The University of Cologne takes third place in the ‘Gründungsradar 2025’ ranking. The Stifterverband rates as particularly positive how the start-up support system is incorporated in the university’s strategy and institutions

The University of Cologne and the City of Cologne are renovating the central campus square: The aim is to substantially improve the bicycle paths and pedestrian walkways along with the general livability of the space. The University will be in charge of the building project until its conclusion in 2026.

Bacteria produce specific proteins in order to protect themselves against being marked by a cell and then destroyed. A multidisciplinary team in Cologne has now discovered proteins which can provide permanent protection against this marking

Researchers at the University of Cologne have identified a specific form of the tau protein that is responsible for mediating the toxicity of harmful protein clumps in human neurons and thus represents a new target for future treatments

Federal and regional funding will enable start-up financing for up to three highly-qualified women in newly-appointed positions at W2 or W3 level, which are comparable with associate and full professorships respectively / Cologne will be one of twelve universities to be additionally titled a “Pro-Gender Equality University” and will thus be able to apply for a further post-doctoral position

As newly elected board chair of the European Universities alliances funded by the Erasmus+ programme, Beatrix Busse represents the alliances’ national, European, and global interests, while promoting joint education and research initiatives.

A European research collaboration has found that besides regulating the fusion of mitochondria, Mitofusin 2 also ensures protein quality control. This discovery could open up new routes to treating Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease / publication in ‘Nature Communications’

Diseases caused by Candida are among the most common fungal infections worldwide / The new guideline was developed over four years by a team of more than one hundred experts from 35 countries, led by researchers from the University of Cologne

The Global South Studies Center at the University of Cologne receives 1.6 million euros over four years / The researchers are investigating the emergence of medium-scale farms in parts of rural Africa over the past two decades

An international research team has discovered various mechanisms in asexual mites that generate genetic diversity and thus ensure survival