The “gold” of the Midas cichlids

Evolutionary biologists from Konstanz describe a new gene in the Central American Midas cichlid fish and identify a variant caused by a "jumping gene" (transposon). This variant of the "goldentouch gene" is most likely the reason for the golden colouration that can be found in a small percentage of animals of this species complex.

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KonDATA: platform for open research data

Sharing research data is essential for research and science: All University of Konstanz researchers can now use the new repository KonDATA to internationally publish and share their research data and make them citable in the long term.

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Snapshots from the quantum world

A research collaboration with participation of the University of Konstanz can read out optically previously indistinguishable spin states by using a newly developed spectros-copy method

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New KIM director

Director Petra Hätscher retires – her vice director, Oliver Kohl-Frey, now leads the Communication, Information, Media Centre (KIM)

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Saving animal lives using Big Data

The Movebank ecosystem of tools offers a one-stop-shop solution to storing, sharing, and making sense of the deluge of data generated by the animal tracking revolution. The Big Data platform helps scientists study animal behavior and ecology, and it can save animal lives - by enabling large-scale conservation projects, but also in individual cases.

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Ideenwettbewerb von Kilometer1

Einen Abend voller Innovationen erlebte das Publikum bei den Kilometer1 Awards am 17. November. Sieben Gründungsteams traten an, um sich ein Preisgeld in Höhe von 1.000 Euro für ihr Startup zu sichern.

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Talking 3R-Science

Eine neue Webinar-Serie des 3R-Netzwerks Baden-Württemberg diskutiert, welche Alternativmethoden es zu Tierversuchen gibt (Replacement), wie Tierversuche reduziert werden können (Reduction) und wie durch die Verbesserung der Methoden die Belastung von Tieren verringert werden kann (Refinement). ExpertInnen aus der Wissenschaft zeigen den Forschungsstand auf und bieten einen konstruktiven Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit.

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Global loss of floristic uniqueness

Naturalized alien plants are causing a worldwide decline in the uniqueness of regional floras, according to the results of a global research project led by biologists from the University of Konstanz

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State teaching award for teaching concept

Teaching staff from the University of Konstanz, the HTWG Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen received the Landeslehrpreis 2021 (state teaching award) from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg (MWK). The teaching concept gives students the chance to design interactive exhibition concepts.

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