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After the IMPRS symposium on April 17-18, 2024, Marion Lemoine, Ronja Krüsemer, Johannes Körnig and Iulia Barutia received the presentation awards for the best talks and posters.
Wir laden am 25. April 2024 wieder alle interessierten Schülerinnen und Schüler ab der 8. Klasse ein, am Forsche Schüler Tag einen Blick in unsere Forschungslabore zu werfen und selbst Wissenschaft „auszuprobieren“.
The 2024 call for applications of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) "Chemical Communication in Ecological Systems" in Jena, Germany, will is online from March 4 until April 19, 2024.
During the 3rd International Conference on Insect Pest Management, Bill Hansson, director of the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, was awarded a honorary professorship at Nanjing Agricultural University.
On October 23, 2023, Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) Jena, represented by its Vice President Prof. Dr. Christoph Steinbeck, awarded Martin Kaltenpoth the Honorary Professorship of Evolutionary Ecology in the university's auditorium.
The doctoral researcher from the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology received the award for the Best Presentation in Electrophysiology at the 38th ISCE Conference
Martin Kaltenpoth is among the new members of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the Heidelberg-based scientific organization announced today. EMBO is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote research and international exchange in the life sciences. EMBO membership honors distinguished scientists for outstanding contributions to biological research.
The Royal Society announced outstanding researchers from all over the world that were elected as the newest Fellows. Among these scientists honored by the society is Sarah E. O’Connor, directors of the Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis.
The Council of the International Congress of Entomology has announced that Dr. Silke Sachse, head of the Olfactory Coding Research Group, will receive the Certificate of Merit, a new award for outstanding mid-career entomologists, at the 27th International Congress of Entomology 2024 in Kyoto, Japan.
After the IMPRS symposium on March 21-22, 2023, Francesca Protti Sanchez, Ana Baños, Venkatesh Pal Mahadevan, Nomthi Kanyile, Marina Quadrado, and Ramya Ganesan and received the presentation awards for the best talks and posters.