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The illustration shows a detail from the active site of the carbohydrate esterase Fl8CE20_II shows the recently discovered "water-mediated catalytic triad" with the precisely coordinated water molecule.

New Discovery in Enzyme Research: Water is the Key for Activity

04.08.2025

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Researchers from the University of Greifswald have discovered a special feature of enzymes that play a role in the conversion of sugar molecules. They…

The University appoints an Antisemitism Officer (Rector Prof. Dr. Katharina Riedel and Prof. Dr. Stefan Beyerle)

University of Greifswald appoints Antisemitism Officer

31.07.2025

Prof. Dr. Stefan Beyerle from the Faculty of Theology has been appointed Antisemitism Officer at the University of Greifswald. With the appointment of…

Group photo in front of the University Main Building with British Ambassadorf Mr. Andrew Mitchell CMG

British Ambassador on Visit to the University of Greifswald

31.07.2025

The British Ambassador Mr. Andrew Mitchell CMG visited the University of Greifswald on 31 July 2025. The topics of peatland research and student…

The Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Reem Alabali Radovan, signing the University's guest book. The Minister is sitting at a table in the Aula and is watched by the Rector.

Federal Minister Reem Alabali Radovan Visits the University of Greifswald

30.07.2025

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The Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Reem Alabali Radovan, paid an inaugural visit to the University of Greifswald. The…

Cross-section of a masive Porites coral from Miocene deposits in the Vienna Basin. These corals are not firmly anchored to the sea floor but are regularly turned by wave movements or fish, causing them to grow concentrically around a core. This core is usually a shell fragment that the coral larva has settled on.

Fossils Provide Insight into Climate Resistance of Reef Corals

30.07.2025

Forschung

An international team of researchers, led by a geologist at the University of Greifswald has investigated unusually well-preserved fossils of reef…

A cylindrical, transparent vessel stands on an open, silver-coloured metal structure. It is filled with clear water, in the centre of which a slender, funnel-shaped vortex rotates from the surface to the bottom. The water surface is indented in the middle and slightly wavy at the edges. Small air bubbles are transported downwards by the vortex and draw fine lines along the vessel wall. LED light strips run around the vessel, highlighting the vortex in contrast to the dark surroundings. The scene looks like a scientific demonstration illustrating the dynamics of water currents.

Water Tornado in the Laboratory: A Simple Experiment Simulates Planet Formation

21.07.2025

Researchers from the University of Greifswald and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg (both in Germany) have developed a…

Rector Prof. Dr. Katharina Riedel and Dr. Franziska Tanneberger present elements of Greifswald’s peatland research to Federal Minister for the Environment Carsten Schneider and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Minister of the Environment Dr. Till Backhaus.

Federal Minister for the Environment Carsten Schneider on Visit to the University of Greifswald

04.07.2025

Federal Minister for the Environment Carsten Schneider and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Minister of the Environment Dr. Till Backhaus visited the…

Researchers belonging to the IRTG Baltic Peripeties in a group photo on the shores of a lake in Estonia.

Second Funding Period Granted for the DFG International Research Training Group “Baltic Peripeties”

19.06.2025

Forschung

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…

The image is a microscope view of the diatom Conticribra weissflogii (red) and the sugar structures it secretes (blue).

Oceans as Carbon Sinks: DFG Funds New Collaborative Research Centre on Marine Sugars

30.05.2025

Forschung

On May 28, 2025, the University of Greifswald and the University of Bremen received a funding approval for the Transregional Collaborative Research…

Myotis myotis bats in Nietoperek, Poland – one of the largest and most ecologically significant bat hibernation sites in Europe

A new pathogenic fungus is threatening bats

28.05.2025

One fungus, two species, millions of dead bats: a study that was published in the journal Nature on 28 May 2025 analysed 5000 samples of a fungus that…

New Discovery in Enzyme Research: Water is the Key for Activity

University of Greifswald appoints Antisemitism Officer

British Ambassador on Visit to the University of Greifswald

Federal Minister Reem Alabali Radovan Visits the University of Greifswald

Fossils Provide Insight into Climate Resistance of Reef Corals

Water Tornado in the Laboratory: A Simple Experiment Simulates Planet Formation

Federal Minister for the Environment Carsten Schneider on Visit to the University of Greifswald

Second Funding Period Granted for the DFG International Research Training Group “Baltic Peripeties”

Oceans as Carbon Sinks: DFG Funds New Collaborative Research Centre on Marine Sugars

A new pathogenic fungus is threatening bats

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