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Ahana Fernandez heads an Emmy Noether Group in the Department of Behavioural Biology.

On Friday, February 6th 2026, 11 doctoral candidates were awarded doctorates in natural sciences at the graduation ceremony of the Department of Biology.

Cell biologist Karin Busch has investigated changes in the ‘power plants’ of ageing heart muscle cells.

Salt stress stimulates restructuring programme inside plant cells

A new review by Erich Bornberg-Bauer and Lars A. Eicholt summarizes current understanding of protein-coding de novo genes.

The German Society for Developmental Biology has awarded the 2026 Hilde Mangold Prize to Dr. Maik Bischoff (Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology) for his outstanding early-career achievements.

On Friday, December 12th 2025, 16 doctoral candidates were awarded doctorates in natural sciences at the graduation ceremony of the Department of Biology.

Dr. Margareta Hellmann received the award for the best PhD thesis in the Faculty of Biology 2025.

Parasitic plants activate feeding organs before they attach to a host / Possible new approach to weed control

Biologists at the University of Münster discover evolutionary origin of animal cell adhesion / ‘Talin’ protein plays a central role

On November 21st, the German Research Foundation (DFG) announced that the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) “Dynamic Cellular Interfaces: Formation and Function” will receive a further four years of funding totaling 12 million Euros.

Hidden genetic variations: biologist Joachim Kurtz talks about a special mechanism of evolution.

On Friday, October 17th 2025, 10 doctoral candidates were awarded doctorates in natural sciences at the graduation ceremony of the Department of Biology.

Researchers at the University of Münster develop method to visualize structural changes in a prominent adhesion protein / Study published in Communications Biology

250 scientists from the fields of biology and medicine meet at the University of Münster from 24 to 29 August.

International research team analyses the genetic basis of ant evolution

Study on flour beetles shows that insect-specific “immune priming” affects the evolution of pathogenic bacteria.

Prof. Kokko's lecture, "A long life: how desirable is it, evolutionarily speaking?", begins on July 10 at 11:15 a.m. in the castle's auditorium. The lecture is open to the public.

From May 26 to May 28, 2025, a Young Researchers Retreat took place in Münster as part of the DFG Priority Program “Engineered Living Materials with Adaptive Functions” (SPP 2451).

On Friday, May 9th 2025, 13 doctoral candidates were awarded doctorates in natural sciences at the graduation ceremony of the Department of Biology.

From biomolecules to legal aspects: the BIOSTORE project features collaborations from a range of disciplines.

Viktoria Rokhinson wrote an outstanding bachelor’s thesis and would like to improve education policy.

Researchers from Münster, Bielefeld and Jena find evidence that behavioural experiments with insects are also affected by the “reproducibility crisis”.

On Friday, April 4th 2025, 16 doctoral candidates were awarded doctorates in natural sciences at the graduation ceremony of the Department of Biology.

Proteins in the sheath of cellular protrusions regulate the ability of cells to adhere to surfaces.