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On Thurs­day, April 28, 2022, it’s that time again. Par­al­lel to Girls‹ Day, the Beu­ten­berg Cam­pus in Jena invi­tes stu­dents to expe­ri­ence sci­ence. At the »For­sche Schü­ler Tag«, inte­res­ted stu­dents from the 8th grade upwards have the oppor­tu­nity to »try out« sci­ence for a day. They can choose from a wide range of acti­vi­ties offe­red by the par­ti­ci­pa­ting insti­tu­tes. For the first time, there will also be digi­tal offe­rings in addi­tion to the class­room events. In total, more than 75 places are available in five institutes.

The pro­gram of the Cen­ter for Mole­cu­lar Bio­me­di­cine (CMB) of Fried­rich Schil­ler Uni­ver­sity Jena is the­med »Inge­nious Cells«: cells are life, cells migrate, eat and mul­ti­ply and cells can even learn. Here, dif­fe­rent cells will be made visi­ble and pro­te­ins from dif­fe­rent tis­sues will be exami­ned more closely.

The Max Planck Insti­tute for Bio­geo­che­mis­try (MPI-BGC) offers a series of lec­tures on »Acti­vi­ties, know­ledge and rese­arch around the Earth sys­tem«. After­wards, it invi­tes stu­dents to learn about and try out the »Flora Inco­gnita app,« which allows ama­teur bota­nists to iden­tify native flowe­ring plants using their own smartphones.

At the Max Planck Insti­tute for Che­mi­cal Eco­logy (MPI-CE), stu­dents look at the hid­den struc­tures of life and peer inside a plant. They learn why flower scents are attrac­tive to hun­gry moths, how to visua­lize odor recep­tors of fruit flies, and how to che­mi­cally ana­lyze scents. They’ll also learn what makes mus­tard so pungent.

This year’s online pro­gram of the Leib­niz Insti­tute for Rese­arch on Aging – Fritz Lip­mann Insti­tute (FLI) is all about healthy aging. The insti­tute pro­vi­des insights into aging rese­arch and pres­ents its app­ren­ti­ce­ship pro­grams for bio­logy lab tech­ni­ci­ans, ani­mal caret­a­kers and, brand new, IT spe­cia­lists for sys­tem integration/application development.

The Leib­niz Insti­tute for Natu­ral Pro­duct Rese­arch and Infec­tion Bio­logy – Hans Knöll Insti­tute (HKI) invi­tes you to an exci­ting »voyage of dis­co­very into the world of micro­or­ga­nisms and natu­ral pro­ducts«. The girls and boys will expe­ri­ence how active sub­s­tances are extra­c­ted from micro­bes, how small mole­cu­les can be made visi­ble and what role fluo­re­s­cent dyes play in this pro­cess, or when fungi can turn from fri­end to foe in our bodies. In addi­tion, two digi­tal offe­rings on »What is Omic­ron? An intro­duc­tion to bio­in­for­ma­tics« and »A pic­ture says more than 1,000 words – Intro­duc­tion to bio­in­for­ma­tics ana­ly­sis« are planned.

Most of the offers will take place in the insti­tu­tes in pre­sence under obser­vance of the curr­ently valid Corona regu­la­ti­ons. Howe­ver, it is also pos­si­ble to use digi­tal offers. Cor­re­spon­ding access codes will be sent to all regis­tered par­ti­ci­pants indi­vi­du­ally by e‑mail from the respec­tive insti­tu­tes after registration.

All inte­res­ted girls and boys from the 8th grade onwards can find out about the local offer at the Beu­ten­berg on the Inter­net at www.beutenberg.de infor­mie­ren and also regis­ter there directly by Tues­day, April 26, 2022 or have their legal guar­di­ans regis­ter them, pro­vi­ded they are not yet 16 years old.