This is an image of the inside of the ribs of the elephant. It is dark brown with numerous cut marks going in different directions. This is evidence of the elephant being butchered on the lake shore. Photo: Ivo Verheijen, Lower Saxony State Office for Heritage (NLD)

There is a smaller, dark brown bone and, above it, a larger, thicker, ochre-coloured bone – both photographed on a black background. The bones belong to the skeleton of straight-tusked elephant – the largest land mammal known to have roamed Europe. The surfaces of the bones are very sharp which shows they are exceptionally well preserved. There is a ruler (bottom left) in black and white which looks about 10cm long. Photo: Volker Minkus/MINKUSIMAGES, Lower Saxony State Office for Heritage (NLD)

Elephant meat aplenty 125,000 years ago

A find in 1948 has now been reanalysed. The elephant skeleton and spear represent the most convincing evidence to date of a successful elephant hunt by Neanderthals: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html.... Research @ScientificReports: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Banner der Veranstaltung mit der Aufschrift „Öffentliche Ringvorlesung. Lachen in Krisenzeiten. Formate, Milieus, Konfrontationen. Das Bild zeigt eine Katze, die von Feuer umgeben entspannt mit Warmgetränk am Tisch sitzt und denkt „This is fine.“

Lachen in Krisenzeiten – wir laden zur öffentlichen Ringvorlesung ein: Wer darf worüber lachen? Wann verbindet Humor, wann grenzt er aus? Dem gehen wir ab dem 14. April jeden Dienstag aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln nach. Mehr dazu: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/706216.html #Göttingen #Goettingen

Myrabello, a genetically modified marmoset. Photo: Katharina Diederich

Why are some people born deaf even though their inner ear seems intact? Researchers from Göttingen Campus created marmosets lacking the OTOF gene - essential for transmitting sound signals. The animals are healthy, but deaf.
A new step toward future gene therapies.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4kurwdva

From cells to smart gels: momentum in motion

Congratulations to Prof Timo Betz on his newly awarded Volkswagen Foundation Momentum funding!

The long-term vision of this project is to generate smart materials that can react and adapt to external stimuli: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...

Do., 2. April 2026, 19 Uhr Prof. Dr. Yasuhito Narita (TU Braunschweig): Polarlichter: Faszination und aktuelle Forschung

COMING UP: The next lecture in our lecture series “Im Feuerwerk der Sonne” will be colorful! On April 2nd, 7 PM, learn all about #PolarLights. In German.
More here: www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk... ☀️🌍🔭 #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #SpaceWeather @goettingen-campus.de @tu-braunschweig.de

Close-up of cherry blossom with light coming through the pink petals. The sky is pale bluish in the background and many of the dark pink buds are still closed.

The cherry blossoms will soon be here! So send us your best pictures by 12 April!

We'll print the winning image on a postcard #Kirschpost. Email photos to medien.studium@uni-goettingen.de or send via Insta, FB, LI #KIRSCHPOST @unigoettingen. Should be taken this year, no AI & include our Campus.

six apprentices present their model of ESA's Mars rover Rosalind Franklin

Model of Mars rover Rosalind Franklin

Almost like the real thing: Three years before ESA's #ExoMars rover #RosalindFranklin is scheduled to land on #Mars, #mpsgoettingen apprentices have completed their own model of the Mars rover. Great job, guys! 🚀🛰️
Read more here: www.mps.mpg.de/a-mars-rover...
@science.esa.int‬ #ESA

Image of large, white hospital building. It is tall and angular with dark windows ad is brightly lit - towering into a deep blue sky. This is the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG)

Researchers explore options for outpatient stem cell therapy

Using machine learning methods, they assessed conditions when some of the therapy can be safely carried out as an outpatient, contributing towards shorter hospital stays: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html..., doi.org/10.1038/s417...

Image thanks to Peter Heller showing Start-ups, companies, experts and the Postdoc Committee.

Thanks to everyone who joined Göttingen’s Postdoc Fair 2026! Inspiring experts, advisors, researchers and companies who shared their expertise. Thanks to the #GCPostdocCommittee for designing the event.

