The serial production of liquorice began in Germany 100 years ago. Julia Bornhorst is a food chemist at the university of Wuppertal and knows what is…
Year100Knowledge: Prof'in Julia Bornhorst on the history of liquorice

Biologist Dr Sabrina Bleidißel on a common amphibian in the Bergisches Land region and its uncertain future
Transfer stories: The world population of fire salamanders lives in Germany

In the first week of July, numerous schoolgirls from year 10 onwards once again had the opportunity to take part in a STEM taster programme on the…
SummerUni 2025 for young women in science and technology

Dr Franziska Hörner, a former doctoral student at the school of mathematics and natural sciences at the university of Wuppertal, received two awards…
Outstanding research - honoured twice

A warm invitation to all interested parties!
Online webinar on the "Sustainable Chemistry" programme on 01 July 2025

Biologist Prof Dr Gela Preisfeld talks about a complex organism: the native woodlouse and its relatives.
Transfer stories: Small animals, complex organisms - the native woodlouse and its relatives

The Wuppertal Teaching Lion is awarded to lecturers for excellent teaching. The award recognises lecturers who set standards with creativity,…
Fewer slides, more responsibility - Dr Björn Beele receives the Wuppertal Teaching Lion 2024

The BUW awards the Sustainability Prize 2024 to Prof Dr Gertrud Lohaus (Botany working group) and Tom Schürhoff and (Dec. 5) for the project "Natural…
Sustainability Award of the BUW 2024 for Prof Dr Gertrud Lohaus

From 2 to 6 June, biology students at the University of Wuppertal are inviting you to an action week on the Grifflenberg campus as part of the…
Biology students' project week makes plant diversity visible

Fatty acids and the substances formed from them play an important role in inflammation in the human body - and therefore also in health and disease…
Wuppertal food chemists develop international standards for the analysis of oxidised fatty acids