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New Leibniz ScienceCampus researches wildfires and climate

Over the next four years, a new joint project will investigate the links between wildfires and climate change. The Leibniz ScienceCampus “Smoke and Bioaerosols in Climate Change” brings together expertise on atmospheric and biodiversity research from Leipzig University; on aerosols, clouds and…

Hochschuldidaktik

Call for Nominations: Arqus Teaching Excellence Award 2022/23

For the third year running, educators from all disciplines can be nominated for the Arqus Teaching Excellence Award for excellent and innovative teaching formats in the 2022/23 academic year. The deadline for submissions is 1 April.

International

The Arqus Café starts again – register now!

Students and staff from the Arqus universities can now register for the eigth edition of the Arqus Café, which runs from 11th March to 21st June 2024.

Forschung

Newly discovered receptor influences gut development in fruit flies

Adhesion GPCRs are a group of G protein-coupled receptors associated with many bodily functions and diseases in humans. Scientists at Leipzig University have discovered a new receptor – which they have named “mayo” – and found that it influences the development of the small intestine and heart…

Forschung

Obesity Prize for Excellence for Antje Körner

Professor Antje Körner, Professor of Metabolic Research at Leipzig University’s Faculty of Medicine and Head of the Metabolism Division at the Helmholtz Institute of Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) at Helmholtz Munich, has been named as the 2024 recipient of the EASO-Novo Nordisk…

International

Rector Obergfell on DAAD fact-finding trip to the US

The Rector of Leipzig University, Professor Eva Inés Obergfell, is taking part in a fact-finding trip to the United States organised by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) from 10 to 16 March 2024. The programme is designed for senior staff from German universities. During the seven-day…

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