We were there: Paleo4Alps – Bolzano
Last week 14 members of the GZN participated in the Paleo4Alps meeting in Bolzano, Italy. This was the first joint…
Paleo4Alps Team Success
AND THE AWARDS GO TO… We had an absolute blast at #Paleo4Alps, but the highlight was definitely seeing our team…
MorphSim: An R package for simulating discrete morphological data
MorphSim was recently featured in a publication. The article was written in collaboration with Professor Rachel Warnock. MorphSim is a…
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Now on LinkedIn! Connect with the GeoZentrum Nordbayern – Paleo Institute, and we’ll keep you up to date. Follow us…
Palaeozoic stromatopores were much more porous than previously thought
Modern LEDs and digital image processing in fluorescence microscopy make it possible to visualise skeletal structures that would otherwise be…
Prof. Wolfgang Kießling among the top 50 of the most-cited scientists worldwide in the field of palaeontology
We warmly congratulate Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling on his outstanding achievement in the Ranking of the Stanford List 2025 in the research in the field of palaeontology. The publication data used for the study is based on a data extract from Scopus in August 2025 and refers to the citation year 2024. Read more...
Between heat and hope: Species conservation in the age of climate change
On October 29, 2025, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling will give a lecture at the Nuremberg Planetarium titled “Between heat and hope: Species conservation in the age of climate change.” The event is part of the lecture series “Species conservation in the Anthropocene: Strategies for a Livable Future.”
Field trip to Gotland: Tropical rocks and fossils from the Silurian period
As part of its regular courses, the GeoZentrum Nordbayern in Erlangen conducts a two-week field exercise on Gotland (Sweden) every two years. This year, master's students in palaeontology once again spent two weeks on the island learning how to measure geological sections on various scales and using different techniques, as well as how to extract information about sedimentary environments from rocks and fossils. Please read more...
9th „Taming the BEAST” Workshop in Beijing
This July, an international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Rachel Warnock, organised a “Taming the BEAST” workshop at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing, China. Please read more...
Apply now for the Bachelor’s degree programs at GeoZentrum Nordbayern!
The enrolment for the Bachelor's degree programs in Geosciences takes place until September 30, 2025. For the Master's degree programs, the required deadlines of the Faculty of Natural Sciences are until July 15, 2025. New: Bachelor's degree program: Geo-sustainability - earth system, resources and biodiversity!