Funding in the millions for German research network on RNA medicine

Federal Ministry of Economics supports the university and a spin-off with 3.6 million euros.

Starting this month, the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action is funding a joint project to research efficient and safe special lipids for mRNA drugs with a two-digit million euro sum for three years. Partners in the research alliance are the universities of Jena, Würzburg and Dortmund, the start-up company NGP Polymers in Jena, and the companies Bayer, Evonik and ISAR Bioscience.

Since the Corona pandemic, the usefulness of ribonucleic acids (RNA) or messenger RNA (mRNA) for the production of highly effective vaccines has been undisputed. Now the partners from industry and science want to investigate whether other new drugs can also be developed on this basis, as well as whether the few allergic reactions associated with vaccinations can be reduced.

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Storing energy sustainably

Jena University researchers are developing high-performance energy storage systems that are also sustainable.

The team led by Prof. Andrea Balducci of the University of Jena’s Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry is starting two projects this month as part of the EU programme “Novel materials for supercapacitor energy storage” and will receive funding totalling around 950,000 euros. The aim is to develop innovative supercapacitors that are not only more efficient than existing systems, but above all also more sustainable.

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University of Bayreuth is once again one of the most popular universities in Germany

Top ratings from students: Uni Bayreuth lands in 8th place among Germany’s most popular universities on Studycheck and was featured with the “Digital Readiness” award.

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Research into a means of transport for cancer medicines

In a study, Bayreuth junior professor Dr Meike Leiske has demonstrated which properties polymers should have in order to reach only certain cells. In the future, this should enable active substances to reach cancer cells directly and avoid the healthy cells.

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Polymer research at home: new MOOC from University of Bayreuth

The fifth Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) of the University of Bayreuth will soon start on the learning platform edX. “Cellular Polymers: Structure, Properties, Processing, Applications” is the title of the course, in which learners can acquire knowledge about cellular polymers and polymer building materials in nine chapters. The MOOC was designed together with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Ruckdäschel and his team from the Department of Polymer Materials. Those interested can now register for the course free of charge and without obligation.

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Jena gives impetus to new “centre of gravity” for chemistry

Jena University chemist supports the “Center for the Transformation of Chemistry”.

The “Center for the Transformation of Chemistry” (CTC), which in autumn 2022 was one of two winners of the competition “Knowledge creates perspectives for the region!” organised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Free State of Saxony and the State of Saxony-Anhalt, is now getting down to work in the city of Delitzsch, Saxony. Chemistry Professor Ulrich S. Schubert of Friedrich Schiller University Jena has played a key role in this success, and in enabling the first steps now being taken by the new research centre. He sees the CTC as a new “centre of gravity” that will provide global impetus and will hugely benefit the science and business site that is “Central Germany” (Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia).

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Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Humboldtstraße 10
07743 Jena

Bayreuth

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Ruckdäschel
University of Bayreuth
Universitätsstraße 30
95447 Bayreuth

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