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Diversity matters!

When we think about microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi we often associate them with illness. But those tiny organisms are essential to our survival. Why are are they important for us? And why do we need microbial diversity?

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MiCoCo Program for WS 2020/2021

We are pleased to announce the program for MiCoCo for the upcoming winter semester.

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Mental Health Day 2020 Webinar Series

In the run up to International Mental Health Day on October 10th, the JSMC is offering a series of short daily webinar covering several aspects of mental health in the week of the 5th to the 10th of October.

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The Excellence Cluster Balance of the Microverse together with the JSMC are currently looking for 2 PhDs, 1 postdoc

Together with the Excellence Cluster Balance of the Microverse we again invite applications for two doctoral and one postdoctoral researcher positions.

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Jena - a city of science in the fight against COVID-19

A small city in middle Germany is taking bold steps to overcome the current COVID-19 crisis. Jena, in the state of Thuringia, was the first city in Germany to implement a lockdown ahead of the federal government’s instructions, social-distancing measures and the mandatory use of face masks in publ…

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Registration and Abstract Submission for the Microverse I Symposium open

The Joint International Symposium Microverse I - Microbial and Biomolecular Interactions will take place in Jena from 1st till 3rd September 2020. Microverse I will bring together national and international scientists to discuss recent advances in microbial communication, host-microbiome interaction…

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Friedrich Schiller Universtität Jena Balance of the Microverse

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Freistaat Thüringen. Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur. Carl Zeiss Stiftung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft