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Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We asked biologist Jun.-Prof. Dr. @ereckzeh.bsky.social a few questions about her path into science and what advice she would give to young women. Watch now (German only): www.youtube.com/watch?v=aELG...
Frauen in der Wissenschaft - Interview mit Jun.-Prof. Dr. Elena S. Reckzeh | Uni Bonn
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February 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We asked biologist Jun.-Prof. Dr. @ereckzeh.bsky.social a few questions about her path into science and what advice she would give to young women. Watch now (German only): www.youtube.com/watch?v=aELG...
“Rainforest conservation hampers economic development” a claim frequently made in political and economic debates. Drawing on empirical research from the Amazon, Gustavo Oliveira and Yannick Damm discuss deforestation, health impacts, and economic costs in our podcast: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/rain...
February 5, 2026 at 7:56 AM
“Rainforest conservation hampers economic development” a claim frequently made in political and economic debates. Drawing on empirical research from the Amazon, Gustavo Oliveira and Yannick Damm discuss deforestation, health impacts, and economic costs in our podcast: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/rain...
🔐How secure is your password? Since five years, the Leak Checker team at the University of Bonn has been researching password security. Their free online tool allows users to check whether their data has been comprised through known data leaks. Learn more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/230-...
January 30, 2026 at 8:59 AM
🔐How secure is your password? Since five years, the Leak Checker team at the University of Bonn has been researching password security. Their free online tool allows users to check whether their data has been comprised through known data leaks. Learn more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/230-...
In his postdoctoral thesis, Bonn-based political scientist Dr. Hendrik W. Ohnesorge examines German-American relations over five centuries. His focus: the concept of "soft power" — influence through values, culture, & political credibility: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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January 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
In his postdoctoral thesis, Bonn-based political scientist Dr. Hendrik W. Ohnesorge examines German-American relations over five centuries. His focus: the concept of "soft power" — influence through values, culture, & political credibility: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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© Yasin/AdobeStock [AI]
Congratulations to Jun.-Prof. Daqing Wang! He receives a €150,000 Proof of Concept Grant from @erc.europa.eu. He will advance his research toward industrial use. His team’s solution enables broader access to cryogenic optical imaging: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/020-...
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© Gregor Hübl/Uni Bonn
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Congratulations to Jun.-Prof. Daqing Wang! He receives a €150,000 Proof of Concept Grant from @erc.europa.eu. He will advance his research toward industrial use. His team’s solution enables broader access to cryogenic optical imaging: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/020-...
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© Gregor Hübl/Uni Bonn
With arrow and club: Spectacular discovery in the Sinai. Prof. Ludwig Morenz from University of Bonn deciphers 5,000-year-old inscription displaying early Egyptian dominance on the peninsula.
Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/019-...
© Photo: M. Nour El-Din/redrawing: E. Kiesel
Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/019-...
© Photo: M. Nour El-Din/redrawing: E. Kiesel
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 AM
With arrow and club: Spectacular discovery in the Sinai. Prof. Ludwig Morenz from University of Bonn deciphers 5,000-year-old inscription displaying early Egyptian dominance on the peninsula.
Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/019-...
© Photo: M. Nour El-Din/redrawing: E. Kiesel
Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/019-...
© Photo: M. Nour El-Din/redrawing: E. Kiesel
🌾🥣 #ScienceSnack Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level: A study by the Institute of Nutritional and Food Science at the University of Bonn shows that positive effects are still evident even six weeks later. Learn more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/017-...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM
🌾🥣 #ScienceSnack Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level: A study by the Institute of Nutritional and Food Science at the University of Bonn shows that positive effects are still evident even six weeks later. Learn more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/017-...
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🌠🔭🎉 Our Dynamic Universe
Am 20. Januar startete der Exzellenzcluster der @unibonn.bsky.social und #UniKöln feierlich mit einer Eröffnungsveranstaltung. #DYNAVERSE will herausfinden, wie die Kopplung verschiedener Zeitskalen die Physik des Universums beeinflusst.
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Am 20. Januar startete der Exzellenzcluster der @unibonn.bsky.social und #UniKöln feierlich mit einer Eröffnungsveranstaltung. #DYNAVERSE will herausfinden, wie die Kopplung verschiedener Zeitskalen die Physik des Universums beeinflusst.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:23 PM
🌠🔭🎉 Our Dynamic Universe
Am 20. Januar startete der Exzellenzcluster der @unibonn.bsky.social und #UniKöln feierlich mit einer Eröffnungsveranstaltung. #DYNAVERSE will herausfinden, wie die Kopplung verschiedener Zeitskalen die Physik des Universums beeinflusst.
▶️ dynaverse.astro.uni-koeln.de
Am 20. Januar startete der Exzellenzcluster der @unibonn.bsky.social und #UniKöln feierlich mit einer Eröffnungsveranstaltung. #DYNAVERSE will herausfinden, wie die Kopplung verschiedener Zeitskalen die Physik des Universums beeinflusst.
▶️ dynaverse.astro.uni-koeln.de
🧀 #ScienceSnack Cheese, but without any cows? Precision fermentation can be used to produce cheese with animal protein, without needing cows. Researchers at the IRL have investigated whether consumers would buy such animal-free cheese. More: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/010-2026
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January 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM
🧀 #ScienceSnack Cheese, but without any cows? Precision fermentation can be used to produce cheese with animal protein, without needing cows. Researchers at the IRL have investigated whether consumers would buy such animal-free cheese. More: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/010-2026
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© AdobeStock
🍍We've opened our own supermarket! To study consumer shopping behavior and habits, a team led by Prof. Dr. Lemken has set up a laboratory supermarket. How can shoppers be encouraged to make healthier & more sustainable choices? More: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/014-2026
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© Gregor Hübl/Uni Bonn
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
🍍We've opened our own supermarket! To study consumer shopping behavior and habits, a team led by Prof. Dr. Lemken has set up a laboratory supermarket. How can shoppers be encouraged to make healthier & more sustainable choices? More: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/014-2026
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© Gregor Hübl/Uni Bonn
Surprising synchronisation between the sun and sediments: An Antarctic study by the CNR Institute of Polar Sciences (Italy) and the University of Bonn shows the influence of solar cycles on the stability of coastal ice. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/011-...
Photo: Patrizia Giordano
Photo: Patrizia Giordano
January 21, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Surprising synchronisation between the sun and sediments: An Antarctic study by the CNR Institute of Polar Sciences (Italy) and the University of Bonn shows the influence of solar cycles on the stability of coastal ice. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/011-...
Photo: Patrizia Giordano
Photo: Patrizia Giordano
Congratulations to Dr. Christian Scharrer! The mathematician will lead an Emmy Noether Group funded with €850,000 by @dfg.de. His group will explore the geometric phenomena that arise as membrane shapes become increasingly complex. Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/009-...
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© Laura Nussbaum
January 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Christian Scharrer! The mathematician will lead an Emmy Noether Group funded with €850,000 by @dfg.de. His group will explore the geometric phenomena that arise as membrane shapes become increasingly complex. Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/009-...
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© Laura Nussbaum
🍚📉 #ScienceSnack: Expensive food makes children fat. A study by @zefbonn.bsky.social shows: when rice prices spiked during the "Asian financial crisis" in the 1990s, children faced stunted growth — and a higher obesity risk later in life. Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/001-...
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© M. Qaim
January 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
🍚📉 #ScienceSnack: Expensive food makes children fat. A study by @zefbonn.bsky.social shows: when rice prices spiked during the "Asian financial crisis" in the 1990s, children faced stunted growth — and a higher obesity risk later in life. Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/001-...
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© M. Qaim
🗑️ #ScienceSnack: Some 53,000 items of litter flow past Cologne daily in the Rhine – an amount many times larger than previously believed. That's the “dirty” result from a citizen science project led by @unibonn.bsky.social. Read more here: https://f.mtr.cool/mblomiuhmr
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© Simon Taal
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
🗑️ #ScienceSnack: Some 53,000 items of litter flow past Cologne daily in the Rhine – an amount many times larger than previously believed. That's the “dirty” result from a citizen science project led by @unibonn.bsky.social. Read more here: https://f.mtr.cool/mblomiuhmr
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© Simon Taal
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🧠 #ScienceSnack: The human brain must be able to link memories to their circumstances. Bonn Researchers have discovered two different neuron groups our brain uses to store content and context separately. Findings have been published in @nature.com. www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/004-...
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© UKB/A. Winkler
January 8, 2026 at 10:12 AM
🧠 #ScienceSnack: The human brain must be able to link memories to their circumstances. Bonn Researchers have discovered two different neuron groups our brain uses to store content and context separately. Findings have been published in @nature.com. www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/004-...
