Research , English
A comparison of genetic data from all over the world specifies many general as well as a population-specific genetic…
Funding , English
Prestigious research funding for work on the organization of social inequality in ancient Egypt. Up to 2.9 million euros…
A linguistic study proves that the European Huns and their Asian ancestors spoke the same Palaeo-Siberian language. This…
The TIDE Research Training Group is entering its second funding period. Researchers at the Universities of Cologne and…
New facility , English
In future, the Adenauer School of Government (ASG) will combine cutting-edge research with innovative teaching. The…
University , English
The university adopts a holistic transfer strategy that strengthens both application-oriented research and knowledge and…
Rankings among colleagues in hospital teams may motivate some doctors to perform better, but can also have a…
A new study focussing on depression shows how digital games can be used to learn about mental illness
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new Transregional Collaborative Research Centre at the University of…
Combination therapy with two cancer drugs prolongs the life of mice
Award , English
The university has again received the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission. The reviewers…
The interplay of different ideas shapes how students learn and understand specific concepts in biology. A new study has…
A representative study taken in thirty European countries shows that women with low socio-economic status in particular…
Exzellenz , Funding , English
Five proposals for Clusters of Excellence win funding in the federal competition / Clusters in the fields of aging…
University , Award , English
The University of Cologne awards excellent researchers from the natural and life sciences, the humanities, economics and…
Using new observations with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, researchers have compiled the most precise map of three…
The West German Genome Center has been re-established on a new legal basis, allowing it to continue its internationally…
Research , Presseeinladung , English
The Institute of Air Law, Space Law and Cyber Law celebrates its centenary / Mayor Henriette Reker and Thomas von…
Funding , Research , Award , English
Together with five other award winners, the renowned quantum computing scientist has received the award from the…
Professor Carsten Münker at the University of Cologne is among seven international researchers to receive samples of…
Novel spectral filters will enable future sensors to work more accurately and reliably. EXIST-FT funding from the…
A research team has discovered that the enzyme myeloperoxidase (MPO) plays an important role in vascular health in obese…
The German Research Foundation is funding a project on practices in terrorism trials with 1.2 million euros. Cooperation…
New mechanisms discovered that show how development-dependent disruptions in mitochondrial function lead to premature…
Stone tools, hearths and cooked food waste prove that hunter-gatherers inhabited Malta long before the first farmers
Damage to the mitochondria, the “power plants” of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers from the…
Early administration of the drug Fosdenopterin/rcPMP improves the chances of survival of infants with MoCD type A and…
An archaeological study of human settlement during the Final Palaeolithic revealed that populations in Europe did not…
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new Research Unit focused on the regulation of the quality control of…
International , English
The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope is now ready to be assembled at its destination in the Atacama Desert. Planned to…
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a Priority Programme at the University of Cologne to investigate the…
Researchers at the University of Cologne have discovered that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines have a persistent effect on…
Nature documentaries presented as 360° virtual reality videos have a stronger positive effect than other forms of media,…
A sediment core from Central America provides new insights into the climate history of the Caribbean. The analysis…
Physicists at the University of Cologne have revealed a key superconducting effect in topological insulator nanowires.…
Observation of more than 1,000 regions in which high-mass stars are formed enables a statistically relevant study of the…
The University of Cologne takes third place in the ‘Gründungsradar 2025’ ranking. The Stifterverband rates as…
The University of Cologne and the City of Cologne are renovating the central campus square: The aim is to substantially…
Bacteria produce specific proteins in order to protect themselves against being marked by a cell and then destroyed. A…
Researchers at the University of Cologne have identified a specific form of the tau protein that is responsible for…
Funding , Teaching , English
Federal and regional funding will enable start-up financing for up to three highly-qualified women in newly-appointed…
The University of Cologne has been accepted as a new member of the German-Colombian Peace Institute (Instituto…
Personnel , English
As newly elected board chair of the European Universities alliances funded by the Erasmus+ programme, Beatrix Busse…
A European research collaboration has found that besides regulating the fusion of mitochondria, Mitofusin 2 also ensures…
Diseases caused by Candida are among the most common fungal infections worldwide / The new guideline was developed over…
Funding , Research , English
The Global South Studies Center at the University of Cologne receives 1.6 million euros over four years / The…
Nerve cells that tell to us we are full also make us crave sweets
Ranking , English
Cologne Institute for Information Systems maintains top positions in the AIS Research Ranking in Germany and Europe
An international research team has discovered various mechanisms in asexual mites that generate genetic diversity and…
Virtual gambling machines played on computers, tablets and smartphones are suspected of fuelling erroneous beliefs among…
On 17 January, the telescope started its journey from the port of Wesel via Antwerp to its new location in Chile. With a…
Scientists have discovered a novel mechanism by which the cellular cleaning pathway called autophagy protects brain…
Presseeinladung , English
The telescope will depart from the port of Wesel via Antwerp to its final location in Chile. With a mirror diameter of…
A binary star system in the centre of the Milky Way provides new clues as to how stars form around the central black…
to the Members of the University of Cologne
