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Tuesday, 26. November 2019

The rainforest of the oceans

Coral reefs are the tropical rain forests of the oceans: They are home to about one third of the world’s marine diversity and a central factor for the marine ecosystem. Unfortunately, coral reefs are just as endangered as the rain forests. Because of climate change, coral species are now disappearing on a massive scale. The fear is that they may even go extinct by the end of this century. On board the schooner Tara, a team of scientists travelled the Pacific Ocean for more than two years in order to research the living and survival conditions for coral. Biology professor Christian Voolstra from Konstanz, was one of the coordinators for the Tara Pacific Expedition.

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Wednesday, 06. November 2019

Coordination through communication

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Humboldt Research Fellowship for University of Konstanz biologist: Behavioural ecologist Dr Vlad Demartsev from Tel Aviv University, Israel, is granted a prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers that enables him to continue his work in Dr Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin’s Gips
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Friday, 18. October 2019

Stress test

Five working groups, four species, one project: what it looks like behind the scenes of an interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Tuesday, 01. October 2019

New method improves measurement of animal behaviour using…

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Konstanz researchers develop deep learning toolkit for high-speed measurement of body posture in animals.
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Thursday, 13. June 2019

Uncovering hidden protein structures

Combining research-oriented teaching and interdisciplinary collaboration pays off: Researchers at the University of Konstanz develop a novel spectroscopic approach to investigate hitherto difficult-to-observe protein structures.
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Thursday, 23. May 2019

The future of memory

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Wednesday, 15. May 2019

Coming to affect change

Professor Margaret C. Crofoot and Professor Anke Hoeffler awarded Alexander von Humboldt Professorships on 9 May 2019 in Berlin
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Wednesday, 15. May 2019

A new era in the behavioural sciences

The research team around Iain Couzin is revolutionizing the study of collectives by using artificial intelligence. The researchers teach computers to see what humans cannot: patterns amid the mind boggling complexity of animal collective behaviour.
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Wednesday, 15. May 2019

Exhibition in step with the pulse of our time

The exhibition "Link - zur Künstlichen Intelligenz" is the result of a cross-university and interdisciplinary course organized by the University of Konstanz, the Hochschule Konstanz University of Applied Sciences and the Trossingen University of Music.
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Monday, 28. January 2019

Two new Humboldt Professors

Margaret C. Crofoot and Anke Hoeffler have both accepted a Humboldt Professorship at the University of Konstanz. They will work in the university's research priorities Collective Behaviour and Ecology and Social and Cognitive Sciences with a Special Focus on Inequality Research, respectively.
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