The carnivorous Venus flytrap carefully plans its meals: It can count how often it is touched by an insect to calculate the digestive effort. This discovery has been made by plant scientists of the University of Würzburg.
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A special camouflage allows parasitic wasps to raid the nests of host species. The affected hosts seem to have responded to that in the course of evolution as Würzburg biologists report.
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Researchers from the University of Würzburg have revealed a metabolic pathway that seems to make breast tumors more aggressive. The study will also identify possible targets for new cancers drugs. It has appeared in the renowned journal Cancer Cell.
moreA circadian clock is not mandatory for living beings to adapt their activities to a day-night cycle – at least under certain conditions. Other mechanisms are capable of compensating for the loss of the molecular clock as researchers from the University of Würzburg have now shown.
moreFields of rapeseed crop are growing continuously in Germany. As a consequence, more insecticides are being put out on fields to fight animal pests such as the pollen beetle. Scientists from the University of Würzburg have now discovered a simple alternative to chemicals.
moreEin Afrikaner, in einer Nomadenfamilie groß geworden, hat erfolgreich seinen Weg in die Wissenschaft gemacht: Er ist jetzt Doktorand der Biologie und kommt Ende Juni zu einem internationalen Alumni-Treffen an die Universität Würzburg.
moreFlies, too, remember the time of day, as scientists from the University of Würzburg found out in a series of experiments. However, several requirements have to be satisfied in order for the flies to form a memory. And under certain circumstances this mechanism does not work at all.
moreSchlafkrankheit, Lassa-Fieber und andere Infektionen: Rund 100 Wissenschaftler aus Afrika und Deutschland präsentieren an der Uni Würzburg ihre gemeinsamen Forschungsprojekte im Bereich der Infektiologie – bei einer Tagung vom 10. bis 13. Juni im Biozentrum.
moreTumours of the nervous system: This is what a new project of the Würzburg cancer researcher Martin Eilers is about. The European Research Council has awarded him an “Advanced Grant” of about 2.5 million euros for this purpose.
moreWhat genes enable plants to catch animals and digest them? Three genes have now been described for the Venus flytrap. They are responsible for the fact that the plant can use the vital potassium from its prey highly efficiently.
moreWhen plants notice harmful bacteria, they respond very quickly: They close the pores on their leaves which serve as loophole for the pathogens. A Würzburg research team has analysed this process.
moreIn a new Collaborative Research Centre scientists from Würzburg and Jena are examining the function of membrane receptors with the most modern light microscopy. The objective is to gain new findings about how these receptors work and to develop the high-performance light microscopy further.
moreEighteen new priority programs were recently approved by the German Research Foundation (DFG); one of these will be coordinated by scientists from the universities of Würzburg and Cologne. Its goal: To answer outstanding questions about the conversion of the information of a gene into a protein.
moreWhen during evolution did plants learn to conserve water? The first attempts in this regard have been discovered by an international research team with a moss. The findings also revealed how evolution affects molecules.
more"BC News and Newcomers", is a day-event designed to spread information about the research of new staff and new technologies/facilities that are becoming available at the biocenter. During the event, the new teaching award for junior researchers by the FIBio will be awarded.
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