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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 or digital in MS Teams, dependent on the Corona situation. The meetings in the winter term 2022/2023 are on Dec 14, Jan 18, 2023, Feb 8, 2023 and March11, 2023. 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 is currently being planned for Feb 18, 2023 .
The BBAW, formerly the Prussian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, is a renowned association of around 400 outstanding scientists and scholars and performs tasks including advising society and politics. 'It is a great pleasure and honor for me to have been accepted into the Academy. Since membership is for life, I am very much looking forward to the many opportunities this will provide for exchange and further development of important ideas,' Kokko says. 'The Academy strives to strengthen communication between the sciences and humanities as well as between science and society, for example with the Enlightenment 2.0 program, which addresses the problem of the spread of misinformation. These issues are also very close to my heart.'
The project, with the participation of the Light Microscopy Core Facility of FB10, contributes to closing existing innovation gaps in the field of light microscopy methods by providing state-of-the-art technology in Mainz. 'As a model project, the Mainz Translational Imaging Platform supports academic partners, startups, small, medium as well as large technology-oriented companies in the implementation of their projects - and thus makes a significant contribution to the emergence of a dynamic ecosystem for innovation and growth in the life sciences,' emphasizes Prof. Thines, Dean of the Faculty of Biology at JGU. (Photo: Stefan F. Sämmer)
A team of researchers from AG Duch at iDN and Theoretical Biology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has been able to solve a decades-old puzzle about the emergence of electrical activity patterns during insect flight. 'In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, wing movement is controlled by a miniaturized circuit consisting of only a few nerve cells and synapses,' explains Prof. Carsten Duch. And probably not only in the fruit fly: the more than 600,000 insect species that rely on similar locomotion are also likely to have such a neural circuit. The publication appeared in Nature.
Prof. Sabine Döring, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and Prof. Robert Schlögl, President of the Humboldt Foundation, presented her with one of Germany's most highly endowed research awards in Berlin. Theoretical scientists receive 3.5 million euros for the first five years, which they can use, for example, to build up their research team or for technical and special equipment. When nominated, the universities submit a concept of how they will finance the professorship beyond this period. Prof. Georg Krausch, President of JGU, says: With Hanna Kokko, we have succeeded for the second time within a few years in strengthening the Faculty of Biology by attracting a renowned Humboldt Professorship. Her expertise and global visibility support JGU's life science research in a cutting-edge field that will be central to our competitiveness in the years to come.
The Research Training Group R-loop Regulation in Robustness and Resilience (4R) will focus on specific RNA-DNA hybrids that can have both positive and negative effects on the cell. Within the framework of 4R, twelve PhD students will work in this field from fall 2023 in the RTG, which was applied for in close collaboration with the IMB. It is an absolutely innovative field of research in which groundbreaking findings have been made over the past five years. We are pleased to be able to continue our intensive research here with the Research Training Group, says Prof. Brian Luke, the spokesperson for the new Research Training Group and a professor at the iDN. The DFG is supporting the project with around 8.3 million euros over the first five years.
