University of Tübingen

(IN BRIEF) Researchers from the University of Tübingen have identified a major weakness in current methods used to assess the bioaccumulation of chemicals in fish, showing that the bioconcentration factor varies with test concentration rather than being a fixed substance-specific … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) NORMA Group’s Supervisory Board has named Birgit Seeger—currently Senior Vice President of Comfort Actuators at Bosch and a Konecranes board member—as its next CEO and Management Board Chair, effective November 1, 2025. Seeger’s extensive leadership experience in industrial … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) Researchers from the Universities of Tübingen and Göttingen have uncovered potential biosignatures of early life on Earth by studying iron-sulfur minerals in hydrothermal vents, known as black smokers, deep in the ocean. These mineral formations, resembling spherical pyrite … Read the full press release →

Topics range from cyber-physical production systems to interactions between trees / €134 million for initial funding period BONN, 26-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 11 new Research Training Groups to further support early … Read the full press release →

BIRMINGHAM, 05-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers from the University of Birmingham, University of Tübingen and University of St. Andrews have suggested that gorillas are capable of learning food cleaning behaviours without having to witness it in others first. Though the authors … Read the full press release →

Prehistoric humans actively adapted their survival strategies TÜBINGEN, 01-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen discovered that Neanderthals modified their survival strategies even without external influences, such as environmental … Read the full press release →

Archaeologist from the University of Tübingen present a sophisticated tool carved from mammoth ivory that was used to make rope TÜBINGEN, 27-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Prof. Nicholas Conard and members of his team, present the discovery of a tool used to … Read the full press release →

Research scientists in Tübingen discover indications that two types of parasites are actually one with several host species – this has consequences for the global battle against the disease Tübingen, Germany, 28-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Tropical medicine experts from Tübingen … Read the full press release →

Tübingen neuroscientists lay important groundwork for non-invasive brain imaging Tübingen, Germany, 21-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Tübingen neuroscientists have made an important advance in studying the human brain with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This imaging technique is used in research endeavours … Read the full press release →

Five award winners from abroad will each receive up to €5 million and soon conduct research in Berlin, Göttingen, Halle, Munich and Tübingen. BONN, 11-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — On 12 May, Federal Minister of Education and Research Johanna Wanka and … Read the full press release →

Tübingen researchers show climate and food supplies were stable – humans caused big herbivores to die out Tübingen, Germany, 18-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Nature Research Society say hunting by humans appears … Read the full press release →

Four writers with African connections at the Writers’ Lectureship, 12-27 November Tübingen, Germany, 28-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Tübingen welcomes Taiye Selasi, Priya Basil, Chika Unigwe and Nii Ayikwei Parkes to this year’s Writers’ Lectureship. These authors represent … Read the full press release →

Tübingen archaeologists document highest-altitude human habitation in Peruvian Andes – 1,000 years earlier than thought Tübingen, Germany, 28-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In the southern Peruvian Andes, an archaeological team led by researchers from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg … Read the full press release →

Tübingen archaeologists find “new” fragment of Ice Age lion – now displayed at the University of Tübingen Museum Tübingen, Germany, 30-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Archaeologists from the University of Tübingen have found an ancient fragment of ivory belonging to a 40,000 year … Read the full press release →

Tübingen, Germany, 30-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Germany’s Ministry of Education and Research has awarded grants totaling €1.9m over three years to astroparticle physics projects by Tübingen scientists. The GERDA project aims to find a particular form of radioactive decay linked with an … Read the full press release →

Tübingen: “Further cuts mean shutting down” Tübingen, Germany, 20-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The President, staff council and students at the University of Tübingen are calling on all members to join the statewide day of protest on Wednesday, 21 May, to express their … Read the full press release →

Festive ceremony: “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise” will be presented Heidelberg, Germany, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ten young scholars from Finland, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States are to receive the “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise” in … Read the full press release →

“Industry on Campus” as part of the Excellence Initiative – application-oriented research for better vision Tübingen, Germany, 12-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — More than four billion people all over the world are reliant on ophthalmic or medical devices to enable them to optimally … Read the full press release →

Tübingen researchers integrate PET and MRI images for better diagnoses 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The ability to measure brain functions non-invasively is important both for clinical diagnoses and research in Neurology and Psychology. Two main imaging techniques are used: positron emission tomography … Read the full press release →

Digital Agenda: Swiss, French & German scientists develop miniature artificial insect eyes which could help prevent accidents 16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists in Switzerland, Germany, and France explored how the insect eye works and designed and built the first fully-functional miniature curved … Read the full press release →