
News - 2018

Jasmonic acid ensures that leave pores close if leaves are injured. WWU team arround Prof. Kudla involved.

Dandelion rubber gets ready for the market: tyre manufacturer Continental opens "Taraxagum Lab Anklam"
Research done by Prof. Dirk Prüfer and his team makes transfer possible / "Taraxagum project is an outstanding example of the way that Münster University stands for top-level research"

Drei WWU-Professoren unter den meistzitierten Forschern
Zitations-Ranking 2018 von "Clarivate Analytics" veröffentlicht

Janina Steinbeck receives this year’s WWU dissertation prize.

WWU-Wissenschaftler und Israelis forschen gemeinsam
Stiftung unterstützt Vorhaben in Biotechnologie, Medizin und Archäologie

Bessel research award of Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung for Prof. Dr. Gurvan Michel
Gurvan Michel receives prestigious Humboldt award.

Pioneering biologists create a new crop through genome editing
From wild plant to crop: CRISPR-Cas9 revolutionizes breeding / New tomato contains more valuable antioxidants

Biotechnologen entschlüsseln Struktur eines zentralen Fotosynthese-Molekülkomplexes
Mechanismus ermöglicht Pflanzen Anpassung an wechselnde Lichtbedingungen und schwankenden Energiebedarf

An interview with biotechnologist Prof. Dirk Prüfer on the ruling by the European Court of Justice on new techniques of breeding plants
“The ruling means the death of modern genetic techniques in plant breeding”

Plant physiologists discover new mechanism of photosynthetic regulation
German-Finnish team shows how previously unknown mechanism facilitates switchover between molecular light harvesting complexes

Rectorate awards Transfer Prize for two projects
Awards for Business Information Specialists and Biotechnologists / Each prize worth 10,000 euros

Förderung für europäisches Verbundprojekt in der Pflanzenphysiologie
Netzwerk “ERA-CAPS“ unterstützt Konsortium um Prof. Dr. Iris Finkemeier bei Erforschung der Protein-Regulation in Pflanzenzellen