New research has shown how the quantum mechanical principle of strong coupling opens unrivalled possibilities for…
Prestigious research grant awarded to the project about the stability and decline of elite economic and political power.…
Funding , English , Research
Researchers at the University of Cologne’s CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences have identified two fungal…
Constant ‘churn’ of new cancer cells gives the disease ample room for evolutionary innovation, according to a study in…
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has extended the funding of two Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) in the fields…
English
Annual ranking of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ published as an indicator for outstanding research / University of Cologne…
English , Cooperation , International , Research
The Hub focuses on the relationships between human health, climate protection and the conservation of biodiversity / The…
English , Research
Researchers at the University of Cologne develop three-dimensional mathematical model of prostate cancer. The model…
An international research consortium from Cologne, London, Vienna, Heidelberg, Zaragoza and Madrid have tested a novel…
The analyses of the largest study on ochre extraction in Africa also show the spread of ochre to nearby areas
English , Expert opinion
The Republican Party under Donald Trump’s leadership has long accused Democrats of cheating in elections. In various…
English , Expert opinion , International
Donald Trump’s surprisingly decisive election victory has left many people in Europe at a loss. Dr Philippe Matthew Roy,…
English , Funding
Interdisciplinary collaboration provides insights into the relationship between thought and language in different…
Researchers determine the genome of all subspecies of the extinct aurochs and show the history of its development into…
The cutting of membranes is essential for the survival of plants in order to exchange materials between cell parts /…
A collaborative study has investigated causes of flood damage to archaeological sites in the Rhineland and how damage…
English , International
The University of Cologne is ranked 157th out of over 2,000 universities, with particular strengths in the areas of…
Researchers from the University of Cologne and University Hospital Cologne have discovered key factors that determine…
English , University
According to Deutsche Startup Monitor, the University of Cologne has improved its position from 4th to 3rd place / As in…
English , Personnel
The economist from the University of Cologne will be the first woman to head the German National Academy of Sciences.…
The University of Cologne was first certified as a ‘Fairtrade University’ by Fairtrade Deutschland e.V. in 2018. Now it…
Many patients suffering from post-COVID syndrome still experience symptoms such as cognitive impairment and fatigue six…
English , Funding , Personnel
Two researchers at the University of Cologne each receive one of the most coveted European research grants for…
Researchers at the University of Cologne have developed a model that captures the dynamics of human dispersal across the…
Scientists at the University of Cologne have discovered that coordination between basic cellular processes is lost with…
New AI-based digital platform enables extremely fast and accurate analysis of tissue sections from lung cancer patients…
Exzellenz , English , Research
University of Cologne scientists have found that the protein histone H1.2 and the enzyme PARP1 could be potential…
The asteroid that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago probably came from the outer solar system…
Nußberger will receive the Romano Guardini Prize of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria in the amount of 10,000 euros for…
The results of the new study could have significant implications for understanding diabetes / publication in ‘Molecular…
The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ2) was used to investigate how medical interventions influence the…
So far, only about ten intermediate-mass black holes have been discovered in the entire universe / The newly identified…
The European research network for vaccines VACCELERATE, led by the University of Cologne, has presented its proposals on…
Funding , Personnel , English , Research
The University of Cologne will receive a total funding of 1.5 million euros for a tenure-track junior professorship in…
The Research Unit will receive a total funding of around three million euros over four years from the German Research…
Team at University of Cologne conducts research on novel spectral filters that can be used in a wide range of optical…
A sociological study on racially motivated hate crime after the lost European Football Championship 2020 in London shows…
Researchers at the University of Cologne have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum materials, potentially…
EMBO honours Trifunovic’s outstanding scientific achievements in the life sciences
Physicists from the University of Cologne have contributed to the discovery of unusual quantum states in a crystal…
Young stellar objects travel around the black hole in the centre of our galaxy at a speed of over a thousand kilometres…
A genetic disorder leads to an increase in bioactive lipids in the brain, resulting in an imbalance between excitation…
Geoscientists at the University of Cologne have gained new insights into how the volcanism of the Eifel developed over…
Expectations contribute to symptoms after stopping antidepressants
In the long run, food deprivation can facilitate overeating: It causes the long-term memory to remember a high…
With the CeMIT Cologne, the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne will be given a new facility that…
Teaching , English , Research
Cheating is more likely to occur if the exam content does not appear to have an apparent use in future professional…
Which soft skills university graduates need on the labour market depends on what kind of job they work in. A…
Two scientists from the University of Cologne have discovered that aging clocks are based on random events / publication…
Researchers have developed a novel strategy to control cellular processes with the help of peptides, which could lead to…
Study identifies early warning signals for the end of the African Humid Period / Publication in ‘Nature Communications’
Taking the plane to attend conferences leads to high carbon dioxide emissions / Online and hybrid event formats can be a…
Scientists at the University of Cologne discover that the linear ubiquitin assembly complex (LUBAC) is essential for…
The brain sends signals to the liver earlier than previously assumed, which then adapts the sugar metabolism /…
