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Institutes of the Faculty of Biological Sciences

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Image: Thomas Winckler

The faculty consists of 7 institutes:

Informations on the individual institutes:

  • Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research

    Director: Prof Dr Andreas Hejnol

    Homepage of the instituteExternal link

    The Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology constists of:

    • Professorship of Animal Physiology
    • Professorship of Archaeogenetics
    • Professorship of History and Philosophy of Life Sciences
    • Professorship of Systematic Zoology
    • Professorship of Zoology
    • Didactics of Biology
    • Seniro professorship of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology

    Animal Physiology

    Head: Prof Dr Manuela Nowotny
    Address: Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology
    Animal Physiology
    Erbertstr. 1
    07743 Jena

    Phone: +49 (0) 3641 9-49100
    Email: manuela.nowotny@uni-jena.de

    Homepage Animal Physiology

    Archaeogenetics

    Head: Prof Dr Johannes Krause
    Address:     Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
    Department of Archaeogenetics
    Deutscher Platz 6
    04103 Leipzig

    Phone: +49 (0) 341 3550 - 867
    Email: krause@eva.mpg.de                                                                                                              

    Homepage Department of ArchaeogeneticsExternal link

    Didactics of Biology

    Head: apl. Prof Dr Uwe Hoßfeld
    Address: Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology
    Didactics of Biology
    Am Steiger 3, Bienenhaus
    07743 Jena

    Office assistant: Sandra Golke-Stiebritz 
    Business hours:     Monday 8 a.m.-1 p.m. and Thursday 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
    Phone:     +49 (0) 3641 9-49490
    Email: s.golke-stiebritz@uni-jena.de

    Homepage Didactic of Biology de

    History and Philosophy of  Natural Sciences with the emphasis on Life Sciences

    Head: Prof Dr Christina Brandt
    Address: Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology
    Ernst-Haeckel-Haus
    Berggasse 7
    07745 Jena

    Phone: +49 (0) 3641 9-49500
    Email: ernsthaeckelhaus@uni-jena.de

    Homepage History and Philosophy of Life Sciences

    Systematic Zoology

    Head: Prof Dr Lennart Olsson
    Address: Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology
    Systematic Zoology
    Erbertstr. 1
    07743 Jena

    Phoe: +49 (0) 3641 9-49160
    Email: lennart.olsson@uni-jena.de

    Zoology

    Head: Prof Dr Andreas H. Hejnol
    Address: Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology
    Zoology
    Erbertstr. 1
    07743 Jena

    Phone: +49 (0) 3641 9-49140
    Email: andreas.hejnol@uni-jena.de

    Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology (Senior professorship)

    Head: Prof Dr Martin S. Fischer
    Address:     Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Institut für Zoologie und Evolutionsforschung
    Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie
    Erbertstr. 1
    07743 Jena

    Email: Martin.Fischer@uni-jena.de

    HomepageExternal link

    Systematic Zoology and Entomology (former group)

    Head: Prof Dr Rolf Beutel
    Email: Rolf.Beutel@uni-jena.de

    Homepage External link

  • Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany

    Director: Prof Dr Stefan Schuster

    Homepage Matthias Schleiden Institute

    Research at the Matthias Schleiden Institute is done in the spirit of Schleiden: with a focus on cells, in an interdisciplinary way and questioning dogmas. In the areas of General and Molecular Botany, research at the institute is done on light-regulated  processes and the circadian clock in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and on the secondary metabolism of algae and their interactions with bacteria, among other topics. In Plant physiology, the symbiosis between plants and fungi under normal and stress conditions are in the focus. Genetic research in the institute deals with transcription factors controlling flower development, with mechanisms of gene regulation in Bacillus subtilis and other topics. Bioinformatics studies include mathematical modelling and computer simulation of biological processes such as metabolism and host-pathogen interactions. Numerous projects have an interdisciplinary character, for example, the mathematical description of the complexity of fatty acids and polyketides, computer simulation of circadian rhythms and of the nitrogen metabolism in algae or the application of game theory in molecular and cell biology.  

