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The Gutenberg Teaching Council aims at improving teaching and academic teaching skills at JGU with a particular focus on further innovating and developing research orientation, interdisciplinarity, internationality, and professional orientation.
Would you like to register as doctoral student at the Faculty of Biology? Do you have questions about the official process to receive your doctoral degree? Are you are looking for the official forms?
The Faculty of Biology currently offers two structured doctoral programs. One is the International PhD Program (IPP) and the other is the Graduate School Materials Science in Mainz (MAINZ).
Juggle is a network, which facilitates scientific exchange and cooperation among researchers in the life sciences in Mainz. It is concerned with topics such as visibilty and career options for junior group leaders.
At the portal, you will find information on diverse aspects of the postdoctoral phase, ranging from finacial support, teaching and research options to advanced training.
The GYR is a central scientific unit of JGU that supports the interdisciplinary exchange among junior researchers. Additionally, it develops new concepts and provides financial support for junior researchers.
The scientific goal of GenEvo is to gain a better understanding of the evolution of complex and multi-layered gene regulatory systems.By transferring methods developed for model species to other taxa, we can analyze the evolution of gene regulation in a broad phylo- and population genetic context. Some projects investigate the coevolution of gene regulation by analyzing how interacting species interfere with gene regulation.
An understanding of the mechanisms that protect our genome from damage is essential for successfully combating cancer and aging processes. DNA damage caused either by environmental influences or by intrinsic cellular reactions threatens genome stability by hindering the storage, copying and reading of genetic information. Consequently, the cell has a variety of measures at its disposal to protect and repair its genetic material. By focusing on the biological basis of genome stability, the CRC aims to contribute to our understanding of how the different DNA repair systems determine the balance between cell death and survival, genome stability, plasticity and gene regulation.
Prof. Dr. Shuqing Xu will take up the professorship in the summer semester of 2022. His research group focuses on the evolutionary genetics of biotic interactions of plants. The Xu group aims to understand how organisms evolve in multitrophic communities by using integrative tools of genomics, molecular biology, and chemical ecology.
Junior professor Ann Kathrin Huylmans starts her tenure-track position in research and teaching in Mainz in winter semester 2021/2022. Her research group focuses, among other things, on the evolution of different phenotypes arising from the same genome, e.g. different sexes, castes or in the context of phenotypic plasticity.
Specific Talks are announced regulary by the institues of FB10 and can additionally be foud in the internal calender as well as on the linked website. IMB also announces talks on their website which can be found by following the link.
The Fachschaft Biologie represents the interests of the student body. In the plenary meeting, the students elect their representatives for the boards and committees of the Faculty of Biology.
The meetings of the Faculty Council currently are held in presence. The public part starts at 2pm (s.t.). All members of the faculty are welcome to attend.
The student representation and the Faculty of Biology host a graduation ceremony twice a year. Those students who graduated within six months before the ceremony can participate. The next ceremony will take place on October 11, 2025.
A research team at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has recently demonstrated how temperature can affect brain development in fruit flies. “In the area of the brain we examined, neurons formed more synapses and connected to more synaptic partners at lower temperatures,” stated Dr. Carlotta Martelli, head of the team at the Institute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology of JGU.
Carsten Wieder received a poster award for his research topic ‘Saintopin biosynthesis implies a non-canonical polyketide cyclization mechanism‘ at the 17th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG17), which took place this year from March, 02 to 05 in Dublin. Carsten Wieder is currently working on the completion of his PHD dissertation in the research group of Prof. Eckhard Thines | Biotechnology at the Institute of Molecular Physiology (imP) in Mainz.
The peripheral nervous system can recover relatively well after an injury, for example due to a cut or bruised tissue. However, in some cases the recovery of the nerves is inadequate. The Jacob research group at the iDN has now discovered a mechanism that slows down the regeneration of the peripheral nervous system. 'A protein called histone deacetylase 8, or HDAC8 for short, is responsible for this,' explains Claire Jacob. 'This protein is found in Schwann cells. If we remove it, regeneration is faster'. The publication was published in Nature Communications.
Proteins are fundamental to our bodily functions. In simple terms, proteins can be thought of as long chains of amino acids that are organised into various three-dimensional structures. For example, there is the alpha-helix and the beta-pleated sheet. These structures influence how the proteins interact with other proteins and which functions they fulfil. However, not all proteins are organised in this way: Around 30 per cent exist in a disordered state. However, this is fundamental to their behaviour: The smaller the proteins contract when they swim alone in an aqueous solution, the more easily they form clumps when several proteins are present. This plays a major role in Alzheimer's disease, for example.
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