Andrea Sinz and Marcel Quint are the spokes- people for the new Collaborative Research Centre “Plant Proteoform Diversity”.
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19.06.2025 in Science, Research

Smart research for strong plants

How do individual mutations affect the structure and function of proteins in plants? A new Collaborative Research Centre at the University of Halle is looking into this issue. In the long term, this research could help to better prepare plants for the consequences of climate change and help to develop customised proteins. Read more

Evidence of the long-standing mining tradition in southern Saxony-Anhalt: a slag heap in the Mansfeld Land region
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05.06.2025 in Science, Knowledge Transfer, Research

Structural change: research fort he region

Germany has decided to gradually phase out the use of coal to generate electricity by 2038. What does that mean for Saxony-Anhalt? What opportunities can be found in the region? What are the challenges? The European Center of Just Transition Research and Impact-Driven Transfer (JTC) provides answers to these questions. The aim is to work with local districts to develop research-based solutions for their future development. The first branch office was opened in Zeitz on 4 June. Read more

Traditional university, new perspectives: Rector Claudia Becker in the foyer of the Auditorium Maximum
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05.05.2025 in Campus, Science

“Science must engage with societ much more closely”

At MLU, 2024 was marked by major successes when it came to acquiring third-party funding for research, but also by the process revolving around the University Development Plan. In this interview, Rector Professor Claudia Becker looks back and talks about how she sees the university positioned for the future. Read more

Elisabeth Décultot is the spokesperson for the new Research Training Group “Politics of the Enlightenment”.
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01.04.2025 in Science, Research

Enlightenment, power and truth

How does politics shape the Enlightenment – and how does the Enlightenment shape politics? A new Research Training Group, coordinated by the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA) is looking at this complex relationship. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is providing five million euros for the first phase. Read more

Student teachers Sarah Schmohl (left) and Paulina Wieland try out the “bracket mountain” technique, which can be used to visually structure  calculation steps. The calculation is done from “top to bottom”.
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04.07.2024 in Science, Study and Teaching

Much more than just arithmetic

Professor Kirstin Erath and Dr Anna-Marietha Vogler say that a good mathematics lesson is many things; one thing it isn’t, is quiet. They provide their students with research-based knowledge and give them the skills they need to design modern lessons. Read more

From left to right: Selma Gago Zachert, Torsten Gursinsky and Sven-Erik Behrens are collaborating on the project.
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11.06.2024 in Science, Research, Knowledge Transfer

A profile for the cell police

Farmers around the world apply four million tons of chemical pesticides onto their fields each year. A team of MLU researchers has been trying to put a stop to that using specially developed vaccines. The scientists now want to transfer their research from the laboratory to agricultural practice. Read more

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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30.06.2023 in Featured, Science, Research

All 17 goals in view

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals play a major role at the university. A new research atlas lists more than 450 projects that deal with them - from education, to medicine and physics. Read more

Clip from a video created in the project
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30.06.2023 in Science, Research

“Social cohesion begins in the daycare centre”

Daycare groups, especially in cities, are nowhere near as diverse as the population structure in the surrounding community. Why is that and what does it mean? Education professor, Dr Johanna Mierendorff, talks about the findings of her research project “Preschool provision and segregation”. Read more

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