Congratulations! Olivia Roth has received funding from the @volkswagenstiftung.de Momentum Initiative to advance her translational evolutionary research on the relationship between reproductive strategy and the immune system, and its significance for gender-sensitive medicine.
#ConnectingHorizons
„Connecting Horizons“ – so lautete das Motto des Jahresempfangs der #UniKiel, zu dem das Präsidium am Montagabend rund 450 Gäste aus Wissenschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur, Sport, Verwaltung und Gesellschaft im Audimax begrüßte.
📷: Lorenz Oberdoerster, Uni Kiel
#ConnectingHorizons #ExStra #ExU
🎙️In Folge 6 des Podcasts „Exzellenz im Fokus“ sprechen Aria Avevor und Guido Wendt, Staatssekretär im Ministerium für Allgemeine und Berufliche Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, über die klare Rollenverteilung zwischen Wissenschaft und Politik.
#ExU #ExStra #ConnectingHorizons
🎙️In Folge 5 des Podcasts „Exzellenz im Fokus“ sprechen Aria Avevor und Lina Welz mit den Gästen Alexander Güssow, Brigitte Gottuk, Thomas Nauert und Dorothea König aus Windeby bei Eckernförde u. a. darüber, welche Sogwirkung das Gütesiegel „Exzellenz“ haben könnte.
#ExU #ExStra #ConnectingHorizons
🎙️Folge 4 des Podcasts „Exzellenz im Fokus“ ist da! Co-Host Jonas Richter spricht mit Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Quandt, Vizepräsident für Forschung, wissenschaftliche Infrastruktur und Transfer der #UniKiel, u.a. über Interdisziplinarität als Zukunft der Forschung.
#ExU #ExStra #ConnectingHorizons
🎙️Folge 3 des Podcasts „Exzellenz im Fokus“ ist da! Co-Host Maximilian Hoffmeister spricht mit Prof. Stefan Schreiber, Sprecher des Exzellenzclusters PMI, unter anderem über die Bedeutung der Präzisionsmedizin für die Bevölkerung. #PrecisionMedicine #ExU #ExStra #ConnectingHorizons
📢 Save the date! The women's talk marathon is back. On Friday 6 March 2026, women from Kiel University — students, staff and professors — will discuss their work and experiences in academia. 👩🔬
#WomenInScience #ConnectingHorizons
Portrait of a woman. Text: #WomenInScience. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Altintas. Professor of Biomaterials and Biosensors.
Quote Zeynep Altintas: My research focuses on advanced bioinspired materials and multifunctional devices for medical, food, and environmental diagnostics, targeted imaging, and personalized therapy, bridging engineering innovation with clinical and environmental needs.
Quote Zeynep Altintas: I enjoy working in science because it allows me to apply interdisciplinary materials and technologies across fields such as medicine, food, environment, and agriculture while collaborating with leading experts to develop solutions with real-world impact.
👩🔬 With Prof Dr Zeynep Altintas, this year's #WomenInScience series for International Day of Women and Girls in Science #February11 is complete. Many thanks to everyone involved!
#KiNSIS #KielLifeScience #PrecisionMedicine
#ConnectingHorizons
Portrait of a woman. Text: #WomenInScience. Alexandra Deutsch. Doctoral Researcher.
Quote Alexandra Deutsch: "My research focuses on how interactions between gut bacteria and the immune system are shaped by different human lifestyles around the world."
Quote Alexandra Deutsch: "I enjoy working in science because I get to ask fundamental questions about how we interact with the world around us, and collaborate across disciplines to interrogate these interactions at the molecular level."
👩🔬 Doctoral student Alexandra Deutsch is also featured in our #WomenInScience series for International Day of Women and Girls in Science on #February11.
#Metaorganisms
#ConnectingHorizons
A portrait of a woman. Text: #WomenInScience. Dr. Karin Schrieber. Postdoctoral Researcher.
