Action platform for cosmetic products without animal testing

Animal testing for cosmetics has been banned in the EU since 2013. A study by the Transatlantic Think Tank for Toxicology (t4), involving researchers from the Konstanz-based "European Centre for Alternative Methods to Animal Testing" (CAAT-Europe), now points out that this testing ban is being neglected by European regulators. Animal data continue to be requested for cosmetic ingredients to a large extent, and consumers are not aware of this. CAAT-Europe is therefore planning an action platform…

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Mystery of the seadragon solved

The genome of the seadragon, a very unusual fish, has been decoded. New insights help answer the question of evolutionary invention – Results of an international research team including Konstanz-based evolutionary biologist Axel Meyer published in Science Advances

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Protecting coral reefs more effectively from climate change

Identifying and researching different heat stress response patterns in corals will help to protect the world's reefs better from the effects of climate change. A new study completed with the participation of the University of Konstanz describes the necessary test procedures and initial results.

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Images as data for social science

Funded through the research prize of the Dr. K. H. Eberle Foundation amounting to 250,000 euros, the Center for Image Analysis in the Social Sciences (CIASS) will be established at the University of Konstanz.

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Tag der offenen Tür am Limnologischen Institut der Universität Konstanz

Das Limnologische Institut der Universität Konstanz beteiligt sich an dem stadtweiten Aktionsmonat „17 Ziele für Konstanz“. Am Samstag, 31. Juli 2021, öffnet es von 11 bis 14 Uhr mit einem vielfältigen Programm unter dem Motto „Biologische Vielfalt von Seen“ seine Türen für die interessierte Bevölkerung. In diesem Sommer feiert das Limnologische Institut zugleich den 50. Jahrestag seiner Einweihung am heutigen Standort in Konstanz/Egg.

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