What do you want next time? Get with the Network and let us know: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc

Plakat zum Astronomietag 2026 mit Foto vom Mond mit dem Goldenen Henkel im Detailausschnitt sowie folgendem Text: Samstag, 28. März. 14 bis 20 Uhr am Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung Vorträge, Shows im mobilen Planetarium. Planetariumsshows mit Anmeldung. Ab 19 Uhr am Institut für Astrophysik und Geophysik Beobachtung von Himmelsobjekten. Eintritt frei. Mit Kinderprogramm. Weitere Infos und Anmeldung unter www.mps.mpg.de/astronomietag2026. Astro-AG. Förderkreis Planetarium Göttingen e.V. Institut für Astrophysik und Geophysik. Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung. © Hintergrundbild Mond Nasa/SVS

Vom Mond, der uns umkreist, bis zu fernen Planeten: Mit Vorträgen, Planetarium und dem Blick in den Himmel geht es beim Astronomietag am 28.3. ins Weltall – auch für Kinder. Eintritt kostenlos, Anmeldung für Planetarium empfohlen. Mehr dazu: www.mps.mpg.de/pressemittei... @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social

Congratulations to Melina Schuh @schuhlab.bsky.social on the Carus Medal! 🥂
The @leopoldina.org is honoring our director for her research on mammalian egg cells – specifically, how they develop and why errors can occur during egg cell formation.
Read more here: ⬇️
www.leopoldina.org/en/newsroom/...

This is a portrait shot taken outside of the researcher Gustavo B Paterno. There is a green, leafy plantation of trees behind him.

Islands of trees in an oil palm plantation. The image is green and lush with shafts of sunlight falling through the trees and onto the ground.

Researcher one of three in Germany nominated for Frontiers Planet Prize

Congratulations to Gustavo B Paterno, ecologist and biodiversity researcher, for #BBAW nomination for research paper on promotion of biodiversity recovery using islands of trees: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...

See you there!

This photo shows the GC Postdoc Committee in royal blue T-Shirts standing on steps outside the Physics Building in March 2025. From left to right: TobiasK, TobiasP, Melissa (the Coordinator), Inna, Lizhen, baby Paula with Jimena, Madhura, Michela, Anas, Dingsu, Komal, Linh. Details and further details about the committee here: https://goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-committee. Photo thanks to Peter Heller

GC Postdoc Committee: calling for applications!

Are you a Postdoc here who wants to make it a better place for researchers? Then the Postdoc Committee is looking for your input & energy! Apply by 31 March

Info: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-comm... or chat with current members at the Postdoc Fair!

Image: Top of image shows twisted arrows going in all directions - thanks to Gerd Altmann from Pixabay. Bottom of image shows the Postdoc Support and Information fair 2026 - that there will be pizza at 17:30 and everyone is welcome.

Which way to go? First stop: Göttingen’s Postdoc Fair

Experts from industry, academia, government, charities
Companies & local experts: grant funding, HR, OpenScience, Ombuds and more

One week to go! Register by 16 March: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-fair. Shine a light on your career on 19 March!

Image description. Poster for Research Images of the Year exhibition. It says Visit the exhibition of these works at the FORUM WISSEN. Exhibition opens 11 March (evening) and runs until 10 April. Full details available via links - https://www.forum-wissen.de/event/research-image-of-the-year/ and https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=8097. It says Visit the exhibition of these works at the FORUM WISSEN

What makes a great research image?

Göttingen’s Sci-Comm Network and Postdoc Network ran a contest to find out! The entries are in, the expert panel decided and the public voted! www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html.... Visit Göttingen’s #ForumWissen, see the diversity of research across our Campus.

Scientists @MPI-NAT, @fmp-berlin.de, @hhmi-science.bsky.social, University of Utah, & @stanford.edu, have identified the presynaptic protein Munc13-1 as a key control point linking intracellular lipid & Ca2+ signals to vesicle readiness and synaptic performance.
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5220593/rn_2...

Öffentliche Vortragsreihe "Im Feuerwerk der Sonne" Do., 12. März 2026, 19 Uhr Prof. Dr. Hardi Peter (MPS) Unsichtbar und doch zu messen: Wie der Wind von der Sonne ihre Umgebung prägt

COMING UP: the next lecture in our public lecture series “Im Feuerwerk der Sonne”. On Thursday, March 12th, at 7 PM, learn all about the #SolarWind including new research results. In German. More here: www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk... ☀️🔭
#Sun #SpaceWeather @goettingen-campus.de

Astronomietag 2026 Samstag, 28. März 14-20 Uhr: Vorträge, Shows im mobilen Planetarium ab 19 Uhr: Beobachtungen von Himmelsobjekten Eintritt frei Mit Kinderprogramm

