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Saarland University Society honors the best doctorates for the academic year 2019/20
The Saarland University Society awards the Eduard Martin Prize to the best young researchers from all faculties. One of the award winners is Dr. Marie-Christine Klein, former trainee of the International Research Training Group IRTG 1830. Dr. Klein did her PhD in the...
Mouth-nose masks: mandatory at all university locations from October 1
Starting October 1, mouth-nose masks have to be worn in all university buildings when moving around. This was decided by the Presidential Board in order to continue to take preventive measures for the protection of all students and university employees from Covid-19...
Novel dual strategy against cancer: Young researcher Charlotte Dahlem receives award
A promising new approach to tumor therapy is opened up by the research on an active substance by the pharmacist Charlotte Dahlem from Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Kiemer's team at the Saarland University (Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology/Pharmaceutical Biology):...
University president on school launch: Why special caution is now required at the university
Today, Monday, schools in the Saarland will start the new school year with attendance lessons: in Corona times, this is a further step towards superficial normality. Thus, University President Manfred Schmitt again appeals to the members of the university to continue...
Study on immune response to Sars-CoV-2 indicates surprising findings
Until now, scientists around the world have assumed that the immune system of patients who had a severe course after infection with the coronavirus reacted weaker to the infection. However, it is exactly the opposite, as a team led by Professor Martina Sester has now...
20 UKS physicians in FOCUS doctors’ list 2020
Physicians at the Saarland University Hospital in Homburg are again strongly represented in the current nationwide FOCUS doctors' list 2020, sometimes in several categories in parallel. The list indicates experts in 16 categories and was published in Focus-Gesundheit...
Start of a representative study: How many people in Saarland have coronavirus antibodies?
In the next few week, about 2.300 people from Saarland will be tested for antibodies against the coronavirus. The group displays a representative sample of the adult population of Saarland and the study will show, how widespread the new corona virus has become and...
With several partners, the Saarland University will become a “European University”
Today, the European Commission awarded another 24 university consortia the title of "European universities" and will provide them with five million euros each for their projects over the next three years. In this competition, the Saarland University succeeded in...
Animal heritage: Humans also direct their ears to interesting sounds
Dogs, cats or some species of monkeys move their ears violently to direct them to sounds. The fact that humans are also capable of doing this was previously unknown. Now a research team from the Saarland has shown for the first time that humans unconsciously make tiny...
Ageing research: Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol contribute to ageing
Why do we age? What exactly happens in the body? And: Can something be done about it? These are questions that have occupied science since time immemorial. The pharmacists Alexandra K. Kiemer and Jessica Hoppstädter from the Saarland University have not found a...