Researchers from the University of Cologne have found a new use for Cnicin, a substance produced in blessed thistle.…
Researchers from the University of Cologne have discovered that a combination of computer modelling, a novel training…
Geneticist Thorsten Hoppe receives European Research Council award for his work on quality control of proteins / The…
The presence of humans increases the heterogeneity and complexity of ecosystems and often has a positive effect on their…
New finding from scientists at the University of Cologne discloses how mitochondria control tissue rejuvenation and…
The telescope is intended to provide insights into the birth of the first stars after the Big Bang as well as into the…
University , New facility , English
The expansion of sustainable energy sources is part of the university's sustainability strategy / The plant will cut CO2…
On 28 March H.E. Harish Parvathaneni, Ambassador of the Republic of India to Germany, was welcomed by Rector Professor…
Study , Event , English
Freshers’ welcome event on 08 April in person and as a live stream / information fair on campus
Researchers uncover intriguing parallels in plant and animal immune systems. Groups of proteins that are similar in both…
Project involving the University of Cologne gives insights into a key brain function / publication in ‘Nature…
International , Funding , English
This funding will serve to better integrate international graduates into the German workforce / The successful…
For the first time, scientists from the University of Cologne (UoC) have developed artificial nucleotides, the building…
Researchers from the University of Cologne (UoC) have discovered a regulatory mechanism that prevents an excessive and…
The combination of OLEDs and acoustic antennas creates light source that can be used for minimally invasive treatment…
NASA’s Juno Mission has measured the oxygen production of the Jovian moon, which is believed to have a vast ocean of…
Up to a certain point, very luminous stars can have a positive effect on the formation of planets, but from that point…
A study in behavioural experimental health economics has shown that providing patients with the best possible treatment…
In extremely arid parts of sub-Saharan Africa, increasing water availability can help nomadic livestock farmers in the…
Quantum bits can be described more precisely with the help of newly discovered harmonics as a team of 30 researchers…
Global guideline for the management of cryptococcosis, a fungal infection that can have serious health consequences,…
Scientists from University Hospital Cologne have developed a procedure in the laboratory that effectively fights the…
New research results show how motor neurons serving locomotion are rhythmically activated / Publication in the journal…
Cooperation , English , International
Part of the cooperation will be a Master's degree programme of the CESOC research network, in which the University of…
Geologists from the University of Cologne are investigating the influence of past climate and environmental changes on…
A study at the CECAD Cluster of Excellence in Aging Research has identified a protein complex that is activated by…
Important milestone achieved: The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Science and Humanities Council…
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown how important public health is – and that it needs to be strengthened in terms of…
Personnel , Event , English
Baum was a member of the German Bundestag from 1972 to 1994 and Federal Minister of the Interior from 1978 to 1982. To…
The West German Genome Center will be financed for another two years / The centre provides genomic sequencing…
Study shows efficacy and safety of oral antibiotic therapy in the form of pills for Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream…
Scientists from Yale and the University of Cologne were able to show that statistical models created by artificial…
A research team has detected various substances that have a dual effect against tuberculosis: They make the bacteria…
One of the largest university construction projects in North Rhine-Westphalia will start on 8 January / Modern building…
The University of Cologne provides a new submillimeter radiometer to support the technical updates of the flying…
The QS Sustainability Ranking compares universities regarding their environmental impact, social impact and governance…
Cologne scientists decipher how the antibody response of our immune system reacts to a coronavirus infection and…
The University of Cologne awards prizes in the categories ‘Gender Equality’, ‘Family-conscious Leadership & Management’…
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) in the field of ophthalmology /…
Study , International , English
The University of Cologne (UoC) receives very good ratings in the student survey published by the Centre for Higher…
Writing in “Nature Physics”, a research team has for the first time directly measured the so-called Kondo effect, which…
Annual ranking of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ by the Web of Science Group published as an indicator for outstanding…
The Ranking of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation compares the numbers of stays of international scholars and…
Scientists have discovered in animal experiments that breast cancer cells heavily rely on vitamin B5 to grow and survive…
Longevity of neutralizing antibodies is an essential factor for an effective HIV-1 vaccination / publication in ‘Nature…
New genetic data show that humans and sharks share bitter taste receptors, even though their evolutionary pathways…
A group of scientists from the Aging Research Excellence Cluster CECAD at the University of Cologne and the Max Planck…
Within the framework of the funding line ‘Profilbildung’, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia is funding two projects of…
Data from a randomized controlled nutritional study from the University of Cologne show that a ketogenic diet can have…
University of Cologne researchers identify a specific genetic change that predicts whether patients can respond to…
Specialization enables the protein to react robustly even to dim moonlight / Publication in Nature Communications
In the streets of Cologne, different lineages of the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana are present and specifically…
Broadly neutralizing antibodies are already being used to fight viruses. This approach could also help to treat…
The subject rankings of the Times Higher Education World University (THE) Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World…
European Research Council (ERC) is funding the project ‘BATPROTECT’ with 11.9 million euros over a period of six years
More than 4 million euros in funding for interdisciplinary cooperation in history and international law within the…
