Project overview

With the funding of the Carl Zeiss Foundation, open rooms and workshops are being set up at the TU Ilmenau - so-called FabLabs. This is where people interested in setting up a business can produce and test their prototypes.

The Prisma fund enables Prof. Dr. Katrin Giller, Professor of Molecular Nutritional Sciences at the University of Hohenheim, to carry out preliminary work for a human study on the health effects of red meat.

Prof. Dr. Christina Zielinski has been appointed Endowed Professor of Infection Immunology at the University of Jena with effect from the summer semester of 2021.

Prof. Dr. Christian Rabeling will become Professor of Integrative Taxonomy of Insects at the University of Hohenheim on 1 July 2022. He previously conducted research at Arizona State University, USA.

Whether and how are degradable materials possible? To clarify this question, research is being conducted into intelligent materials with embedded microphases that promote colonisation by microorganisms in water bodies and thus trigger their complete degradation.

Novel technical materials are supposed to react to changing environmental conditions with a response previously programmed into the material itself. Like biological materials, they can thus adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Young scientists are qualified for the trans- and interdisciplinary requirements for research into the dynamic equilibrium of microbial communities from the molecular level to complex ecosystems.

JenaVersum is a network for the cooperation of actors from science and industry in the Jena region. The development of a database should enable a coordinated use of the available research equipment for all partners.

The Carl Zeiss Foundation awards scholarships to outstanding young scientists from the STEM fields to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.

Prof. Dr. Laura Maria Comella, Professor of Intelligent Embedded Systems at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, is developing a precise optical measurement system for the leaf area index (LAI). The aim is to better understand and organize forest ecosystems.