The University of Göttingen is an internationally renowned research university. Founded in 1737 in the Age of Enlightenment, the University is committed to the values of social responsibility of science, democracy, tolerance and justice. It offers a comprehensive range of subjects across 13 faculties: in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and medicine. With about 28,000 students and more than 210 degree programmes, the University is one of the largest in Germany.
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China’s growing global influence
The DFG has awarded funding for a new Research Training Group (RTG): “China-GRASP: China’s Geoeconomic Rise and the Accumulation of Structural Power”. It will be based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Business and Economics and builds on the long-standing collaboration at the Centre for Modern East Asian Studies. The RTG aims to map China’s growing geo-economic influence across a number of dimensions and to analyse the resulting shifts in political power.
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Reaching and developing international talent early
Göttingen University has been awarded funding of 500,000 euros for the project “Studienwege International – Göttingen MINT Journey for Internationals” from the Volkswagen Foundation and the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture. This project will enable the University to attract international students with a good knowledge of German to the Bachelor’s degree programmes in Chemistry and Physics and to provide them with tailored support right at the beginning of their studies.
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Eye-catching for shoppers: colourful Nutri-Score labels more effective than grey
Anyone seeking to purchase healthy products at the supermarket needs clear guidance. Nutritional labelling schemes, such as Nutri-Score labels, are designed to help with that. The Nutri-Score is a five-colour system from favourable nutritional composition in green (A) through to unfavourable in red (E). Researchers studied consumers’ visual attention on these label formats. Their research showed colourful labelling catches the eye more frequently. Howeer, the red E did not have the desired warning effect.
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Making biomolecules glow: new dye solves problem
Biomolecules include sugars, proteins and lipids and are the building blocks of all life. They play a role in the structure and metabolism of all living organisms. To make them visible under a microscope, researchers use special dyes to make them glow. A research team has now developed a new method to do this better. Unlike conventional approaches, the luminescent dye is not added to the sample as a ready-made product. Instead, it only begins to glow as it binds to the target molecule.
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Professor Johannes Wessels to be President of Göttingen University
Physicist, Professor Johannes Wessels, is to become President of the University of Göttingen. The University Senate decided this unanimously. The University Foundation Committee also unanimously approved this proposal. Wessels succeeds Professor Axel Schölmerich. Wessels’ six-year term is expected to begin towards the end of the year.
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Revealing hidden diversity of algae in farmland
Intensive agriculture poses a significant threat to global biodiversity. However, one aspect of biodiversity in farmland is little studied: algae. Most people have seen algae growing in streams, lakes or the sea. However, algae have also adapted to survive in dryer, harsher conditions on land. In fact, soil algae are thought to be responsible for about 6% of the vegetation production on Earth. This led researchers to investigate the algae in the surface soils of farmland.
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