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© UKB/A. Winkler
🍪🔬 Introducing #ScienceSnacks — bite-sized insights into research at the University of Bonn. Short, clear, and easy to digest. Stay tuned for a regular dose of science in a snackable size!
January 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
🍪🔬 Introducing #ScienceSnacks — bite-sized insights into research at the University of Bonn. Short, clear, and easy to digest. Stay tuned for a regular dose of science in a snackable size!
When the fungus Ustilago maydis infects maize plants, tumour-like tissue growths develop. Researchers led by Prof. Armin Djamei have now discovered that the fungus hijacks a programme in the plant that is responsible for forming lateral roots: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/002-...
@effectomics.bsky.social
@effectomics.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
When the fungus Ustilago maydis infects maize plants, tumour-like tissue growths develop. Researchers led by Prof. Armin Djamei have now discovered that the fungus hijacks a programme in the plant that is responsible for forming lateral roots: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/002-...
@effectomics.bsky.social
@effectomics.bsky.social
Since January 1, eight clusters of excellence are funded at U Bonn — more than at any other university in Germany!
New clusters: "Color meets Flavor" and "Our Dynamic Universe"
Learn more about our Clusters of Excellence:
www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-...
New clusters: "Color meets Flavor" and "Our Dynamic Universe"
Learn more about our Clusters of Excellence:
www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-...
January 2, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Since January 1, eight clusters of excellence are funded at U Bonn — more than at any other university in Germany!
New clusters: "Color meets Flavor" and "Our Dynamic Universe"
Learn more about our Clusters of Excellence:
www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-...
New clusters: "Color meets Flavor" and "Our Dynamic Universe"
Learn more about our Clusters of Excellence:
www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-...
🎄☃️✨We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026!
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© Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🎄☃️✨We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026!
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© Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn
A reason to celebrate, congratulations 🛰️🎉
🚀 Record ESA budget (€22.3B) boosts EO, and #CRC1502 at @unibonn.bsky.social contributes to scientific exploitation of ESA’s Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM). Our speaker @jurgenkusche.bsky.social highlights how better gravity data sharpens climate modelling.
📰 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/231-...
📰 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/231-...
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A reason to celebrate, congratulations 🛰️🎉
Author, literary icon, and role model: Jane Austen would have celebrated her 250th birthday yesterday. To mark this anniversary, Marion Gymnich, Bonn Professor for English Studies, explains what makes Austen's work special and relevant to this day (German only): www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
Podcast: 250 Jahre Jane Austen – Was die Autorin zeitlos macht
Sechs Liebesromane, einige Fragmente sowie eine Sammlung von Briefen – darauf beläuft sich das literarische Erbe Jane Austens die, am 16. Dezember 1775, im Alter von nur 41 Jahren starb. Auch 250 Jahr...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Author, literary icon, and role model: Jane Austen would have celebrated her 250th birthday yesterday. To mark this anniversary, Marion Gymnich, Bonn Professor for English Studies, explains what makes Austen's work special and relevant to this day (German only): www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
Great news!
“We are very pleased that the United Kingdom will return to Erasmus+ in 2027. Together with our British partners, the @russellgroup.bsky.social, we have worked for many years to make this possible.”
Prof Michael Hoch, Rector of the @unibonn.bsky.social, Chair, German U15
@sciencebusiness.net
Prof Michael Hoch, Rector of the @unibonn.bsky.social, Chair, German U15
@sciencebusiness.net
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great news!
🌳🥬 Growing trees over lettuce to help fight climate change? Agroforestry can boost biodiversity, regulate water flows & store tons of CO₂. Uni Bonn researchers study its impact on the CO₂ balance in a subproject that's part of @cdrterra.bsky.social: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/grow...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🌳🥬 Growing trees over lettuce to help fight climate change? Agroforestry can boost biodiversity, regulate water flows & store tons of CO₂. Uni Bonn researchers study its impact on the CO₂ balance in a subproject that's part of @cdrterra.bsky.social: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/grow...
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Why do certain immune cells remain active in allergic asthma although the environment should damage them? A team of UKB & the University of Bonn including @immunosens.bsky.social has discovered a special antioxidant protection mechanism. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/227-...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Why do certain immune cells remain active in allergic asthma although the environment should damage them? A team of UKB & the University of Bonn including @immunosens.bsky.social has discovered a special antioxidant protection mechanism. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/227-...
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