Quote from Karin Schrieber: I investigate the impact of global change on interactions between plants and their pollinators, herbivores, and microorganisms, with a particular focus on how changing environmental conditions alter co-evolved traits, communication, and resource exchange in these systems.
Quote from Karin Schrieber: I enjoy my work because it combines independent research, collaboration, continuous learning, and the transfer of knowledge to society.
Dr Karin Schrieber is also part of our #WomenInScience series, in which we introduce female scientists from Kiel University to mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science on #February11.
@plantscochallenge.bsky.social
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A portrait of a woman. #WomenInScience. Zaira Zafroon. Doctoral Researcher.
Quote Zaira Zafroon: "My research focuses on host–microbe interactions, using microbiome and functional genomic data to understand how microbial communities shape health across people and environments."
Quote Zaira Zafroon: "I enjoy working in science because it lets me turn complex biological patterns into testable hypotheses, solving the “puzzles” of host–microbe systems with data, computation, and collaboration."
Zaira Zafroon is also part of our #WomenInScience series, in which we introduce female scientists from Kiel University to mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science on #February11.
#PrecisionMedicine #ConnectingHorizons
A portrait of a woman. Text: #WomenInScience. Dr. Cynthia Bülck. Postdoctoral Researcher.
Quote from Cynthia Bülck: My research focuses on proteolytic processes that are important for maintaining gut homeostasis.
Quote from Cynthia Bülck: I enjoy working in science because it enables me to collaborate with a team to develop and implement my own ideas.
Another #WomenInScience from Kiel University that we are introducing as part of our series to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on #February11 is Dr Cynthia Bülck.
#Biochemistry #ConnectingHorizons
A portrait of a woman. Text: #WomenInScience. Dr. Elizaveta Spetzler. Postdoctoral Researcher.
Quote Elizaveta Spetzler: My research focuses on magnetic noise in magnetoelectric devices.
Quote Elizaveta Spetzler: I enjoy working in science because each new project is like a puzzle, and you get to be the first one to solve it.
Another #WomenInScience from Kiel University that we are introducing as part of our series to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on #February11 is Dr Elizaveta Spetzler.
#BiomagneticSensing #ConnectingHorizons
The image shows a smiling person wearing a headscarf and colorful clothing, posing outdoors near rocks. Text: #WomenInScience. Stefania Fiori. Doctoral Researcher.
Quote Fiori: My research focuses on exploring how prehistoric communities in the Southern Caucasus used and transformed their landscapes between the 4th and 1st millennia BCE, by mapping burial mounds (kurgans) and linking them to the earliest evidence for metalworking and exchange routes...
Quote: I enjoy working in science because it allows me to ask big questions about how people lived in the past and answer them with very tangible evidence, from pixels in satellite images to traces in the ground. I love the combination of fieldwork, digital analysis, and collaboration, and I ...
Also taking part in this year's #WomenInScience series, to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on #February11, is Stefania Fiori, Doctoral Researcher.
@clusterroots.bsky.social
#ConnectingHorizons
A portrait of a woman. Text: #WomenInScience. Prof. Dr. Regina Scherließ. Professor of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics.
Quote from Regina Scherließ: My research focuses on medicines for use in the respiratory tract, particularly powders that are inhaled to the lungs or applied to the nose.
Quote from Regina Scherließ: I enjoy working in science because it gives me the freedom to pursue my own research ideas in projects and with this highlight new opportunities, collaborate with scientists around the world, and pass on my knowledge to the next generation.
We continue our short #WomenInScience series to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on #February11. Today, we are featuring Prof. Dr. Regina Scherließ, among others.
#KiNSIS #KielLifeScience #ConnectingHorizons
The image shows a woman smiling. Text: #WomenInScience. Dr. Claudia Wolff. Postdoctoral Researcher.
Quote from Claudia Wolff: My research focuses on assessing coastal flood impacts and exploring transformational approaches to coastal flood adaptation.
