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Miriam gives talk at BAM

Miriam kicked-off the Focus Area Materials Open House 2023 of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung) with a presentation on sustainable design and materials synthesis

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Prof. Anke Hoeffler was interviewed on collective and individual violence by Welthungerhilfe's journal Welternährung.

In an interview with the journal Welternährung, Prof. Anke Hoeffler discusses the causes and consequences of collective and individual violence, why the UN has not included targets for collective violence in its new development goals, and how development cooperation should increasingly promote initiatives to reduce violence. The full interview in German is available here.

Hidden RNA repair mechanism discovered in humans

Konstanz researchers discover the function of a previously unexplored protein: In three characteristic steps, "C12orf29" links the ends of RNA strands. Proteins that perform this kind of RNA ligation were previously unknown in humans. The results of the study suggest that it is important for RNA repair during cellular stress.

Hidden RNA repair mechanism discovered in humans

Konstanz researchers discover the function of a previously unexplored protein: In three characteristic steps, "C12orf29" links the ends of RNA strands. Proteins that perform this kind of RNA ligation were previously unknown in humans. The results of the study suggest that it is important for RNA repair during cellular stress.

Wann sich Gehälter gerecht anfühlen

Die Studie einer amerikanischen Politikwissenschaftlerin untersucht, wann soziale Ungleichheit in den Augen der Betroffenen besonders groß ist. Das Ergebnis: Wahrnehmung und Wirklichkeit sind nur lose gekoppelt.