Evolutionary information can support the design of targeted vaccines / publication in the scientific journal ‘Cell’
The future use of video psychotherapy depends on personal characteristics, assessments and experiences of prospective…
An unexpectedly high number of young stars has been identified in the direct vicinity of a supermassive black hole and…
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) launches “DigiUni” project with the University of Cologne among the…
45,000 students at the University of Cologne in the winter semester 2023/2024 / first semester students welcomed on…
University , Personnel , English
Professor Dr Joybrato Mukherjee has been the new Rector at the University of Cologne since 01 October / The newly…
Teaching , English
The Accreditation Council has awarded a system accreditation quality seal to the University of Cologne for the next…
The Institute of Zoology has awarded the Ernst Bresslau Guest Professorship 2023/2024 to the American neurobiologist…
Nationally, the University of Cologne comes it at 15th place out of 49 ranked institutions, with particular strengths in…
According to Deutsche Start-up Monitor, the University of Cologne (UoC) ranks fourth among the start-up universities /…
On 15 November, the former dramaturge at ‘Schauspiel Köln’ will take over managing the University of Cologne’s theatre /…
Alongside the new Rector, Professor Dr Joybrato Mukherjee, six Vice-Rectors as well as the Chancellor will be part of…
Computer models provide new insight into how the neurotransmitter dopamine controls learning and decision-making…
A new imaging method maps cellular forces with unprecedented precision / ERC funding of 150,000 euros over 18 months…
Pinger's research project investigates why the socio-economic status of parents has such a strong influence on young…
A research team of the University of Cologne identifies the mushroom body as a centre for behavioural decisions in the…
Over the past ten years, a clear gender gap has emerged in the voting behaviour of men and women in Germany. Women…
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and the University of Cologne shed light on how…
International research team shows that a newly discovered nematode species from the Pleistocene share a molecular…
University of Cologne Scientists discover that cleavage of the protein cFLIP is crucial to limit cell death and promote…
The Kushan Empire in Central Asia was one of the most influential states of the ancient world. A research team at the…
Results of the Collaborative Research Centre on Arctic climate change have made it onto the cover of the renowned…
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) grants over a million euros worth of funding to…
Seasonal temperature fluctuations only have an indirect influence on the bacterial community in wastewater / study…
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EUniWell – the European University for Well-Being – will continue to be funded under the European Higher Education…
Sustainability will be a guiding principle of research, teaching and transfer / faculty, students and staff participate…
Scientists from the University of Cologne’s Institute for Astrophysics were involved in the current discovery / The…
Event , English
An evening of talks on July 5 with the authors and lawyers Philippe Sands (‘The Ratline’, ‘East West Street’) and…
The professor of Comparative Archaeology gives two public lectures and a seminar.
The challenges for parents to care for their children at home during the lockdown in 2020 directly impacted their work…
Prestigious research grant awarded to project on fluctuations in the Earth's ocean temperatures / up to 2 million euros…
Exzellenz , Event , English , International
The major African studies conference at the University will be accompanied by an extensive public programme for all…
New facility , English , Research
New Collaborative Research Centre and funding extended for two CRCs at the University of Cologne
University , English , International
Globally recognized system for quality assessment, improvement and accreditation of higher education institutions awards…
Professor Joybrato Mukherjee, President of Justus Liebig University Giessen, was elected by the members of the…
University of Cologne economist and expert in market design will establish the research department ‘Economic Design &…
A new study has shown that the expectation that a bribe will be accepted leads to more attempts at bribery. However, in…
New insights into the binding of carbon to mineral particles in permafrost can improve the prediction of greenhouse gas…
In a large joint project, a total of six research groups from the University of Cologne Cluster of Excellence on…
A lower body temperature is one of the most effective mechanisms to prolong the lifespan of animals. Writing in ‘Nature…
Second selection round has started
Cooperation , Event , English , International
Linnaeus University invites leading representatives of the European University for Well-Being to the Alliance's strategy…
Writing in ‘Science Advances’ researchers of the University of Cologne describe a key mechanism that controls the…
Exzellenz , Funding , English , Research
Alexander von Humboldt Professor at the University of Cologne receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC)…
Chocolate bars, crisps and fries - why can't we just ignore them in the supermarket? Researchers at the Max Planck…
Damage in the human genome can be repaired. But this works better in germ cells, sperm and eggs, than in normal body…
New facility , Cooperation , English
Together with nine other European universities, the University of Cologne will launch an academy that enriches pre- and…
Researchers at the Universities of Cologne and Edinburgh have detected previously overlooked eyes whose form and…
New research has shown that a strong coupling of light and material increases the colour brilliance of OLED displays.…
Event , English , International
At the international conference “United for Justice” in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, the renowned international law…
Pupils reap medium-term benefits from intensive Ramadan experience / Effect is strongest in schools with a high…
Fast gamers are more intelligent / Intelligence can be predicted through virtual reality games
The accumulation of the metabolite fumarate in the mitochondrion, the powerhouse of a cell, can cause inflammation…
A new study reports on genomic data from a 23,000-year-old individual who lived in what was probably the warmest place…
Scientists have detected the heaviest and youngest infant star ever discovered close to the black hole at the centre of…