Quote from Claudia Wolff: I enjoy working in science because it combines continuous learning, creativity, intellectual freedom, and the opportunity to question and explore new ideas.
To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science #11February, we'll be introducing several female scientists from Kiel University over the next few days.
#WomenInScience #ConnectingHorizons
Today, among others: Dr. Claudia Wolff
@kielunimarine.bsky.social
The image shows a woman smiling and wearing a black jacket against a purple background. Text: #WomenInScience. Prof. Dr. Mathilde Poyet. Professor for Intestinal Microbiology
Quote Mathilde Poyet: My research focuses on developing advanced methodologies to deeply investigate undercharacterized human-associated bacterial species and expanding our understanding of the human gut microbiome’s diversity, evolution, and impact on health across globally diverse populations.
Quote Mathilde Poyet: I enjoy working in science because it combines curiosity, teamwork, and openness, and gives me the opportunity to build inclusive collaborations across cultures and disciplines, while discovering something new every day.
To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science #11February, we'll be introducing several female scientists from Kiel University over the next few days.
#WomenInScience #ConnectingHorizons
Today, among others: Prof. Dr. Mathilde Poyet
@mmmicrobiomelab.bsky.social
The image shows a woman with blonde hair wearing a colorful, floral-patterned shirt standing against a dark background. Text: #WomenInScience. Dr. Frederike Stucke. Postdoctoral Researcher.
Quote of Dr. Frederike Stucke: My research focuses on tolerance from two perspectives. I examine which factors make it easier or more difficult for people to practice tolerance, and how tolerance is experienced by those who receive it – for example, as empowering or as threatening.
Quote of Dr. Frederike Stucke: I enjoy working in academia, because it combines analytical thinking, empirical research, and creativity with societal relevance, and allows me to engage with important questions over the long term.
To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science #11February, we'll be introducing several female scientists from Kiel University over the next few days.
#WomenInScience #ConnectingHorizons
Today, among others: Dr. Frederike Stucke
A person in a white coat examines two unusual objects on a surface, in what appears to be a laboratory setting. Text: #WomenInScience. Dr. Katharina Fuchs. Postdoctoral Researcher.
The image shows Dr. Katharina Fuchs, who states that her research focuses on human remains as archives of past lives, from individual bone cells to entire skeletal collections.
The image shows an extensive quote from Dr. Katharina Fuchs discussing her enjoyment of working in science, citing the interconnected and interdisciplinary nature of the field as particularly exciting.
To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science #11February, we'll be introducing several female scientists from Kiel University over the next few days.
#WomenInScience #ConnectingHorizons
Today, among others: Dr. Katharina Fuchs @clusterroots.bsky.social @neolithicbodies.bsky.social
🎙️Folge 2 des Podcasts „Exzellenz im Fokus“ ist da! Co-Host Lina Welz spricht mit Prof. Martin Furholt, Sprecher des @clusterroots.bsky.social, u.a. über die Rolle des Exzellenzclusters bei der Bewerbung um den Exzellenztitel. #ExU #ExStra #ConnectingHorizons
Exzellenz im Fokus: Die CAU auf Kurs zur Spitzenuniversität
🎙️ Der Podcast „Exzellenz im Fokus“ begleitet die Bewerbung der #UniKiel um den Titel der Exzellenzuniversität. In der Auftaktfolge spricht Aria Avevor mit Prof. Dr. Catherine Cleophas, Vizepräsidentin der CAU, über den Exzellenzantrag: https://bit.ly/44pFsYI
#ExU #ExStra #ConnectingHorizons
✅ „Connecting Horizons. From the Baltic Perspective to Global Impact“: Gestern hat die #UniKiel den Antrag auf Förderung als #Exzellenzuniversität (#EXU) beim @wissenschaftsrat.de eingereicht!
#ExStra #ConnectingHorizons
