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Tingxiang Zou to Lead a New Emmy Noether Group

Philosophy at Peking University, Logic in Amsterdam, and then Mathematics in Lyon ... for Dr. Tingxiang Zou, borders are an invitation rather than an obstacle. Tingxiang Zou is taking on a big new challenge at the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM), a Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bonn, where she will start leading a newly formed Emmy Noether group at the Mathematical Institute this September, focusing on the Elekes-Szabó problem. The German Research Foundation (DFG) will be providing up to 1.6 million euros in funding for the research group over the next six years. The Emmy Noether Program opens up the possibility for Tingxiang Zou to qualify for a professorship.

How realistic does a supermarket need to be?

Researchers at the University of Bonn have conducted a review study to examine the methods used to research consumer behaviour in supermarkets.

Sustainable, Connected, Open: This is the Future of Research in Bonn

Planning is now beginning in earnest following the completion of the tendering process to build the new Institute for Molecular Biology at the University of Bonn (ImBIG). The project is being delivered by the North Rhine-Westphalia state construction and real estate agency (Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb NRW, BLB NRW) together with Munich-based Fritsch + Tschaidse Architekten, whose design was among the top entrants in the architectural competition held last year. The decision paves the way for a new central research building to be constructed on the Poppelsdorf Campus.

Immune cells remember their location

A new AI-based method reconstructs spatial information about where immune cells were originally located in an organ, even after these cells have been removed from the tissue and analyzed individually. To accomplish this, Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn use the transcriptome, i.e., the entirety of all messenger RNA transcripts produced by genes within a cell at a given time. The work has now been published in the journal Advanced Science and introduces the new MERLIN algorithm.

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We are Uni Bonn!

Together we are the "we": The roots of the success of the University of Excellence Bonn lie in its people. In the #WeAreUniBonn campaign, we present employees, students, and alumni who, with their remarkable achievements, contribute to the success of our university.

Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider

The professor of civil law, data and information law has now been the Federal Data Protection Commissioner for five years – something she says she owes to the University of Bonn.

Christiane Woopen

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen holds a Heinrich Hertz Professorship in the transdisciplinary research area “Individuals, Institutions and Societies” and heads the Center for Life Ethics at the University of Bonn.

Marcel Hövels

It looks like sugar, tastes like sugar, but is actually a sweet fiber. Dr. Marcel Hövels is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology and has developed an alternative sweetener.

Monique Mauel

Monique Mauel is a 2023 State Prize winner, receiving one of the coveted awards for outstanding academic achievement at the University of Bonn.

Events

Wednesday Mar 04, 2026

Lecture Series: Get To Know Your Associated Partners

Online, Zoom

11:00 AM

Ziel der Vorlesungsreihe ist die Vorstellung der Labore und Unternehmen, die Neurotechnologie in ganz Europa prägen. Im Auftakt der Vorlesungsreihe spricht ...

Wednesday Mar 04, 2026

Die Galapagos Inseln

Museum Koenig, Hörsaal

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Ein Vortrag der Alexander-Koenig-Gesellschaft von Hannes Bonzheim. Nahezu exakt auf dem Äquator, mitten im Pazifischen Ozean, liegt das Galapgos Archipel, ...

Thursday Mar 05, 2026

Female Founders Venture Summit 2026

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12:00 PM

Beim Female Founders Venture Summit treffen ambitionierte Start-up-Teams auf Business Angels, VCs, Unternehmen, Gründende und Gründungsinteressierte. Sie ...