Department of Biology
27 November 2019|Research
New DFG Project
A collaborative project between Germany and Poland was funded in the frame of the Beethoven program, funded by the DFG on the German side and the NCN...
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19 November 2019|Research
Annual meeting of the collaborative project "Hybrids - chances and challenges of new genomic combinations" on Sylt
Photo: UHH/ Susanne Stirn
The annual meeting of the joint project "Hybrids - Opportunities and Challenges of New Genomic Combinations" took place in List on Sylt on two stormy...
8 November 2019|Forschung
High-throughput sequencing to obtain DNA sequence from historical museum specimens
Photo: Dr. Utpal Smart
Natural history collections have vast stocks of material for the study of global biological diversity and the evolution of biological species...
8 October 2019|Publikation
Winner of the 2018 Journal of Zoology "Paper of the Year" award
The paper "Early environmental conditions affect the volume of higher-order brain centers in a jumping spider" by colleagues from Universität Hamburg...
19 February 2019|Publikation
New Schmeil-Fitschen has appeard
Photo: Quelle & Meyer
The Schmeil-Fitschen (Die Flora Deutschlands und angrenzender Länder) has been the standard work for determination of plants from Germany and adjacent...
29 January 2019|Biology
Do the MoPS!
Photo: UHH/Kober
The Master of Science in Molecular Plant Science is a consecutive and research-oriented degree program.
Further Information you will find on the...
28 January 2019|Biology
UV vision helps birds see the forest for the trees
Photo: pexels
By exaggerating the contrast between the tops and bottoms of leaves, UV vision could help bring forest structure into high definition and thus help...
Contribution from the news channel MIN-en
8 January 2019|Award
IPM Science Picture Award 2018
Photo: UHH/MIN/Latos
The Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology (IPM) becomes more beautiful. We would to thank everyone for the submission of the scientific pictures...
13 December 2018|Publikation
New lineage of lichen-forming fungi discovered
Photo: UHH/Schultz
Scientists of the Herbarium Hamburgene in collaboration with colleagues from Spain and Sweden discovered a new evolutionary lineage of lichen-forming...
23 October 2018|Research
Six million Euros for research of internal communication in plants
Photo: ERC
Objective of the € 6.1 million research project “Plant Mobile RNAs: Function, Transport and Features“, shortly PLAMORF, is the long-distance transport...
Contribution from the news channel MIN-en
16 August 2018|Biology
Climate Impact Research in Hannover: Small Plants against Large Waves
Photo: UHH/MIN/Latos
International researchers from various universities conduct a unique experiment in the Large Wave Flume at the Coastal Research Centre in Hannover.
Contribution from the news channel MIN-en
4 May 2018|Event
BCDC: 2nd Biology Conference of Doctoral Candidates
Photo: UHH/BCDC
Join us on May 4th in the Biozentrum Klein Flottbek
This year’s focus: No Money – No Science!
or: How to (successfully) apply for funding
Be...
17 April 2018|Internationales
BRALECOMP – 1st Brazilian - German Workshop
Photo: UHH/Krause
BRALECOMP – 1st Brazilian - German Workshop on Composite Products from Alternative Lignocellulosic Resources
The BRALECOMP project consortium...
28 March 2018|Biology
Kick-off meeting of BIOHOME project team 2018 in Stellenbosch/South Africa
Photo: UHH/Schmidt
The kick-off meeting of the BioHome project was held in South Africa from 5th - 9th February 2018, hosted by the Stellenbosch University. The goal of...
26 February 2018|Research
New research project to study the effects of climate change on saltmarsh ecology
Photo: UHH/ Nolte
Salt marshes are highly dynamic ecosystems in the transition zone between marine and terrestrial environments, and are therefore characterised by a...
1 February 2018|Information
New website of the Biology Department online
Photo: pixabay
February 2018 starts with the launch of the new English website of the Biology Department.
We are very happy that it is (finally) online and thank...
20 November 2017|Forschung
Prof. Elisa Schaum erforscht Plankton
Elisa Schaum ist seit dem 1. Oktober 2017 Juniorprofessorin für Planktonökologie am Institut für Hydrobiologie und Fischereiwissenschaft (IHF). Als...
31 May 2017|Publication
Research from the Biology Department in Science Magazine
An international research consortium led by the developmental biologist Prof. Dr. Arp Schnittger from the Biozentrum Klein Flottbek discovers how...
23 May 2017|Administration
New Department Head
Photo: UHH/Schneider
End of March 2017 Prof. Jutta Schneider hands over the job as department head to Prof. Kai Jensen. We sincerely thank Jutta for her dedication over...
22 May 2017|Event
PhD Workshop Hamburg – COST Action FP1407
Please keep in mind and apply! The PhD workshop Monday 3rd – Wednesday, 5th July 2017 in Hamburg aims at connecting ideas of young researchers, active...