Overexpression of the protein Plastin-3 protects against the development of spinal muscular atrophy, but excessive…
Stimulation by the hormone leptin causes hunger to be briefly suppressed in mice when the opportunity for social…
New observations have brought to light that stars can form through the dynamic interaction of gas within interstellar…
Decisive advances have been made in the assembly of the long-planned submillimetre wavelength telescope as well as in…
The European University for Well-Being has a new partner and now includes ten member universities / EUniWell will employ…
Study , Cooperation , English , International
A joint research project of the University of Cologne (UoC) and the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne (TH Köln)…
Dynamical patterns of electrical potential relate to growth and viability in spatially structured bacterial colonies /…
University , Cooperation , English , International
11 researchers are accepted into the newly founded Cologne/Bonn Academy in Exile
Stone tools found at the Al-Ansab 1 excavation site are witnesses to the technological change happened 40.000 years ago…
Damage to the paternal genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans cannot be repaired and is instead passed on to its…
Online fraudsters can be identified by their mouse movements, which could help in the future to minimize online fraud…
Differences in mobility culture in Germany and in the Netherlands influence bicycle usage / Published in the Journal of…
Scientists from Cologne and Münster investigate how DNA damage triggers the development of age-related diseases /…
New function of a known defence mechanism discovered: RNA interference not only fights viruses, it also regulates the…
University , New facility , Cooperation , English , International
The University of Cologne has signed partnership agreement / The aim is to strengthen cooperation between universities…
Cooperation , English , International , Research
The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the British Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) are funding a joint…
Researchers have identified a new function of a well-known enzyme: the signal peptidase complex is responsible for the…
Biologist Dr Gilles Storelli receives coveted ERC Grant / The European Research Council awards ERC Starting Grants to…
The workplace can encourage a more wholesome lifestyle in employees regarding the consumption of healthy foods like…
A research team in Cologne has identified a molecular target that could open up new therapeutic options to treat…
Annual ranking of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ by the Web of Science Group published as an indicator of outstanding…
Study shows that unpredictable dynamics occur even in the absence of environmental influences and are important for…
A first clinical trial has shown that a ketogenic metabolism can have a positive effect on patients with cystic kidneys…
International climate agreements are not only essential to reducing carbon dioxide emissions worldwide, but also…
After two large meteorite impacts on Mars, researchers for the first time observed direct seismic waves spreading along…
Scientists have identified the loss of the protein HIRA (histone cell cycle regulator) as a possible driving factor in a…
Center for Earth System Observation and Computational Analysis and European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts…
Exchanging genetic information improves the adaptability of bacteria to changing environmental conditions
The University of Cologne has come in at position 146 in the influential THE World University Rankings
Proteins in the gut of the nematode C. elegans are not degraded when its temperature sensors are disturbed / At the same…
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, the University of Cologne and the Chinese Academy…
Interdisciplinary research in southern Ethiopia enabled the deciphering of eastern Africa’s climatic heartbeat and shows…
Scientists at the universities of Cologne and Turin have shown that defects in the protein CAPRIN1 are the cause of…
Archaeological excavations in Romania reveal a possible ‘projectile workshop’ of early Homo sapiens, which may have…
Scientists use genomic data to resolve the phylogeny of zygnematophyte algae and pinpoint several emergences of…
Brief exposure to rapamycin has the same anti-ageing effects as lifelong treatment
Scientists have found that the protein CHIP can control life-prolonging signals in the cell better alone than in pairs /…
Even a single dose of drinking alcohol – ethanol – can permanently alter synapses and mitochondrial movement in the…
New insights into the regulation of intuitive and reflexive body perception in insects/ Publication in Current Biology
Powerful jets of a supermassive black hole change the conditions for star formation in interstellar clouds / European…
Researchers identify two classes of molecules that control immune responses in plants / Publication in Science
A newly discovered star only takes four years to travel around the black hole at the centre of our galaxy / publication…
Research mission to understand how organic molecules form in the interstellar medium has detected iso-propanol in…
The brain controls our body’s lysophospholipids, which in turn control a programme that activates nutritional intake /…
Study with participation of University of Cologne economist finds that many air travellers more readily choose faster,…
The unicellular protist Orciraptor agilis produces a number of partly novel enzymes and binding proteins while…
Mixed opinion on a full embargo on Russian energy: a good half of Germans in favour / Representative survey with 3251…
The sociologist will be a guest in Cologne from June 29 to 30 and will give two lectures and a public seminar
University , New facility , English , International
The Universities of Cologne and Bonn are collaborating to support researchers facing the war in Ukraine or persecution…
Differences among people are less pronounced online than offline / users particularly tend to idealize their…
Funding , New facility , English , Research
Around 10 million euros over four years for research into the genetic foundations and key mechanisms with which plants…
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ) and the University of Cologne, Germany,…
Difficult social and legal conditions are stress factors for same-sex families, but do not affect the behaviour of…
Microplastics accumulate in the Rhine meadows at Langel-Merkenich / topography and flooding determine local…
Two similar proteins can stand in for each other in the quality control mechanism of defective mRNA. This has redefined…
Very thin wires made of a topological insulator could enable highly stable qubits, the building blocks of future quantum…
