Research in Germany

Germany is a top destination for PhD students, postdocs, and senior scientists. The website "Research in Germany" helps you to find your way to Germany, to seek for PhD positions, research jobs or funding opportunities. It describes the German research landscape and helps you plan your career and life in Germany. Welcome to Germany - the Land of Ideas!

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There are many good reasons for doing research in Germany. It is one of the most innovative, stable and well endowed research nations and its universities and research institutions are among the best in the world. Values like freedom and diversity as well as social and ecological responsibility are considered important to ensure knowledge gain and societal progress.

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Here you will find a selection of the latest R&D news from German universities, non-university research institutes and industrial research facilities.

Volker Mohrholz is an expert on coupled effects of physical and biogeochemical processes in the sea. He is one of the IOW researchers analysing the current situation in the Baltic Sea ahead of a possible large influx of salt water from the North Sea.

Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea – Will there be a major inflow of saltwater from the North Sea?

Since the beginning of January, an unusually long period of easterly winds has caused the average water level in the Baltic Sea to fall to a historic low. Measurements at the Swedish Landsort-Norra gauge show values that are the lowest since records began in 1886. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) are currently monitoring this development very closely, as it represents a rare oceanographic situation that could lead to a large inflow of saltwater from the North Sea into the Baltic Sea. An inflow of this kind could significantly affect the physical and chemical conditions in the deep basins of the Central Baltic Sea.

Feb 6, 2026, 6:20:35 PM

Interspecies formate transfer. Formate is produced by various bacteria and taken up by B. luti, which converts it into acetate. B. luti can also produce formate itself

Taxiing through the Gut: Formic Acid in the Microbiome

Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt have discovered a surprising role for formic acid in the human gut: The small molecule acts as a kind of “taxi” for electrons – both within bacteria and, likely, also between different microorganisms. The gut bacterium Blautia luti produces formic acid as part of a metabolic trick that allows it to respond flexibly to what is available in the gut. In addition to carbohydrates, the bacterium can also metabolize toxic carbon monoxide derived from the body’s own hemoglobin degradation.

Feb 6, 2026, 4:40:00 PM

Concerts as part of the research: questionnaires, physiological measurements, and cameras were used to capture individual experiences and behavior.

How Concert Formats Influence the Experience of Music

Orchestras and festival organizers continually develop and experiment with new concert formats for classical music. But do these formats actually have an impact on audiences? A research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main and the University of Cologne, Germany, has now demonstrated for the first time that different concert formats measurably influence audiences’ subjective experiences, behavior, and physiological responses. These effects were particularly pronounced in formats that differed markedly from the conventional concert format. The study’s results were published in the journal Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.

Feb 6, 2026, 12:08:25 PM

Scanning electron microscope image: Bacteria of the species Enterococcus faecalis (purple) attach to hyphae of the fungus Candida albicans (turquoise).

Two accomplices in the spotlight: When the interaction between fungi and bacteria becomes a dangerous alliance

Researchers discover new co-infection strategies of Candida albicans and Enterococcus faecalis

Feb 6, 2026, 10:50:28 AM

3D representation of beta connectivity between the site of stimulation (subthalamic nucleus, STN) and the cerebral cortex, as well as a schematic representation of connectivity over time. The Big Brain Atlas is shown in the background.

Brain network identified for effective treatment of Parkinson's disease

Deep brain stimulation is a key procedure in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Researchers have now identified the optimal target network in the human brain / publication in 'Brain'

Feb 6, 2026, 10:00:00 AM

Increasing applied pesticide toxicity trends counteract the global UN reduction target to safeguard biodiversity

Increasing Pesticide Toxicity Threatens UN Goal of Global Biodiversity Protection by 2030

At the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, in 2022, nations committed to reducing the risks associated with pesticide use in agriculture by 50% by 2030. A new study by a research team from RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, published in the journal Science, reveals that this global target is now under serious threat. Using a novel analytical method, the researchers assessed trends in pesticide toxicity worldwide and found that current trajectories fall far short of the 2030 goal. The study concludes that immediate, coordinated action across nearly all countries is essential to reverse the trend and meet the UN commitment.

Feb 5, 2026, 9:00:00 PM