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23 May 2018|Research

Inflammatory reactions of the immune system: New collaborative research center on the role of molecules produced in the body

Prof. Dr. Chris Meier from the Department of Chemistry

Photo: UHH/Schober

Scientists in the Faculty of Medicine and the Departments of Chemistry and Biology at Universität Hamburg investigate the role of signaling molecules in inflammatory diseases in the Collaborative Research Center “Adenine Nucleotides in Immunity and Inflammation” (CRC 1328). The Collaborative...
22 May 2018|Video

“UHH global” for iOS and Android

Werbescreen für die App UHH global der Universität Hamburg für iOS und Android
The Universität Hamburg “UHH global app” is now available for free download from the App Store and Google Play Store. The English-language app is another Universität Hamburg service aimed at international users to provide quick access to key information and services at the university.
11 May 2018|Research

The search for radio galaxies in the vast universe

Filmstill aus dem Video "Die Jagd nach Radiogalaxien in den Weiten des Universums"
The Low Frequency Array, also known as LOFAR, is an innovative digital radio telescope based in The Netherlands and spanning 6 European countries. Universität Hamburg and the University of Bielefeld also have a LOFAR receiving station in Norderstedt. In our video, Prof. Dr. Marcus Brüggen and...
9 May 2018|Research

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for legal researcher Anne van Aaken

Alexander von Humboldt-Professur

Photo: Humboldt-Stiftung/ Svea Pietschmann

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded Prof. Dr. Anne van Aaken from Universität Hamburg with the renowned Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in Berlin. Prof. van Aaken is recognized internationally as a distinguished expert in the field of economic analysis of law. She investigates...
18 April 2018|Pressemitteilung

Possible for the first time: reliable three-month forecasts for European winters

Verschneite Straße in der Stadt

Photo: Dave Haas, CCO

Thanks to a novel method, the quality of seasonal forecasts for the winter in many parts of Europe can now be significantly improved. To date, reliable forecasts could mostly be made for the Tropics. A team led by Dr. Mikhail Dobrynin and Prof. Johanna Baehr from Universität Hamburg’s Center for...
16 April 2018|Research

Emissions trading: “A powerful tool that’s become much too complicated”

Prof. Dr. Grischa Perino

Photo: UHH/RRZ/MCC/Mentz

The EU has once again reformed its emissions trading system—even though the previous reform had yet to go into effect. Grischa Perino, professor of economics at Universität Hamburg, has taken a closer look at the planned changes for the journal Nature Climate Change. His conclusions: The changes...
11 April 2018|Pressemitteilung

Physics professor at Universität Hamburg recognized by European Research Council (ERC) for third time

Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger

Photo: Private

For the third consecutive year the ERC has granted Prof. Roland Wiesendanger, head of the Scanning Probe Methods Group in the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg, a €2.5 million ERC Advanced Grant.
10 April 2018|Pressemitteilung

270,000 dollars for research on plant growth

Representation of plant cells

Photo: UHH/Kostika Sofroni

The research group led by biologist Prof. Arp Schnittger from Universität Hamburg has received the 2018 HFSP Research Grant together with international partners from France, Chile, and the USA. The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) is an international research funding agency in the life sciences...
28 March 2018|Campus

Help us celebrate our anniversary!

Hauptgebäude Universität Hamburg durch Linse

Photo: UHH/Wohlfahrt

In 2019 the University will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. On 28 March 1919 Hamburg Parliament resolved to establish the Hamburgische Universität. The celebration depends upon the ideas and commitment of the University’s members, so we are inviting you to join our initial activities and...
28 March 2018|Campus

28 March 1919 marks the founding of Universität Hamburg

Auszug aus dem Protokoll der Dritten Sitzung der Bürgerschaft der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg vom 28. März 1919

Photo: Auszug aus dem Protokoll der Dritten Sitzung der Bürgerschaft der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg vom 28. März 1919

One year from today, on 28 March 2019, Universität Hamburg will be celebrating its 100th anniversary! On 28 March 1919 a new democratically elected Hamburg Parliament resolved in its first session to establish a university in Hamburg. This makes Universität Hamburg the first university in Germany to...
26 March 2018|Pressemitteilung

New DFG center for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences for Universität Hamburg

Heracles, who captured the Cretan Bull.