    The Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany has three working areas:

    • Genetics (Prof Dr Günter Theißen)
    • Bioinformatics (Prof Dr Stefan Schuster)
    • Molecular botany (Prof Dr Maria Mittag)
  • Institute of Microbiology

    Director: Prof Dr Erika Kothe

    Homepage of the instituteExternal link

    Microbes interact in highly complex organismic associations through the continuous exchange of chemical signals. These signals are often, but not solely, low molecular weight compounds produced by one partner and taken up and decoded by another (e.g. as attractant or repellent, as a pheromone for induction of sexual development in fungi, for quorum sensing in biofilm generation, for parasitic or mutually beneficial symbioses etc.). Chemical communication thus is the basis for the generation of homo- or heterogenic organismic interactions, e.g. with plants in the rhizo- or phyllosphere, with animals or man, or in multitrophic consortia in soil. Therefore, it is essential to unravel communication processes at the cellular level in detail which is possible using microbes as model systems. The spatial and temporal distribution of interacting networks will provide insight into microbial consortia and their interactive networks which will lead to applications, e.g., in nature conservancy (by elimination of contaminants), in agriculture (to improve yield and allow for higher stress tolerance), in medicine (biosynthesis of antiinfectives) or for biotechnological applications (like using quorum sensing in production of natural compounds for pharmacy of nutrition), just to name a few.

    The Institute of Microbiology consists of:

    • Professorship of Applied Systems Biology (Prof Dr Marc Thilo Figge)
    • Professorship of General Microbiology (Prof Dr Kai Papenfort)
    • Professorship of Infection Biology (Prof Dr Peter Zipfel)
    • Professorship of Infection Immunology​ (Prof Dr Christina Zielinski​​)
    • Professorship of Microbial Immunology (Prof Dr Ilse Denise Jacobsen)
    • Professorship of Microbial Interactions (Prof Dr Christian Jogler)
    • Professorship of Microbial Communication (Prof Dr Erika Kothe)
    • Professorship of Microbial Pathogenicity (Prof Dr Bernhard Hube)
    • Professorship of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Prof Dr Axel Brakhage)
    • Professorship of Microbiome Sciences (Prof Dr Christina Warinner)
    • Professorship of Molecular Phytopathology (Prof Dr Philipp Franken)
    • Professorship of Natural Product Chemistry (Prof Dr Christian Hertweck)
    • Professorship of Synthetic Biotechnology (Prof Dr Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum)
    • Professorship of Theoretical Microbial Ecology (Prof Dr Rosalind Allen)
    • Jena Microbial Resource Collection - JMRC (PD Dr Kerstin Voigt)
    • Junior Research Group Bacterial RNA Biology (Dr Kathrin Fröhlich)
    • Junior Research Group Plant Microbiosis (Dr Matthew Agler)
    • Junior Research Group Prokaryotic Cell Biology (Dr Muriel C. F. van Teeseling​)
  • Institute of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution

    Director: Prof Dr Christine Römermann

    Homepage

    You will soon find brief information about the Institute of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution here.

     

  • Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics

    Director: Prof Dr Thorsten Heinzel

    Homepage of the institute

    The Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics consists of:

  • Institute of Nutritional Sciences

    Director: Prof Dr Anna Kipp

    Adress: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Institut für Ernährungswissenschaften
    Dornburger Str. 24-29
    07743 Jena

    Email: iew@uni-jena.de

    Homepage of the institute de

    The Institute of Nutritional Sciences was established in 1990 and is now part of the Faculty of Biological Sciences. Research at the institute is on various aspects of nutrition, including nutritional toxicology, nutritional (bio)chemistry, nutritional physiology and nutrigenomics, as well as basic and applied human nutrition.

    Major research areas include

    • the development, prevention and intervention of diet-related diseases such as cancer, obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis
    • (patho)physiological and (patho)biochemical aspects of micronutrient homeostasis and macronutrient metabolism (including fatty acids, dietary fiber and others)
    • age/aging-related alterations in diet and metabolism.

    Approx. 500 students are enrolled in the Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Nutritional Sciences offered at the institute.

  • Institute of Pharmacy

    Director: Prof Dr Thomas Winckler

    Homepage of the institute

    Pharmacy is a multidisciplinary, natural scientific discipline. The academic training of future pharmacists, as well as research on new active agents and drugs are the main focus at the chairs of the institute of pharmacy. A successfully completed course of studies in pharmacy at a university, which has been passed with a state examination, enables the issuances of the approbation, which is the prerequisite for work that is performed independently and with personal responsibility within various areas of activity. The websites of the institute provide information about admission requirements for a study of pharmacy, the content of teaching, the occupational profile of a pharmacist and about the institute and the staff itself.

    The Institute of Pharmacy consists of:

    • Professorship of Pharmaceutical Biology (Prof Thomas Winckler)
    • Professorship of Pharmaceutical Microbiology (Prof Dirk Hoffmeister)
    • Professorship of Pharmaceutical / Medicinal Chemistry (Prof Oliver Werz)
    • Professorship of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (N.N.)
    • Professorship of Pharmazeutical Technology and Biopharmacy (Prof Philipp Seib)