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With an international team of researchers, cell biologist Prof. Karin Busch from the University of Münster aims to understand the significance of ion distribution in mitochondria for the formation of long-term memory.

The European Research Council has awarded an ERC Advanced Grant worth 2.5 million euros to Prof. Armido Studer. The grant will enable Studer to realise a project in the field of so-called radical water activation in the coming five years.

A team led by chemist Prof Frank Glorius from the University of Münster shows that a machine-based method prevents widespread “bias” in chemical publications.

The Center for Nonlinear Science (CeNoS) at the University of Münster is inviting anyone interested to the “AI Research EXPO” event as part of the interdisciplinary “InterKI” (KI = AI) teaching programme. In this interview, Dr. Katrin Schmietendorf from CeNoS, who is the coordinator of the teaching programme, about artificial research in research and teaching and about the EXPO on April 23.

Prejudices regarding a supposed conflict between the theory of evolution and the theological understanding of creation remain stubborn. These are based on stretching the theory of evolution into a materialistic and atheistic ideology. In fact, the theory offers a range of approaches for a dialogue with theology.

While new therapies are emerging based on modern methods of genetic engineering, the use of genetically modified micro-organisms such as bacteria or yeast in many areas of human life have become part of our everyday existence – for example, in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals or of enzymes for detergents. In the food industry, too, enzymes – amongst other things – are manufactured by using such micro-organisms. This article introduces the topic.

Many scientists at the University of Münster work with genetic engineering processes and methods. Using three organisms - virus, plant and fish - we provide insights into their research and the purposes for which genetic engineering is used.

Prof Dr Simon Lux has been a member of the management trio of the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production (Fraunhofer FFB) in Münster since 2022, which will open the FFB PreFab in Amelsbüren on 30 April. He is also a professor of applied electrochemical energy storage technology and industrial chemistry at the University of Münster. A portrait.

Prof Dr Daniela Bonnano is a “Research Alumni Ambassador”. She has made it her mission to represent the University of Münster as a research location abroad and to initiate and maintain long-term research collaborations. She is one of five top international researchers currently promoting the University of Münster abroad.

Around 200 mathematicians from all over the world will be coming together at the Schloss at the University of Münster from 25 to 27 March to discuss current developments in mathematical research. The Cluster of Excellence "Mathematics Münster: Dynamics – Geometry – Structure" will be hosting the conference. The Cluster’s spokesperson, Prof. Thomas Nikolaus, explains the special character of the conference.

Willkommen, bienvenue, hoşgeldiniz, benvenuti and welcome: the University of Münster welcomes 141 international exchange students for the new summer semester. During Welcome Week, the International Office provided information about studying and living at the university and in the city. Until the start of lectures in April, most of the students will attend a language course.

Around 220 of the physicists involved in the "IceCube" experiment are meeting for the first time in Münster from 18 to 22 March for the spring conference of the IceCube collaboration. Spokesperson Ignacio Taboada reports on the progress of the research.