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Capsella grandiflora, also known as shepherd's purse. Close-up of test plants. They each bear small labels with handwritten numbers and are attached to the plants with red threads.

“When identical genes look different: Plants as masters of adaptation” – How biologists and bioinformaticians study the interplay between genes and the environment

“Our research is essential because without plants there is no human nutrition,” emphasizes Michael Lenhard, Professor of Genetics and spokesperson of …
Gestenfeld mit untergehender Sonne

Resistant Barley – Decisive factors for heat stress tolerance in cereals

Media information 25-11-2025 / Nr. 102

How can the stress response of crops be optimized in light of rising global temperatures? Researchers of the University of Potsdam and the Leibniz …
Portrait of Christiane Scheffler

“Megalomania?” – Human Biologist Christiane Scheffler Researches the Growth of Children and Adolescents

An orphanage in the 19th century: All children get the same food and care, but some are given emotional attention by the staff, while the other half …
Portrait of Maren Schüle

When the Forest is Burning – Maren Schüle Analyses the Vegetation in Burnt Pine Forests

Forest fires do not only happen in Australia, California, or Canada. In Germany, too – especially in Brandenburg – there has been an increasing number …
Steffen Hagemann in a portrait in front of a grey concrete wall on the Griebnitzsee campus.

How Data Scientists Work – Steffen Hagemann About Algorithms, Habitus and Social Context

From business to dating, digital technologies have become part of almost all areas of life. Algorithms increasingly shape everyday practices and the …
Auditor Bernd Malzanini in a portrait in front of the colonnade at the New Palace.

Understanding More and More – What attracts Italy enthusiast and lawyer Bernd Malzanini as an auditor to the University of Potsdam

Lecture hall or colonnades? Bernd Malzanini tilts his head to one side and smiles. No doubt about it. The chairman of the Freundeskreis …
Prof. Dr. Isabelle Penning in portait

More Than a Specialist Classroom – A highly accessible teaching and learning laboratory for inclusive technical education on the Golm Campus

On the table lie a hammer and a saw, sandpaper, a stapler, screw clamps, two cordless screwdrivers – and pictures of flowers. Alister and Anuk, Luka …
Model of a city on a table with illuminated networks on it

Smart City Potsdam – Students at the University of Potsdam Demonstrate How Companies Can Utilize Publicly Available Data

Data, data everywhere. Looking at it from a certain perspective, a city like Potsdam consists of vast amounts of information. Thanks to …
Foto einer Kröte

Three New Toads Leap Into the Spotlight

Medieninformation 06-11-2025 / Nr. 098

Froglets and toadlets usually develop from eggs. An international team of researchers, including an expert from the University of Potsdam, has now …
Lena Sonntag training outdoors.

Looking Ahead – Lena Sonntag is studying patholinguistics and is a race-walking athlete

It’s one of those hot days in July, 5 p.m. On the beach of Lake Templin, children and adults crowd together. For Lena Sonntag, the 35 degrees Celsius …