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Three small, medium-gray fish swimming through green algae.
09-2026 Press Release | IGB

A swarm is more than the sum of its parts

A study involving genetically identical fish reveals the principles of group behavior

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09-2026 Press Release | MBI

Watching a Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Respond to Light

Ethylene contains a carbon–carbon double bond, one of the most important structural motifs in organic chemistry. Carbon–carbon double bonds are present in countless molecules, and their response to light plays a central role in processes ranging from vision and photosynthesis to molecular switches and solar-energy conversion.

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09-2026 Press Release | FVB

Light at the nanoscale: Dr. Lara Greten receives 2026 Marthe Vogt Award

Physicist Dr. Lara Greten is the recipient of this year’s Marthe Vogt Award for her outstanding doctoral thesis on light-matter interaction of ultrathin materials at TU Berlin.

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Przewalski-Pferde und -Fohlen
09-2026 Press Release | IZW

Nach 200 Jahren: Erste Przewalski-Fohlen in der zentralkasachischen Steppe geboren

Im Wiederansiedlungszentrum Alibi in der Altyn-Dala-Steppe sind erstmals seit rund 200 Jahren Przewalski-Pferde auf zentralkasachischem Boden geboren worden.

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09-2026 Press Release | IZW

100 Jahre Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde: von der Feldbeobachtung zur Genomanalyse

Wie Fledermäuse mithilfe von Ultraschall navigieren oder Wölfe ihre Rudel organisieren – vieles von dem, was heute zum Grundwissen der Biologie gehört, war zum Gründungszeitpunkt der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde (DGS) weitgehend unbekannt.

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09-2026 Press Release | IGB

Berlins ponds contaminated by a wide range of trace organic contaminants

Chemicals from tire wear and pharmaceutical residues are ubiquitous in urban water bodies. This is shown by a new study of 43 ponds across Berlin.

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Understanding the Formation of Nerve Cell Contacts

Press Release IZW 31.03.2020

Preservation of testicular cells to save endangered feline species

Press Release FMP 30.03.2020

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Press Release IZW 25.03.2020

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News FVB 20.03.2020

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Press Release FMP 16.03.2020

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Press Release IGB 16.03.2020

Against overfishing: save the oldies!

Press Release IZW 12.03.2020

Hair in "stress": analyse with care

Press Release IZW 11.03.2020

Newly confirmed biochemical mechanism in mouse, bat and naked mole rat cells is a key component of the anti-ageing program

Press Release IZW 05.03.2020

City fox and country fox – genetics reveal behavioural and physical barriers between urban and rural red foxes in and around Berlin

Press Release IZW 02.03.2020

Scientists show that swamp wallabies conceive new embryo before birth – a unique reproductive strategy

Press Release FVB 20.02.2020

Joining forces for the science metropolis

Press Release MBI 17.02.2020

Light moves spins around

Press Release IZW 05.02.2020

Landscape-level surveys are necessary to address large-scale wildlife losses from poaching

News FVB 04.02.2020

Workshop for young female scientists at FVB

Interview IGB 29.01.2020

“It is important to me that IGB is a community” - Getting to know the new IGB director Luc De Meester

Press Release FBH 29.01.2020

UVphotonics to showcase custom UV LEDs and modules at Photonics West

Press Release IGB 28.01.2020

Luc De Meester is the new director of IGB

Press Release FMP 21.01.2020

Determining the atomic structure of natural products more rapidly and accurately

Press Release IGB 16.01.2020

Cyanobacteria in water and on land identified as source of methane

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