![The image shows the X-ray crystal structure of cholera toxin showing 5-fold symmetry, together with the fluorinated ligand used in this study (F-GM1).<address>© Gilmour Lab/Köhnke Lab</address>](http://www.uni-muenster.de/news/data/img/2024/07/14183-6962w0ix-webL.jpg)
![They are now continuing their work in Münster: Prof. Dr. Elena Marasinova, Dr. Anna Kornyushchenko and Dr. Larysa Kovbasyuk (from left).<address>© Uni MS - Thomas Mohn</address>](http://www.uni-muenster.de/news/data/img/2024/07/14148-64Opbo20-webL.jpg)
![This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cluster of interstellar gas and dust more than 5,300 light years away from Earth. Telescopes help to reveal the evolution of the universe.<address>© ESA/Hubble and NASA, J. Tan (Chalmers University and University of Virginia), R. Fedriani</address>](http://www.uni-muenster.de/news/data/img/2024/07/14150-k5khdAEe-webL.jpg)
The two Clusters of Excellence, which the University of Münster has acquired as part of the federal and state Excellence Strategy, comprise faculties from the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. The Department of Mathematics was successful with the Cluster of Excellence "Mathematics Münster: Dynamics - Geometry - Structure". The Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics", funded for the third time, comprises around 200 researchers in the humanities and social sciences from 20 disciplines.