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Sustainable catalysts and international jurisdictions
German-Japanese cooperation links strengths of the University of Freiburg with expertise from Nagoya
No sex required: German-Israeli team with FRIAS Alumnus Ralf Reski discovers gene trigger for asexual reproduction
When a sperm and an egg cell merge a new life begins. This is the case in humans and in animals, but in principle also in plants. A German-Israeli team led by the biologists Professor Ralf Reski from Freiburg and Professor Nir Ohad from Tel-Aviv has discovered a gene trigger in the moss Physcomitrella patens which leads to offspring without fertilization. The researchers assume that this mechanism is conserved in evolution and holds the key to answer fundamental questions in biology. The study is published in the journal “Nature Plants”.
Unique partnership between the Universities of Oxford and Freiburg
Henrike Lähnemann begins professorship in Medieval German studies at the University of Oxford with a regular presence in Freiburg
