Multiple awards for doctoral thesis on the plant genetic consequences of climate change
Moises Exposito-Alonso received four awards for his dissertation on the impact of global climate change in the context of the earth's genetic biodiversity.[more]
Global warming may diminish plant genetic variety in Central Europe
Plant genetic varieties in Central Europe could collapse due to temperature extremes and drought brought on by climate change.[more]
Researchers reveal plant defense toolkit and insights for fighting crop diseases
International study provides a blueprint for disease surveillance in plants[more]
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard has received the lifetime achievement award from the Society for Developmental Biology (USA)
Lifetime Achievement Award for consistently outstanding research achievements[more]
Public statement - Scientists call for modernisation of European genetic engineering law
European scientists appeal to the newly elected European Parliament and the European Commission to simplify the use of new precision methods for improving crop breeding in order to enable the development of sustainable...[more]
Scientists identify genes that give mice longer legs
Research may have implications for small populations experiencing rapid climate change[more]
Origins of the European potato dug up with plants collected by Darwin
Plants collected by Darwin have helped reveal the ancestry of European potatoes and solve nearly 100 years of debate on the crop’s origins[more]
Ruth Ley honoured by EMBO for excellence in life science
Joining a group of the best researchers in Europe and around the world.[more]
New Humboldt Professor is a perfect fit with Tübingen research
Peter Dayan to strengthen partnership between University and Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics[more]
VITA (Vitalia Glöckler) und JUTTA PESCHKE
Zu den Künstlerinnen: Vitalia Glöcker (VITA) Durch ihre Werke möchte sie beim Betrachter positive Gefühle - wie Gelassenheit, Freude und Leichtigkeit - auslösen und Assoziationen wecken. Dabei lässt die Vielschichtigkeit Ihrer...[more]
Inauguration of Prof. Logothetis in Athens
University of Athens awarded Nikos Logothetis Distinguished Honorary Professor and Doctorate [more]
Fascination of Plants Day 2019
The international 'Fascination of Plants Day' is an initiative dedicated to share our enthusiasm about the beauty and importance of plants. In 2019, special events will be organized on and around May 18 - not only here, but...[more]
Detlef Weigel has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge, MA | April 17, 2019 – Today the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of its new members for 2019. This year, more than 200 individuals with compelling achievements in academia, business,...[more]
The Schiller Prize of the City of Marbach am Neckar 2019 will be awarded to Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
German only: Die Jury hat sich für die Tübinger Entwicklungsbiologin entschieden Der Schillerpreis der Stadt Marbach am Neckar wird 2019 an Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard verliehen. Diese Entscheidung traf die Jury unter dem ...[more]
A peptide against cannibalism
A worm whose favorite dish is – of all things - worm larvae has to take great care not to accidentally devour its own progeny. How these tiny worms of merely a millimeter in length manage to distinguish their own offspring from...[more]
Klaus Scheffler receives €3 million to revolutionise magnetic resonance
EU invests €540 million to support cutting-edge research[more]
Matthias Schlüter: Eröffnung der Ausstellung „Über Land, zu Wasser und in der Luft – Dynamische Bilder“
Einladung zur Vernissage mit elektronisch-experimenteller Live- Musik am 20.02.2019[more]
The cerebral cortex is a fast learner
Tübingen researchers trace the formation of memories in the cerebral neocortex[more]
European scientists unite to safeguard precision breeding for sustainable agriculture
Tübingen, 25 October 2018. Leading scientists representing more than 75 European plant and life sciences research centers and institutes have endorsed a position paper that urgently calls upon European policy makers to...[more]
2018 Trainee Award goes to employee of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Award for the precision mechanic Ms. Laetitia Djayou [more]
Mark Krause: Exhibition “Spotlight Portraits”
Invitation to the vernissage with a "Live Painting Music Performance" on 24 October 2018[more]
LISA: Scientists introduce a new method of statistical inference in neuroimaging (fMRI)
New method detects brain activations with improved sensitivity and accuracy[more]
Spatial memory is not like a „map in the head“
How do we store the spatial information of our surrounding?[more]
Neuroscientists Receive the Attempto Prize
Leonid Fedorov honored for outstanding research on the brain[more]
Body perception research using virtual reality – is this avatar really me?
How do we perceive our own body weight? Which body weight do we find attractive? [more]
Peter Dayan and Li Zhaoping appointed to the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
The Max Planck Society appoints two renowned neuroscientists from University College London to the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen[more]
14./15. September 2018: Max-Planck-Tag und Tag der offenen Tür auf dem Max-Planck-Campus in Tübingen
Forschung bei Max-Planck erleben[more]
How molecules measure embryo size
During embryo development, two molecules establish the correct tissue proportions – and adapt them to the embryo’s overall size[more]
Max Planck researcher receives animal welfare award
The German Research Foundation awards the Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize to Hamid R. Noori[more]
Inauguration of the TübingenNeuroCampus
The TübingenNeuroCampus (TNC) has been inaugurated on July 19, 2018.[more]
A plant species with the genetic diversity to withstand climate change
Tübingen, 19 July 2018. Global climate change can have catastrophic consequences for many species, but a few might have the ability to survive or even thrive. Plants (and all organisms) have two options for responding to climate...[more]
300,000 year standoff could be key to crop pathogen control
Tübingen, 17 July 2018. Researchers in the laboratory of Detlef Weigel at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology discovered a feud going back 300,000 years by studying a common pathogenic bacterium and one of the wild...[more]
1.5 million Euros for research on the evolution of proteins
Research consortium receives funding from Volkswagen Foundation[more]
First machine learning method capable of accurate extrapolation
Scientists develop new machine learning method that can make robots safer - New method provides simpler and more intuitive models of physical situations[more]
Fit for the job!
Following the motto "Fit for the job", the organizing team of the health day on 5 July put together a packed and attractive program and dedicated the whole day to the topic of health. Health is more than just proper...[more]
Give and Take: How We Recognise Interactions
Tübingen neuroscientists investigate how actions that relate be-tween individuals are recognised and represented in the brain[more]
Jia-Jie Zhu receives the Marie Curie Individual Fellowship
A prestigious junior scientist fellowship is awarded to the MPI-IS researcher[more]
Realistic Avatars for the Virtual Zoo
On the basis of a few photos alone, a new technique creates realistic avatars of animals that look and move like real animals[more]
Award for Tübinger Computer Vision Scientist stands tribute to Cyber Valley being at the forefront of AI research
For the first time, the prestigious IEEE PAMI Young Researcher Award goes to a German researcher.[more]
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