the south-west of Germany
- A team from the Universities of Freiburg and Heidelberg is studying the everyday lives of women who love women from 1945 to the 1980s
- Gamma delta T cells can fight aggressive breast cancer
- Freiburg researchers discover a mechanism by which cancer cells escape the immune system.
- Tenure-track professorship for Soft Machines established
- Engineer Edoardo Milana will research bioinspired soft robotic systems made of deformable and adaptive materials at the University of Freiburg
- Ambrosia beetles can recognise their food fungi by their scents
- Experiments at the University of Freiburg provide evidence for the first time of the ability of ambrosia beetles to distinguish between food and harmful fungi
- Climate change causes strong declines in ecosystem services provided by tropical forests
- Study by the University of Freiburg shows high economic costs of climate effects on forests in Central America
- Next Steps for Nanopore Technology
- The Clusters4Future action “nanodiag BW” is launching its first implementation phase with four funded projects
- In mid-April Studium generale and Colloquium politicum at the University of Freiburg will kick off their events that are open to the general public
- Topics in the summer semester: Europe in history to present day, the relationship between art and politics, and “forgotten wars”