Award for Daniel Santiago Penagos Molina at the Optica ImageSense Congress 2026
The award recognizes both the scientific quality of his work and his outstanding presentation to the international audience.
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Erasmus+ strengthens international cooperation at the University of Jena
1.8 million euros for international networking and mobility
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In Dialogue with Nobel Laureates: Young Researchers from Jena in Lindau
A special honor for two young researchers from Jena: Dr. Maximilian Weißflog and Paulina Lohbeck from the Institute of Solid State Physics (IFK) participated this year in the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting—the most prestigious interdisciplinary gathering of the international scientific community.
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Faculty Party 2026
Summer is in full swing and that can only mean one thing: It’s time for our annual Faculty Party.On the 18th of june we warmly invite you to come join us for barbecue and drinks. You’ll also find out who’s awarded this years teaching trophy. And have you ever wanted to do some powerpoint-karaoke?
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New junior research group leader at the IAP
Dr. Jonas Junker joins the quantum physics team
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New Module Now Available: Innovation Sprint – From Problem to Prototype and Pitch in 5 Days
An Intensive, Practice-Oriented Learning Experience.
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SPIE Honors Jürgen Popp for Bringing Biophotonics Closer to the Clinic
Jürgen Popp has received the 2026 SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award for his research into optical health technologies for medicine.
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University of Jena improves in several subjects in THE Subject Rankings 2026
Times Higher Education lists Friedrich Schiller University Jena in eight out of eleven disciplines—upward trend in four disciplines
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Chemical imaging: Antibiotic interaction on individual bacterial cells with unprecedented resolution
An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Daniela Täuber in Jena has successfully mapped the local chemistry and structure of the antibiotic interaction on the surface of individual bacterial cells with a resolution of a few nanometers using the model system Bacillus subtilis and vancomycin.
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Ultrafast light, maximum precision: Jena researcher receives award at UFO XIV
At the 14th Ultrafast Optics Conference (UFO XIV), held from 5 to 10 October 2025 in Furnas on São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal), Daniel Santiago Penagos Molina from the research group X-ray Spectroscopy and Microscopy at the Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) of the University of Jena received second place in the Student Talk Award competition.
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Beyond classical resolution limits: Dr Wilhelm Eschen receives the Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize
Dr Wilhelm Eschen, former doctoral student at the Institute of Applied Physics at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, was awarded the prestigious Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize at the 23rd Alumni Day on 20 June 2025 was awarded.
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