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  1. Unconventional in five dimensions

    Researchers from EAH Jena and the University of Jena are developing biocompatible micro-optics for high-tech endoscopes in a project funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation
    Additively manufactured apple with a complex gyroid structure to demonstrate the extended possibilities of 5D printing.
    Image: Jens Bliedtner
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    Excellent and internationally visible

    University of Jena celebrates 15 years of the »Jena Centre for Soft Matter« and takes a look at future prospects
    Speakers and members of the JCSM during the 15th anniversary celebration (names below the text).
    Image: Hüseyin Cetin (Universität Jena)
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    Chemical imaging: Antibiotic interaction on individual bacterial cells with unprecedented resolution

    An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Daniela Täuber in Jena has successfully mapped the local chemistry and structure of the antibiotic interaction on the surface of individual bacterial cells with a resolution of a few nanometers using the model system Bacillus subtilis and vancomycin.
  4. Reliable AI systems for a changing environment

    Researchers at the University of Jena develop AI models on the consequences of climate extremes
    Prof. Dr Alexander Brenning is being supported by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung with a total of around six million euros over five years as part of its "CZS Breakthroughs" funding programme.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)
  5. Dr. Antonia Wallbraun received the UGO doctoral prize

    The University Society of Oldenburg awards Dr. Antonia Wallbraun the prize for an outstanding doctoral dissertation.
    Dr. Antonia Wallbraun receives UGO doctoral prize
    Image: C.v.O. Universität Oldenburg
  6. The autonomous microscope

    International research team including Friedrich Schiller University Jena demonstrates first microscopy experiment performed by complete AI
    An LLM agent independently conducts experiments on a nuclear force microscope when prompted.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)
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    Jena LIGHT Conference 2025 – PICPICPIC

    Announcement and Call for Papers for a 3-Day-Conference on Photonic Integrated Circuits: Production, Integration, and Characterization for Photonic Information and Communication, 1-3 December 2025 at the Abbe Center of Photonics in Jena.
    Jena LIGHT Conference 2005 cover picture
    Graphic: modif. Tung Nguyen/Pixabay; Falk Eilenberger
  8. EC2U Autumn School “Geographic Data Science for Sustainability”

    Explore the Autumn School highlights in Jena, October 2025
    People walking through the autumnal landscape around Jena
    Image: Bettina Böhm
  9. Seed Mobilities on Sustainable Cities and Communities

    Apply now!
    Five young people looking at a globe
    Image: AdobeStock
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    How microbes curb methane emissions from groundwater

    A team from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry and the University of Jena has shown in a recent study that microorganisms deplete more than half of the methane contained in groundwater before it can escape.
    Prof Susan Trumbore (back), Dr Valérie Schwab (front) and Beatrix Heinze (left) taking groundwater samples at the Hainich Critical Zone Exploratory.
    Image: Falko Gutmann
  11. Invitation: 15 Years of the Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM)

    Join us on November 17, 2025, to celebrate 15 years of the Jena Center for Soft Matter with talks, a keynote lecture, and lab tours.
    15 years JCSM – molecular models, lab glassware, and logo
    Image: KI und H. Tarik Cetin
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    New chapter in biodiversity research in Central Germany

    Three states commit to funding iDiv beyond 2030
    State Secretary for Science Thomas Wünsch (Saxony-Anhalt), Minister President Mario Voigt (Thuringia) and Minister President Michael Kretschmer (Saxony) sign a letter of intent to fund iDiv beyond 2030. In the background are Martin Quaas, Scientific Director, and Anne Wesemann, Administrative Director of iDiv.
    Image: Stefan Bernhardt (iDiv)
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