New method enables materials synthesis research and study in the terapascal range for the first time / article in…
Personnel , English , International
President of the European Research Council is among the exceptional scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members in…
Study shows that disorder in quantum computer chips needs to be designed to perfection / Publication in ‘Nature…
For 11 years, the GREAT far-infrared spectrometer has contributed to exploring the Earth’s atmosphere and planets, star…
Mass fear is affected more strongly by how effective policy measures such as lockdowns or contact restrictions to…
Statement , English
Economists propose flexible tariffs on oil and gas imports from Russia to the EU to raise the costs of war for the Putin…
Writing in PNAS, a team of scientists from the universities of Cologne, Berlin and Johannesburg show that remnants of…
A research team has developed a highly efficient tandem solar cell composed of perovskite and organic absorbers which…
International research team identifies genes, proteins and immune responses responsible for the disease’s outbreak and…
UoC is involved in two successful proposals / Research networks are thematically focused, multi-location collaborations…
Scientists at the University of Cologne have shown in an animal model that certain diets protect the kidneys from…
Research to clarify climate development in the Arctic launched / Measuring aircraft with state-of-the-art instruments…
Prestigious EU research prize will support fundamental genetic research into the development of the human heart / In the…
Scientists at the University of Cologne have shown that the recycling program of cells, autophagy, leads to the fusion…
In large bacterial populations, mutants that evolve relatively late resist antibiotic treatment more effectively, while…
Writing in ‘Chemical Science’, a team of chemists from the University of Cologne describes a new synthetically produced,…
Future teachers see educational potential in computer games, study shows. Teacher training should therefore address…
Institute at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences boasts significant publications in leading…
Stick insects that reproduce asexually cannot adapt as quickly in the course of evolution as sexually reproducing…
Researchers decipher how the microbial inhabitants of sewage treatment plants help eliminate intestinal parasites /…
Researchers at the University of Cologne have discovered that the protein YME1L regulates the production of new nerve…
Scientists have found a species of rockcress in the floodplains of the Rhine River which is intercrossing with a…
Interdisciplinary results of the MOSAiC expedition published / UoC’s Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology used novel…
Team from Osnabrück and Cologne investigates new perspectives for cancer treatment
Scientists at the University of Cologne show in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that intestinal cells check the…
Experiments in space can provide important information on how to optimize concrete mixing ratios, helping to preserve…
Astronomers have found a new and original method for measuring the cosmic microwave background’s temperature when the…
Insufficiently considered carbon stocks in very old sediments are released as greenhouse gases / publication in…
Magma transports carbon dioxide stored in the Earth’s mantle to volcanoes, where it is released into the atmosphere.…
English , International , Research
A survey in 21 African countries has shown that medical care needs to be enhanced in the area of fungal infections.…
Understanding the basic mechanisms that lead to cell death (apoptosis) is essential for the development of therapies for…
Physicist Junior Professor Dr Marcel Schubert and economist Professor Dr Matthias Heinz each receive one of the most…
Water from the Amazon basin is the dominant source of precipitation in the Atacama Desert / Findings will help to…
Cycling increased in Germany by more than 40 per cent between 1996 and 2018. This trend mostly affects people with a…
Scientists have discovered a new function of the protein tBID, which until now had only been associated with its…
In the USA and in Germany, prices have increased to their highest level in 30 years. A survey shows: economists,…
A cosmic object originally classified as a gas and dust cloud actually consists of three stars / study published in ‘The…
For the first time, scientists show a causal link between tissue repair, mitochondrial metabolism, and the activation…
A Dutch-German research collaboration has discovered how a pathogenic fungus can bypass the immune system of plants. By…
New Collaborative Research Centre in lymphoma and inflammation research / existing CRCs ‘Predictability in Evolution’…
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences have taken up appointment…
NASA’s Mars mission InSight probes the geology of the Elysium Planitia, finding alternate layers of basalt and…
The Institute of Biochemistry has installed a new Titan Krios electron microscope with a resolution so high that it…
After a coronavirus infection within a family, young people are less cooperative and ready to help than before / results…
The European Vaccination Research Network VACCELERATE, which is coordinated by the University of Cologne, is beginning a…
A disturbed energy metabolism in the cells causes cartilage tissue to be built up incorrectly / research group of the…
Trilobites of the suborder Phacopina had a unique eye in which about 200 large lenses in each eye spanned at least six…
Early contact restrictions and school closures prevented over 80 per cent of COVID-19 infections and over 60 per cent of…
On Saturday, 25 September, Collaborative Research Center 1218, which studies Mitochondrial Regulation of Cellular…
Studying a species of beetle mite, an international research team has demonstrated for the first time that animals can…
Rhogostoma minus is the most common amoeba in wastewater treatment plants worldwide. It can serve as a host for bacteria…
Cologne legal scholar Claus Kress has been appointed as Special Adviser for the Crime of Aggression by the Prosecutor of…
Geophysicists solve a key problem in physics and provide results that can be applied in such diverse areas as planetary…
The size of one’s own group motivates protestors more than the number of counter-demonstrators / interdisciplinary study…
University of Cologne comes in at place 172 internationally and place 18 nationally.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching and learning at German brick-and-mortar universities shifted to…
Studies of pigments from wall paintings in Cueva Ardales, a cave in southern Spain, have confirmed the assumption that…
