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Menschen stehen auf einer Rasenfläche in Namibia, eine von ihnen erzählt

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 7: Bringing NamTip into practice

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

Today marks the beginning of our NamTip Stakeholder Workshop. The goal of the workshop is to foster dialogue and knowledge exchange between …
Giraffen in der Savanne

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 6: Visit to the experiment

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

Our Winter School concludes with a a final field excursion to one of NamTip’s on-farm experimental sites, called “TipEx”. After breakfast, we pack our …
Blick auf ein Bergplateau

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 5: Views from the peak and with models

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

Today begins before sunrise with an approximately 2.7 km hike up the Waterberg Plateau. We follow a narrow path winding through the rocky landscape, …
Forschende beugen sich über Geräte bei einer Übung im Gelände

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 3: Methodology ranging from soil analysis to drone flying

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

Today, after a quick breakfast, we set off on our first field excursion. The site is just a short drive away, and after our bus helps "de-bush" the …
Blick in einen Seminarraum mit Teilnehmende

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 2: Knowledge Exchange

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

The second day of our field course begins promptly at 09:00 with Dr. Stefan Liehr’s insightful lecture on “Understanding Social-Ecological Systems …
Haus vor einem Berg

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 1: Get to know NamTip

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

Today is the start of our NamTip Winter School, to which students from the Namibian universities NUST and UNAM are participating. These institutions …
Zwei Forschende führen wissenschaftliche Messungen in der afrikanischen Savanne durch

Study Trip to Namibia – Understanding and Managing Tipping Points in Dryland Ecosystems

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

From 16 to 26 June 2025, a delegation from the University of Potsdam - including University President Prof. Oliver Günther - and German research …
Prof. Dr. Salim Seyfried and doctoral student Van-Cuong Pham in the lab.

Did you already know that … a pill could prevent strokes in the future? Researchers find compounds against cavernous malformation in the brain

At high magnification, it looks like a blackberry. But this adhesion of blood vessels, known as cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM), which occurs in …
Grafics with Electron microscopy structure of noval iron-sulfur cofactors

Early life – Enzyme for biological methane production decoded

Researchers at the Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) of Philipps-University Marburg and University of Potsdam have made a major …
Ein junger Star, der mit einem Forschungssender ausgestattet ist, sitzt auf der Hand eines Menschen

Reduced movement of starlings with parasite infections has a negative impact on their offspring

Press release // Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), Technische Universität Berlin & University of Potsdam

Infections with parasites often entail no recognisable signs in many wildlife species, but can have still negative effects across generations. …