In #Goettingen, the upcoming Astronomy Day on March 28th will offer lectures, planetarium shows and skygazing. Topics will be #moon, #planets, #exoplanets for kids, #Voyager and more! In German. More info: www.mps.mpg.de/astronomieta... @uni-goettingen.de @goettingen-campus.de #Astronomietag #FPG

Image shows some of the researchers from the international research team involved in this development: From left to right: Dr Samrat Basak mastering the new generation of microfluidics system; Kim-Chi Vu in process of preparation of specialized muscle cells of the heart; Dr Roman Tsukanov in the optical/microfluidics lab. They are all shown in action in the laboratories engaged in different aspects of developing and using the system. Photo: Samrat Basak, Kim-Chi Vu, Roman Tsukanov

A photo showing the system itself – with many buttons, wires, tubes and components. This shows the compressed-air-driven microfluidics system tailored for multiplexed super-resolution microscope developed by the research team to provide accessible, cost-efficient, high-quality imaging of cells, including fragile biological samples. Image thanks to Roman Tsukanov

How are components in cells organized?

It's a huge challenge for science to visualize this! So researchers developed a microfluidics system to make high-resolution microscopy easier, more reproducible and accessible: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...

#ACSNano: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Göttingen’s Postdoc Fair | Thursday 19 March | Physics Building

***Deadline for booking childcare fast approaching: Friday 6 March***

Family friendlywith onsite childcare and a #PostdocParent meet-up point. Check out the programme: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-fair

#Pizza #Companies #Mentors

Benjamin Kaupp @MPI-NAT & Olivia Kendall @unibonn.bsky.social have discovered that sea urchin & salmon regulate sperm motility differently than mammals. Previously, it was assumed that sperm motility was regulated via a universal mechanism in all living organisms.
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5211203/pr_2...

Funded with ~€500,000 by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture & @volkswagenstiftung.de: Congrats to Sonja Lorenz @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social & Gali Prag (Tel Aviv University)! They aim to develop new strategies to influence the regulation of human proteins.

Über 2 Mio. € für Forschung: Partner @goettingen-campus.de starten vier biomedizinische Projekte mit israelischen Partnern, eines unter Federführung des DPZ.
Ziel: neue Erkenntnisse für Gesundheit und Medizin.
www.dpz.eu/im-dialog/ne...
#Forschung #Wissenschaft #Medizin #InternationaleKooperation

Congratulations!!! Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta of #mpsgoettingen is awarded 2026 #KarenHarveyPrize by @aas.org #SolarPhysicsDivision.
His research shows how tiny magnetic structures and processes determine the dynamic nature of the corona: www.mps.mpg.de/high-honor-f...
@erc.europa.eu #heliophysics ☀️🔭

This is a close up image of two tiny female parasitoid wasps depositing their eggs in the larvae of the gall midge hidden in a reed shoot. The tiny gall midge larvae feed within plant tissue creating bumps, known as “plant galls”. The wasp eggs will hatch and their offspring will feast on the baby gall midges. There is green grass in the background. Photo: Tscharntke, T. et al., Basic and Applied Ecology, DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2

Let the grass grow under your feet!

In every grass shoot, there is a treasure trove of tiny insect biodiversity. It turns out insects need undisturbed refuges: grassland should not be mown for several years: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...

#BasicandAppliedEcology: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

Science Slam – schonmal mitgemacht? Wer Lust hat, seine Forschung auf die Bühne zu bringen, findet hier Gelegenheiten in Göttingen: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/677658.html Noch nie geslamt oder etwas eingerostet? Am 20. Feb. (und rund 2x im Jahr) findet ein kostenloser Online-Workshop statt. Viel Spaß!

Image shows a cartoon representation on a blue background showing two female researchers in a lab with a microscope and giant flasks of chemicals behind them. The text reads: "The world needs science science needs WOMEN!"

Today we mark UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science

And remember: opportunities to meet inspiring women in a range of disciplines and careers at Göttingen’s Postdoc Fair on 19 March, a family friendly event aimed at all researchers: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-fair #MeetYourMentor

Image: This is a blue and turquoise poster with text included in the post - with the exception of join us for pizza at 17:30 and the following: Chat with experts: get inspired and inform your next career steps, discover opportunities at the Campus and beyond, meet other postdocs and build your network. There is also a QR code which leads you to the website here: https://goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-fair

Göttingen Campus Postdoc Fair 2026

Thurs 19 March from 14:30. Registration now open. Book onsite childcare by 6 March.

Postdoc Fair: organised by Postdocs for Postdocs and everyone welcome. Get informed, shine a light on your career and meet your mentor: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-fair