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Nobel Prize for Svante Pääbo
This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Professor Svante Pääbo. This was announced by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute yesterday (3 October 2022) in Stockholm. Pääbo is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and honorary professor at Leipzig…
New version of Hygiene and Infectious Diease Concept published
The new version of the Hygiene and Infectious Disease Conept has been published and the FAQ pages updated.
New insights into tumour biology
The ancient Egyptians, as described in the Ebers Papyrus, already knew that palpation –feeling for hardened lumps – can help diagnose breast cancer. Palpation is still an important element in early screening for breast cancer. On the other hand, measurements on individual cancer cells show that they…
Leipzig University involved in new major research centre
The Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC), in which Leipzig University is involved, will be expanded in the coming years into a major research centre based in Central Germany that will play a decisive role in shaping structural change in the region after the coal phase-out. This was…
International study: Improved air quality accelerates global warming in recent decades
An international research team led by Leipzig University has used satellite data to demonstrate that concentrations of pollutant particles have decreased significantly since the year 2000. This is necessary due to their impact on health. But it is also of great significance for another reason, since…
Free place available in day care for small children
As of November, the childcare services of Leipzig University provide one care opportunity for a child aged one to three years.
