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The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an ERC Synergy Grant of 9,996,000 Euros to the project “The role of silica at the dawn of life on our planet” (PROTOS). In the project, Helmut Cölfen, professor of physical chemistry at the University of Konstanz, will collaborate with researchers from the University of Bremen, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS-Geo-Ocean) in Brest, and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC ) in Granada that coordinates the project.

University of Konstanz again recognized for its key role in advancing equal opportunity

An interdisciplinary project led by primatologist Gisela Kopp is using genetic analysis to determine the geographic origin of mummified baboons found in ancient Egypt. The team finds evidence that the two legendary trading regions of Punt and Adulis may have been the same place separated by a thousand years of history.

Proteostasis research is a young interdisciplinary field dedicated to the fundamental biochemical processes of life. At the University of Konstanz, pioneering research on the topic of proteostasis has been carried out since 2012, within the framework of the Collaborative Research Centre "Chemical and Biological Principles of Cellular Proteostasis" (SFB 969). In December 2023, this SFB will expire. We look back on twelve successful years, while looking ahead to new perspectives that have opened…

Researchers from the University of Vienna, University of Konstanz, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine uncover a potential environmental trigger for Parkinson's disease.

The University of Konstanz has developed a tool to cut down on academic air travel on a voluntary basis: the carbon tax..

It contributed to a whole new perception of nature and yet soon became an environmental problem: How automobility changed people’s relationship to the environment and how this is reflected in American road literature is the subject of the ERC project of literary scholar Timo Müller, professor of American studies at the University of Konstanz.

Elise Richter prize for Anne Kraume: The Deutscher Romanistenverband (DRV) recognizes the Konstanz-based literary scholar for her habilitation thesis on the transatlantic connections in the works of fray Servando Teresa de Mier (1763-1827) on the eve of Latin American independence.

Many alien plant species in Europe and the Americas originate from their own continent, especially from low-latitude regions. The problem could be exacerbated by climate change. This is the conclusion an international research team led by biologists from Konstanz reach in their current study.