Department ofBiology

We are pleased to invite master’s and doctoral students in the natural sciences to join our three-day intensive Summer School in Life Sciences organized within the MOMOBIO project, taking place 5–7 October, 2026 in Hamburg, Germany.

Dr. Gali Estopare Araguirang from the Research Unit Plant Immune Biology  led by Prof. Marco Trujillo received the Reinhold von Sengbusch Prize for Posters at the "Molecular Biology of Plants Conference" held from March 16-19, 2026 at Hennef Sports School, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

This annual conference is under the...

The consequences of a sedentary lifestyle are difficult to study in human trials. That is why an international research team, including the University of Hamburg, has now investigated them in king penguins. The result: While an abundant food supply in protected living conditions promotes rapid growth, it ultimately leads to...

Silja Seemann received the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) prize for the best master's thesis of 2025 in botany and plant sciences at the University of Hamburg for her work "Identification of amino acid residues critical for the activity, dimerisation, and regulation of the small GTPase, Arabidopsis...

From February 2 to 4, the Biology Department held its professors' retreat in Harsefeld. The goal was to promote networking among the professors and to discuss future research ideas and teaching in the highly sought-after biology degree programs.

We are excited to announce the DZG Graduate Meeting in Evolutionary Biology, which will take place at the Institute for Animal Cell and Systems Biology (IZS) from March 25 to 27, 2026.

Theme:
Interactions and Coevolution: from Molecules to Species

The meeting is organized by the Evolutionary Immunogenomics Research Group and...