University of Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Nils Wiedemann, Professor for Biochemistry at the University of Freiburg was appointed to the “Academia Europaea” in April 2024 for his “outstanding achievements as a scientist” in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology.…

Cyanobacteria – also called blue-green algae – are known as the “plants of the ocean” because they carry out photosynthesis on a gigantic scale, produce oxygen and extract the greenhouse gas CO2 from the environment. However, to do this…

The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 have been published. A total of 55 subject-specific rankings were compiled in five broad subject areas, including “Arts & Humanities,” “Engineering & Technology,” “Life Sciences &…

The electrons in atoms and molecules move incredibly fast. Put simply, an electron in a hydrogen atom orbits the nucleus of an atom once in around 152 attoseconds. By comparison, a million trillion attoseconds pass in one second. Physicists…

Prof. Dr Jörn Leonhard, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History of Western Europe at the University of Freiburg, received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG) on 13 March 2024. The DFG is…

The model organism spreading earth moss (Physcomitrium patens, formerly: Physcomitrella patens) has contributed significantly to a better understanding of plant evolution and development. Nevertheless, the currently known genome of …

Proteins have a multitude of biological functions in the human body. Diseases may develop if there are disruptions in protein production, structure, or function. A statistician at the Institute for Genetic Epidemiology at the…

Metastases are largely responsible for the death rate of patients with solid cancers; the prognosis of cancer patients reduces significantly if metastases are diagnosed. Till now there was no procedure available to reliably predict the…

“The cooperation project AI-Drive between the University of Freiburg and Bosch Research is our endeavor to develop the next generation of AI algorithms for automated driving to enable safer, more transparent, and more robust overall…

More than 65,000 men fall ill with prostate cancer each year in Germany. Twelve thousand of them develop a treatment-resistant form which eventually ends in death. Now, a team of researchers from the Medical Faculty at the University of…