10.10.2018
"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time" (A. Gide). This is one of the meaningful quotes that Susan Gasser, Director and group leader at the…
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Prize
IRP Schellenberg Prize: award ceremony for Prof. Claire Jacob
04.10.2018
The IRP Schellenberg Research Prize 2018 has been awarded to Prof. Claire Jacob (together with Prof. Magdalena Götz, Munich) on 27th September.
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Grant
Large ERC grant brings further international recognition for a University of Fribourg biologist
18.09.2018
Stefano Vanni, a Professor at the Department of biology of UNIFR, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. These prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grants fund inspirational and ground-breaking…
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Grant
Funding from the SNSF: Young female researchers score a hit at UNIFR
13.09.2018
This year, six young researchers will receive Ambizione and PRIMA research funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for research at UNIFR. These programmes allow early-career researchers…
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Event
Problematische Arten mit natürlichen Feinden bekämpfen
30.08.2018
Vom 26. bis 31. August findet in Engelberg ein internationales Symposium zur biologischen Bekämpfung invasiver Pflanzen statt. Dazu einige Fragen an Keynote-Speaker und Mitorganisator Heinz Müller-Schärer…
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Research
Wir haben die Bierhefe domestiziert
07.08.2018
Getrunken wurde es bereits im alten Ägypten, professionell gebraut zuerst nur von Frauen: das Bier. Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages des beliebten Getränks haben wir Claudio De Virgilio, Professor…
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Research
Discovery of the wild ancestor of the date palm tree
31.07.2018
Date palms, untouched by human manipulation, still exist in the wild. This discovery is the result of a research conducted in collaboration with the Department of Biology at the University of Fribourg.…
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Event
Feedback about Swiss Drosophila Meeting 2018
12.07.2018
On 15 June 2018 our Department hosted the annual Swiss Drosophila Meeting. The meeting was locally organized by Thomas Flatt, Simon Sprecher and Boris Egger. The conference brought together 93 participants…
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Studies
First ever FGLS retreat brings UniFR Life Science Students to the Aletsch Zentrum
05.07.2018
The newly founded FGLS invited their MSc and PhD students for a 2-day retreat organized by its student representatives. The goal was to get to know each other's research and also to bound socially. The…
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