The University of Hamburg is the scientific home to over 6,200 researchers. Every 2 weeks, we offer a glimpse into their work in the Hamburger Abendblatt. In this issue, Prof. Dr. Florian Grüner explains how we can follow the dynamics of T-cells in real time.

A research team from five institutes, coordinated by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY and the University of Hamburg, is receiving millions in funding for the IFuEL project (short for Inertial Fusion Energy Laser Development and HED-Analytics). The project aims to develop and test a highly...

Dr. Thea Lautenschläger, Wissenschaftliche Leitung des Botanischen Gartens der Universität Hamburg, und Dr. Manfred Finckh vom Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und Mikrobiologie weisen in einer jetzt in „Nature Ecology and Evolution“ veröffentlichten Studie auf einen dramatischen Verlust ganz...

The election for the Academic Senate is the first election at the University of Hamburg to be held online. Chief Digital Officer Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gerling talks about the goals and challenges of the project—and gives an overview of other digital projects at UHH.

On 22 January 2026, University of Hamburg representatives met their colleagues from the Netherlands. The collaboration with the University of Groningen, which has been a strategic partner since 2019, should be intensified in the future.

Our brain is inconceivably complex and it changes every moment of our lives. In the Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science, Prof. Dr. Nicolas Schuck looks at what happens neurally when we experience things and remember. In the interview below, the professor of cognitive neurosciences with...

Today’s festive groundbreaking with Maryam Blumenthal (science senator), Dr. Andreas Dressel (finance senator), Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren (president of the University of Hamburg), Martin Sowinski (managing director of Sprinkenhof GmbH), and Prof. Dr. Erika Garutti from the Institute of Experimental...

International exchange and networking: the University of Hamburg has been a member of the European University Alliance for Global Health for several years. At the beginning of 2026, it took over the annually rotating EUGLOH presidency.