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19 May 2025|Veranstaltung

Sommerfest 2025 | Summer Party 2025: Jetzt anmelden | Register now

Wir wollen wieder zusammen den Sommer feiern! Mit dem Sommerfest, das wie gewohnt im Mensa-Garten des IPM begangen wird – am Freitag, den 27. Juni 2025 ab 15:00 Uhr.

Let's celebrate the summer together again! The summer party will be held, as usual at the the PM Canteen - Garden – on Friday, June 27, 2025 starting at 3 p.m.

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Botrytis grey mold infection of fruits

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6 May 2025|Research

How fungal Argonaute proteins control plant infection

Botrytis cinerea is a fungal pathogen that infects more than 1,400 different plant species and causes the grey mold disease in many important crops. In a new study published in PNAS, the Weiberg lab (currently moving from the LMU Munich to the University of Hamburg, Departement of Biology) revealed how RNA-binding proteins...

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17 April 2025|Forschung

Deep dive into plant signalling data questions potential of mobile mRNAs in plants

A far-reaching study with participation of the Department of Biology of University of Hamburg, has cast doubt on statistical methods used to identify long distance signalling networks in plants. The findings, published in Nature Plants, mean we may need to reevaluate a vital area of the life sciences.

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2 April 2025|Forschung

Global dark diversity study reveals hidden impact of human activities on nature

A global study with contributions by the Department of Biology at the University of Hamburg shows that in human-disturbed regions, many native plant species are absent from their natural habitats. These missing species can be considered as the “dark diversity” of a region. The results of the study have now been published in...

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5 March 2025|Biology

Registration Open! Hamburg Meeting, 11–13 June 2025 – exRNA Research and Innovation to Improve Human and Plant Health

From 11 to 13 June 2025 the annual meeting "exRNA research and innovation to improve human and plant health" will take place in Hamburg at the CSSB Centre for Structural Systems Biology c/o Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY.

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9 January 2025|Forschung

IMF students and researchers take part in expedition to Australia and New Zealand

Two years after a successful training and research cruise from Spain to Namibia with the research vessel METEOR seven students and five scientists from the Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Sciences (IMF) and the Institute of Geology at the University of Hamburg once again had the opportunity to take part in such...

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