The attachment of the small protein ubiquitin to other proteins (ubiquitination) regulates numerous biological…
The dosage of broadly neutralizing antibodies determines the ability for virus replication / findings can contribute to…
An interdisciplinary group of scientists from the universities of Cologne, Koblenz, Tübingen, and Stuttgart has studied…
Using recordings of marsquakes, seismologists have gained a precise picture of the structure and thickness of the red…
Scientists in Cologne have discovered an important role for the protein complex mTORC1 that centrally regulates cell…
Old and young skin stem cells are both capable of renewing the skin and its hair follicles. A slower renewal turnover of…
The European Research Council is among the most important European institutions promoting pioneering research. Biologist…
Scientists from the University of Cologne found that the balance status of proteins (protein homeostasis) of germline…
Role of plasticity as a support for future adaptation depends on specific challenges species have to face as they evolve…
Climate reconstruction of the last 200,000 years from East Africa illustrates the living conditions of Homo sapiens when…
The intracellular purple sulfur bacterium “Candidatus Thiodictyon intracellulare” has lost the ability to oxidize sulfur…
Online contact could not replace face-to-face contact during the second school lockdown / Report on the results of the…
The German-French Cooperation Programme GENESIS describes the complex structure of the interstellar medium using a new…
Although sun radiation was relatively low, the temperature on the young Earth was warm. An international team of…
Cologne scientists present a new two-phase model of skin formation | The data provide insights into the balance of…
Plants that exist on land today have genes that allow them to exchange valuable lipids with beneficial fungi. This…
A team of physicists and chemists has developed a highly sensitive sensor, which was made possible by a new…
A geoscientific research team led by scientists from the University of Cologne has come a decisive step closer to…
Legal scholar elected as member of the Rectorate / internationalization and digitalization to be enhanced at the…
‘Pokemonas’ live in round amoebae, similar to Pokémon, which are caught inside balls in the popular video game
New research method combines different types of data / deep-sea basins in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans have unique…
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Cultural anthropologist Michael Bollig and physicist Stephan Schlemmer receive an ERC Advanced Grant for new research…
University of Cologne psychologists show in several experiments that charitable fundraising campaigns are 15 percent…
Energy resulting from wind created by the central star in the RCW 120 nebula compresses surrounding gas clouds, thus…
Plants enrich soil with flavonoids to attract more nitrogen producing bacteria / Study could lead in the long term to…
Iron-dependent cell death ferroptosis and cell death by oxidative stress can be activated in small cell lung cancer, and…
Starting in the winter semester 2021/22, the University of Cologne (UoC) will offer a new, internationally oriented…
A study in biological psychology has shown that habitual gamblers use strategies during reinforcement learning that…
The flying observatory SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) was stationed at Cologne Bonn Airport…
Study at University of Cologne shows that the exchange of genes drives functional changes in bacteria very rapidly /…
An international research team has developed a model that predicts growth rates and resistance mechanisms of common…
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Wide-field telescope in Chile’s mountains will allow scientists to gain new insights into star and planet formation as…
Two scientists at the CECAD Cluster of Excellence in Aging Research have developed a method that can determine an…
Nuclear physicists at the University of Cologne have contributed to an international research collaboration to show the…
For the first time, biologically-relevant organic molecules have been detected in Archaean fluid inclusions, which most…
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New consortium of research institutions will coordinate vaccine trials in the European Union / The long-term goal is to…
Exceptional weather conditions were mainly responsible for high solar radiation, not the aerosol reduction due to the…
Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials in which members of the Nazi elite were…
The European University for Well-Being (EUniWell) has secured extra funding for a Europe-wide project to boost research…
A new clinical study at the University of Cologne and Cologne University Hospital is investigating whether a ketogenic…
A phase II clinical trial for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 is currently starting at the Medical University of…
Writing in PNAS, scientists from Cologne university present important new constraints showing that plate tectonics…
With the University of Cologne’s participation, a telescope is being built at an altitude of 5,600 metres in the Chilean…
Research team from the University of Cologne and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ) explore…
New Collaborative Research Centre will explore the ‘Key mechanisms of motor control in health and disease’ / CRCs in…
When managers communicate well with employees, personnel turnover can be reduced by up to 25 per cent / field experiment…
Five medical researchers, one physicist and one biologist included in the international ranking ‘Highly Cited…
Medizinische Fakultät der Universität zu Köln nimmt Berufungsverhandlungen mit Stoffwechselforscher Christian Frezza aus…
The UoC is the third German university to cooperate with the World Holocaust Remembrance Center / cooperation will…
Study explores functions of fruit fly’s nervous system in food seeking / results valuable for the development and…
Activity of the industrial catalyst TS-1 relies on titanium pairs/Important discovery for catalyst development
Victims earn up to 12.9 per cent less in the aftermath of a crime and are more dependent on social benefits / evaluation…
University of Cologne researcher Takaki Maekawa and colleagues have discovered that plants have independently evolved a…
Climate conditions shaped the geography of settlement by Homo sapiens in the Levant 43,000 years ago / findings of…
Researchers at the University of Cologne have found out how cells can recover their development and longevity after…
New insights into evolution from deep drill cores of Europe’s oldest and most species-rich lake / publication in…
