Poster on the corona situation in Jena (March 2020)

LICHTGEDANKEN 08

The Research Magazine

Poster on the corona situation in Jena (March 2020)

Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

Keep your distance!

Keep your distance! Wear a mask! Wash your hands! Since the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has been spreading faster and faster all over the world, these rules now accompany us through our everyday life. And as long as the longed-for vaccine is not yet available, it is these simple things that are most effective in fighting the virus.

Keep your distance! We have made this dictate of reason the title of the new issue of LICHTGEDANKEN. [Read on in the editorial]

»Pandemic« in focus

Image: Michael Szabó/UKJ
Fighting Viruses with Knowledge Jena research projects on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
Image: Lisa-Marie Barf
Corona Workshop and Communication Centre Bioinformatics Centre bundles tools for corona research
Graphic: Liana Franke
Scientific Discours around Corona Virus and the General Public How many people seek simple answers to complex questions
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
How is the Corona Crisis Affecting Companies? Economic geographers study consequences for Thuringian companies
Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)
A Drop of Blood is All it Takes Coronavirus antibody test from Jena in use worldwide
Image: Stephan Laudien
Panic Buying as a Control Mechanism Deliah Bolesta on human behaviour in times of crisis

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Interviews

Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
»We have learned much this semester« Summer interview with university president Walter Rosenthal
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
»We might have to go without a vaccine for quite some time« Talk with medical doctor and communication expert Petra Dickmann
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
»Scientific expertise isn’t an opinion« Andreas Beelmann on the pitfalls of science communication

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Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

When Corona Came to Germany
A look back in interviews: Researchers at our university talk about the pandemic and its consequences.

Podcasts

Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
The Role of the State for the Economy in the Corona Crisis Podcast with Andreas Freytag and Uwe Cantner
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
The Future of University Teaching after Corona Podcast with Andrea Esser and Nils Boysen

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Further topics

Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

High power from waste products
Research team at the Universities of Jena and Bochum uses biowaste to make high-performance supercapacitors more sustainable
Image: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team.
On thin ice
Chemical reactions on cosmic dust particles produce building blocks of life
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
»We can’t let this historical moment pass us by!«
Historian Daniel Stahl discusses right-wing violence, racism and false narratives.

Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
Portrait Bioinformatician and European champion in playing Go Manja Marz
Image: Stephan Laudien
Calendar Eduard Rosenthal and 100 Years of the Thuringian Constitution
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
Research at a Distance Reportage about everyday university life during the lockdown

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Information

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