News (2016)1 December 2016|VerwaltungWomen’s Advancement Fund of Universität HamburgPhoto: UHH/Sadiq RahmanUniversität Hamburg has established the Women’s Advancement Fund to support projects concerned with structural innovation as well as with the...23 November 2016|Studium und LehreProf. Chris Meier becomes Zhiqiang visiting professorPhoto: Gisela KöhlerProf. Dr. Chris Meier, deputy scientific director of the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) in Hamburg and Full-Professor for Organic...18 August 2016|ForschungThree ERC starting grants for early career researchers at Universität HamburgPhoto: ERCDr Irene Fernandez-Cuesta from Prof. Dr. Robert Heinrich Blick's research group at the Institute for Nanostructure and Solid State Physics as well as...18 August 2016|ForschungResearch project shows: hedges in agricultural spaces protect biodiversity on MadagascarPhoto: Joachim NopperWe are currently witnessing a steady decline in plant and animal biodiversity worldwide. In particular on Madagascar, a so-called biodiversity...15 August 2016|CampusUniversität Hamburg congratulates student Maximilian Munski on his silver medalPhoto: Von Gregor Rom - Eigenes Werk, CC-BY-SA 4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48647224On Saturday, the German men's eight rowed so fast in Rio that the team was awarded the silver medal; the British took gold. Among the rowers in the...29 July 2016|ForschungFreigeist fellowship awarded for research at the Universität HamburgPhoto: privatDr. Kaufmanns research focuses on the development of new microscopy techniques that provide accurate images of the smallest biological structures in...21 July 2016|ForschungWhat did Madagascar look like before human arrival?Photo: Jacques RakotondranaryMadagascar is best known for its forests that are home to a very diverse flora and fauna. Since humans settled on the Island, however, endemic species...19 July 2016|ForschungUniversität Hamburg and Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht establish Helmholtz Institute Climate Service Science (HICSS)Photo: UHH/KlimaCampus/SteinhauserUniversität Hamburg and the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research (HZG) with its Climate Service Center Germany...16 June 2016|ForschungResearch Center Borstel joins the CSSB partnership in the hunt for pathogens that cause infectious diseasesPhoto: FZBBorstel, 16. June 2016. The Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), located on the DESY grounds of the Hamburg Bahrenfeld campus, will sign a...15 June 2016|ForschungHamburg researchers prove highly specialized bacteria exist beyond known ocean habitatPhoto: UHH/PernerOceans are diverse habitats, with water depth, temperature, and currents creating very different living conditions for bacteria. Scientists working...15 June 2016|ForschungSignal from the Universe's past: scientists detect second gravitational wavePhoto: LIGOResearchers involved in the LIGO–Virgo Collaboration (LVC) recently detected a further gravitational wave generated by the collision of two black...13 June 2016|ForschungResearch team of astronomers at Universität Hamburg discovers new exoplanetPhoto: European Southern ObservatoryOur sun is orbited by the Earth and seven further planets. With the exception of Neptune, all of these planets are visible under good conditions to...13 June 2016|ForschungUniversität Hamburg takes the lead in time-resolved structural biologyPhoto: privatUniversität Hamburg is to receive around two million euros from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for a research alliance project...2 June 2016|VerwaltungUniversity Council of Universität Hamburg commences fourth termPhoto: UHHIn its fiftieth meeting on 2 June 2016, the University Council of Universität Hamburg reelected Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Albrecht Wagner as chair...2 June 2016|Verwaltung"Confidence in Universität Hamburg's Excellence"Photo: UHH/DichantUniversity Council of Universität Hamburg has noted with concern the bewilderment caused by the Hamburg state government’s intervention against the...30 May 2016|ForschungAtoms with a certain "twist"Photo: UHH/SengstockCertain materials, such as metal, conduct electricity. So-called isolators, for example, glass or ceramic, do not. For the very first time...27 May 2016|ForschungUniversität Hamburg and the University of Bremen explore energy transfers in atmosphere and oceanPhoto: UHH/CEN/T. WasilewskiTogether with further partners, Universität Hamburg (coordination) and the University of Bremen will receive about €9 million in funding from the...23 May 2016|ForschungUniversität Hamburg receives research funding for five networks supporting young researchersPhoto: Europa.euSuccess for Universität Hamburg: University researchers won funding from the Marie Curie Programme of the European Union for five new Innovative...12 May 2016|VeranstaltungUniversity president Dieter Lenzen and Senator of Science Katharina Fegebank lay the foundations for "Haus der Erde"Photo: UHH/SukhinaToday, a colossal and widely visible, inflatable globe is pointing to it: the University campus on Bundesstraße becomes the center of Hamburg's...2 May 2016|ForschungClay Research Award to Bernd SiebertPhoto: UHH/SiebertThe 2016 Clay Research Award to Mark Gross and Bernd Siebert is made in recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of...More articles