Universities of Bonn and Cologne and Forschungszentrum Jülich have founded the interdisciplinary Center for Earth System…
An international research team has shown in mice that Rictor, a protein that helps to regulate the growth, energy, and…
Particularly young employees who are confident of their skills are more likely to strive for a career in a competitive…
The telescope CCAT-prime, currently under construction in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, has been renamed in…
Already, climate change is having an impact on the conditions of space observation at the Very Large Telescope in the…
Study analyses importance of historical times of change and the significance of disruptions for new success strategies /…
With the ERC Starting Grant, Dr Hans Alves receives one of the most prestigious European research grants for his project…
University of Cologne is among the best 150 universities worldwide and among the top ten per cent in the categories…
‘Nature’ publication: The GRAVITY instrument developed for the Very Large Telescope in Chile probes deep into the TW…
Study in psychology explores which factors are related to our motivation to use corona apps and to perform social…
Alexander Blanke, Kei Ito and Ansgar Büschges have been awarded the prestigious NeuroNex-grant within an international…
Understanding bottleneck effects in the translation of bacterial proteins can lead to a more effective combination of…
A potential new target for personalized medicine discovered
The radioactive isotope Aluminium-26 found in planets and asteroids was locally formed in the gas disk around our young…
International research team studies the effects of magnetic fields on magnetic nanoparticles / publication in ‘Physical…
Summer School for international students as online workshops / Topic: Perspectives and Visions of Digital Societies
New Kashkar study shows: With high energy demand and under challenging nutrient conditions during tissue repair or tumor…
Spectroscopic methods provide new insights into the chemical development of the universe / Publication in ‘Nature…
EUniWell –the European University for Well-Being – is among the consortia selected for funding in the second “European…
EMBO honours Hoppe’s outstanding scientific achievements in the life sciences
Having production employees spend time at other plants within a manufacturing company raises their creativity in the…
Experiments among U.S. population show: When people fail to see the need for restrictions on public life, explaining the…
Medications work better when bacteria have a genetic defect / publication in ‘Nature Communications’
The METIS instrument for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) passes its Preliminary Design Review / 1.2…
Experts from a group of top European universities are launching a Policy Commission that aims to improve the well-being…
CRC 1211: Earth – Evolution at the Dry Limit / CRC 1218: Mitochondrial Regulation of Cellular Function / CRC/TRR 183:…
Loss of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme leads to impediment in growth of nerve cells / Link found between cellular…
Professor Bart Thomma will come to the UoC’s CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences with Germany’s most…
Ten clinical trials on corona patients underway on Cologne’s medical campus / leading researchers Florian Klein and Gerd…
New findings suggest bacteria are able to overcome challenging evolutionary compromises at different antibiotic…
CECAD-researcher has found a molecular repair pathway for cellular energy production / publication in ‘Nature…
Geophysicist from the University of Cologne receives most important European research grant / Funded project explores…
An ongoing study at the University of Cologne is exploring changes in our consumption behaviour during the corona crisis…
Proteins classically associated with autophagy regulate the speed of intracellular transport / Publication in ‚Nature…
Writing in ‘Nature’, researchers from Cologne, Texas and London describe their discovery of a new mechanism that could…
Professor Axel Freimuth: ‘Dealing with the corona crisis requires our efforts and our solidarity’ / new platform for…
Zoologists from Cologne discover animal life in the heart of Chile’s Atacama Desert / Publication in ‘Global and…
New study on media reports about corporate misconduct in five countries / reporting or no reporting often depends on…
Writing in Nature, Cologne scientists present important new findings regarding the origin of oceans and life on Earth.…
Expert discussion and student workshop on democracy and education in times of budding nationalism and other extreme…
A new study at the University of Cologne proves that insects can perform basic numerical cognition tasks. Their neuronal…
Almost 14 months after the landing of NASA’s InSight Mission on Mars, researchers present the first data ever gathered…
Psychologists prove a reciprocal relationship between disrespectful treatment and cynical beliefs about human nature
The Rectors, Presidents and Vice-Chancellors from seven of Europe’s leading universities met in Köln (Germany) to launch…
A field study including meteorologists from the University of Cologne will explore the effect of clouds on earth’s…
Researchers from Cologne, Heidelberg, Strasbourg and California have observed important characteristics of complex…
To be able to multiply, bacteria that cause diarrhoea block mediators of programmed cell death / publication in ‘Nature…
The Volkswagen Foundation has granted 1.2 million euros in funding to an international research project working to…
Gambia’s Genocide lawsuit against Myanmar
The extinct sea scorpion species Jaekelopterus rhenaniae had eyes comparable to those of today’s horseshoe crabs. The…
CRC 1403 explores the regulation and consequences of cell death / CRC/TR 172 researches dramatic climate change in the…
The enzyme caspase-8 regulates different modes of cell death / publication by Hamid Kashkar in ‘Nature’
Scientists from the University of Cologne have contributed to identifying Cav2.3 as a new target for a promising…
‘One World – One Guideline’: Researchers at the University of Cologne and Cologne University Hospital have launched an…
The Opinion contains ethical guidelines and 75 concrete recommendations for dealing with data and algorithmic systems.…
Zoologist shows that beetles, bugs and crickets control their body shape through Fog signalling / publication in ‘eLife’
Experiment at the University of Cologne urges online platforms offering carpooling services to offer anonymization /…
The impeachment process is not easy to understand because the Constitution does not detail the procedure and there are…
An international research endeavour has provided a genome-wide genetic characterization of the Iranian population,…