Photo: pixabay.com/travelspot

Gravitational force, life force, work force, buying force, creative force, the force of art—our concepts of force are not restricted to the natural sciences, but are also central to a number of cultural spheres, not least aesthetics. The new DFG-funded Center for Advanced Study in the Humanities and...
19 March 2018|Pressemitteilung

Thawing permafrost produces more methane than expected

Dr. Christian Knoblauch

Photo: UHH/Dingler

In a seven-year laboratory study, Dr. Christian Knoblauch from Universität Hamburg’s Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) and an international team have shown, for the first time, that significantly more methane is produced by thawing permafrost than previously thought. The...
16 March 2018|Press release

Konferenz zu Digitalen Medien

Die Auswirkungen von Social Media Shitstorms oder der Einfluss von Digital-Kiosken auf Verlagsangebote sind Themen der Konferenz „science@OMR“, die am 22. März 2018 an der Universität Hamburg in Kooperation mit der Online Marketing Rockstars Konferenz (OMR) 2018 stattfindet. Im Zentrum stehen neue...
27 February 2018|Press release

Infotage zu Weiterbildung und Kontaktstudium an der Universität Hamburg am 8. und 9. März 2018

Das Zentrum für Weiterbildung informiert am 8. und 9. März über die berufsbezogenen Kurse und Studiengänge sowie das Kontaktstudium für ältere Erwachsene der Universität Hamburg. Das Zentrum entwickelt berufsbegleitende Weiterbildungen für Berufstätige und Hochschulabsolventen in Kooperation mit den...
27 February 2018|Campus

Three international summer school programs begin in July

Studierende am Elbstrand

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Following last year's successful Particles, Strings and Cosmology summer school pilot program, 3 new international programs on climate change, health economics, and physics will be offered this upcoming summer. The goal is to attract gifted young people from all over the world to Hamburg, where they...
26 February 2018|Research

Online now: Sustainability Research Map

Forschungslandkarte der Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Sukhina

More than 400 research projects currently involving about 240 scientists and scholars at Universität Hamburg have a connection to the topic of sustainability. What projects these are and who is working on them—find out using the new interactive Sustainability Research Map, online now.
23 February 2018|Research

Doctoral candidates want to improve healthcare

Angela Meggiolaro

Photo: UHH/HCHE/Phillips

As part of the EU-funded Improving Quality of Care in Europe (IQCE) European Training Network, a total of 15 doctoral candidates from all over the world are developing concepts to improve the European healthcare system. Six European partner universities are offering the program, including...
21 February 2018|Research

First professorship for provenance research

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Gesa Jeuthe

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Where does an artwork come from? Who traded or plundered it, or who might have destroyed it? And to whom does it rightfully belong? Provenance research is an art history discipline concerned with the origins of art objects. At Universität Hamburg, Gesa Jeuthe has been appointed to the Liebelt...
14 February 2018|International Affairs

From Hanoi to Johannesburg via Hamburg—one student’s truly international journey

Internationaler Studierender an der Universität Hamburg aus Vietnam

Photo: UHH/Wendt

According to the Student Statistics Office 1,555 international students were enrolled in Winter Semester 2017/2018. During the same period the total number of international students at the University rose from 5,313 in the previous year to 5,433. Duy Linh Nguyen, who hails from Vietnam, is one of...
8 February 2018|Pressemitteilung

Plastic-eating bacteria more diverse and numerous than previously thought

A plastic bottle on a beach

Photo: Pixabay.com

We only recycle a small amount of plastics such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate), used to make bottles and packaging. Most ends up in the environment, where it takes a very long time to decompose. According to the German Environment Agency (UBA), it takes up to 450 years for a plastic bottle to...