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    • Freiburg Biologists Explain Function of Pentagone
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    • June 30, 2023: Biology Faculty Day
    • Proteins control light-induced seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana
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    • Protein molecules in mitochondria clearly assigned for the first time
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    • Not all wounds heal according to plan
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    • Nothing more than clay on the brain
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    • Researchers and plant hunter-gatherers
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    • Soundscapes, Cancer Cells, Archaea
    • Sonja-Verena Albers and Oliver Einsle both receive an ERC Advanced Grant
    • Exhibition in the Botanical Garden: “New Wildlife - Globalization in the Plant Kingdom”
    • Two Freiburg Cluster Initiatives Prevail in Excellence Competition
    • Inspired By Nature: Filtering Textile Microfibres in Waste Water
    • The Secret of a Long Life
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    • Cancer cells often overlook the stop signs
    • International Plant Health Day: Understanding in the laboratory what happens in the field
    • Crisp and Young, Like the Queen
    • Conifer cones bear their ages well, and still move it
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    • Four Centuries in Images and Text
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    • The Protective Layer of Prehistoric Land Plants
    • „A Showcase for Neuroscience“ – Brain Awareness Week 2017
    • Biologists Discover Origin of Stomata
    • How to get rid of proteins
    • Single-Neuron Properties and Network Dynamics
    • Against Peatland Loss
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    • Plant diversity up close and personal
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    • “We would like to add a chapter to the textbook on immunity”
    • More than just genetic code
    • Sugar-based inhibitors disarm the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • An excursion to the varied world of plant life
    • New in eNEURO: Web-based application facilitates use of advanced simulation tool NEST
    • Binding with consequences
    • Green revolution for grains
    • E-learning Sponsorship Award is Shared for the First Time
    • The medical benefits of nature
    • Six square meters and a green screen
    • A holodeck for flies, fish and mice
    • University of Freiburg Launches Master in Neuroscience
    • Insights into hippocampal network function
    • High-resolution wing beats
    • Velcro for human cells
    • Anti-freeze for cell membranes
    • Three New Consolidator Grants at the University of Freiburg
    • How Plants Find Their Symbiotic Partners
    • Newly discovered surface structures may affect immune function
    • How the Immune System Becomes Blind to Cancer Cells
    • From the somatic cell to the germ cell
    • Oldest extant plant has adapted to extremes and is threatened by climate change
    • Prof. Sonja-Verena Albers is new members of Leopoldina
    • A Quarter of a Century of Cooperation
    • Using Gene Scissors to Detect Diseases

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