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Research team uncovers structure of cellular protective layer
© AG Hippler - Lando Lebock
Introduction of Prof. Dr. Julia Kurth
© Rolf K. Wegst
"Plants don’t get a fever - they boost their defence mechanisms"
© Gundula Noll
Bringing more light into the darkness | Portrait of Prof. Karin Busch
© Nike Gais
Newly discovered signalling pathway helps plants to precisely control seed germination
© Dr. Annika Brünje
Exceptionally active
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Biology didactician Benedikt Heuckmann receives the “Ars legendi Faculty Prize”
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Dennis Brandt on how seed dormancy is coordinated
© AG Schwarzländer
Study on the reproducibility of behavioural experiments with insects now published
© Holger Schielzeth/CC BY 4.0; Bild nicht verändert (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Graduation ceremony in the castle 04.04.2025
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Research team uncovers structure of cellular protective layer
© AG Hippler - Lando Lebock
Introduction of Prof. Dr. Julia Kurth
© Rolf K. Wegst
"Plants don’t get a fever - they boost their defence mechanisms"
© Gundula Noll
Bringing more light into the darkness | Portrait of Prof. Karin Busch
© Nike Gais
Newly discovered signalling pathway helps plants to precisely control seed germination
© Dr. Annika Brünje
Exceptionally active
© Uni MS - Linus Peikenkamp
Biology didactician Benedikt Heuckmann receives the “Ars legendi Faculty Prize”
© VBIO - Peter Himsel
Dennis Brandt on how seed dormancy is coordinated
© AG Schwarzländer
Study on the reproducibility of behavioural experiments with insects now published
© Holger Schielzeth/CC BY 4.0; Bild nicht verändert (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Graduation ceremony in the castle 04.04.2025
© Universität Münster

Research

The Faculty of Biology consists of five Institutes and one Center for biology education and has a Botanical Garden.


Research in the Faculty of Biology is currently centered around six Focus Areas:

Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Bioenergetics and Metabolism
Evolution and Biodiversity
Multiscale Analysis of Cellular Systems
Neuroscience and Behaviour
Plants

 


In addition, the Faculty of Biology is involved in several Collaborative Initiatives.

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  • Events
    13.
    May
    2025

    Lectures, talks

    Gerald Koudelka, University of Buffalo
    Infectious Diseases: Are Humans Collateral Damage in an Ongoing Microbial War? Microbial adaptations that shape predation resistance and human virulence.
    IEB Seminar
     
    14.
    May
    2025

    Lectures, talks

    Ringvorlesung - Aktuelle Aspekte der Biowissenschaften II
    Über die Bedeutung der Mechanobiologie in der modernen Biomedizin
     
    21.
    May
    2025

    Lectures, talks

    Ringvorlesung - Aktuelle Aspekte der Biowissenschaften II
    Proteinmodifikationen als molekulare Schalter für zelluläre Funktionen in Pflanzen
     
    21.
    May
    2025

    Lectures, talks

    Antrittsvorlesung Prof. Dr. Nicolas Rohner
    “Feast or Famine: Evolutionary Strategies for Starvation Resistance”
     
    28.
    May
    2025

    Lectures, talks

    Ringvorlesung - Aktuelle Aspekte der Biowissenschaften II
    Chlamydomonas: Bewegung, Adhäsion und Photosynthese – Ein Modellorganismus in der Zellbiologie
     
    28.
    May
    2025

    Lectures, talks

    Antrittsvorlesung Prof. Dr. Sabrina Büttner
    “Organelle connectivity during cellular aging and metabolic adaptation”
     
    04.
    June
    2025

    Lectures, talks

    Ringvorlesung - Aktuelle Aspekte der Biowissenschaften II
    Mikrobielle Biotechnologie, der Schlüssel zu einer biobasierten Wirtschaft
     
    18.
    June
    2025

    Lectures, talks

    Ringvorlesung - Aktuelle Aspekte der Biowissenschaften II
    Parasiten und Wirte – ein evolutionärer Wettlauf
     
    25.
    June
    2025

    Other events

    FBR-Sitzung des Fachbereichs Biologie
     
    25.
    June
    2025

    Lectures, talks

    Ringvorlesung - Aktuelle Aspekte der Biowissenschaften II
    „Chitosans – Biopolymers for the Bioeconomy“
     
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