University of Konstanz Professor Thomas Brunner (biochemical pharmacology) was selected by the board of the Thurgau foundation for science and research to become the new chair of the BITg managing board. Thomas Brunner fills the position that has been vacant since his predecessor, Professor Marcus Groettrup, passed away in June.
Dr Philipp Lammers from the University of Konstanz received the renowned French-German prize from the Frankoromanistenverband (FRV) and the French Embassy for his dissertation on the French author Stendhal.
To sting or not to sting? An alarm pheromone plays a decisive role in bees' willingness to sting - and their group size, as scientists from Constance have now shown
Rhythmic accuracy pays off, as researchers from Konstanz (Germany) and Israel show in their behavioural study on the courtship song of the rock hyrax. Males that sang more often and kept the beat with greater precision had higher reproductive success than their less rhythmically accurate peers.
Contribution to a better understanding of the evolution of sleep in animals: Konstanz biologist Daniela Rößler and her team discover jumping spiders experience a state similar to REM sleep.
TeilnehmerInnen gesucht: Das Forschungsprojekt ANCHOR der Universitäten Konstanz und Osnabrück untersucht, wie sich „Body Checking“ auf unsere Gefühle und Gedanken sowie auf psychische Erkrankungen auswirkt
