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Bettina Martin, Minister of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs for the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (SPD), visited the University of Greifswald on 20 August 2025 as part of her summer tour. She learned about the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio (CRC) WETSCAPES2.0 and the work…

Researchers from the University of Greifswald have discovered a special feature of enzymes that play a role in the conversion of sugar molecules. They identified a precisely coordinated water molecule. In the long run, this discovery could help to enhance the use of biocatalysts in industrial…

The Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Reem Alabali Radovan, paid an inaugural visit to the University of Greifswald. The Member of the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern gained an impression of the numerous research projects in the field of development policy.…

An international team of researchers, led by a geologist at the University of Greifswald has investigated unusually well-preserved fossils of reef corals from the subtropical Central Paratethys Sea to analyse their ability to withstand ocean warming and acidification during the Middle Miocene…

How narrative processes and narratives affect the perception of historical and current turning points in the Baltic Sea region is at the focus of the research being performed by the International Research Training Group (IRTG) 2560 “Baltic Peripeties. Narratives of Reformations, Revolutions and…

On May 28, 2025, the University of Greifswald and the University of Bremen received a funding approval for the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre (TRR) 420 “CONCENTRATE.” The scientists in the consortium will investigate sugar polymers from marine algae and how they protect the climate.

Prof. Dr. Uwe Bornscheuer was awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm for his cutting-edge research in the field of biocatalysis at an award ceremony on 11 April 2025. Biocatalysis is a field of science that incorporates elements of chemistry and…

A new AI-based web app makes it possible to digitally delve through 14,000 items that belong to the collections held by the Gustaf Dalman Institute at the University of Greifswald’s Faculty of Theology. The AI-based app “Tin Gustaf – Your Holy Land AI Pocket Museum“ was developed by the Institute of…

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs announced the results of the competition ‘Application-Oriented Research Excellence in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’ on Monday, 10 March. The University of Greifswald is in charge of the project AIR-MoPSy, Atmospheric…

Can photovoltaics on rewetted peatlands reduce land-use conflicts in Germany and make rewetting more attractive for the agricultural sector? Researchers from the Universities of Greifswald and Hohenheim, together with the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar…