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  25JUL 2026

  News I Paleontology

  Paleo4Alps Team Success

  AND THE AWARDS GO TO… We had an absolute blast at #Paleo4Alps, but the highlight was definitely seeing our team get recognized for their hard work! Joel Koelewijn won the Poster Award! Aldo Benites Palomino delivered the best talk by Senior Scientists! Bastian Seidl snagged the Young Scientist Award! 🥳 Congrats to all three on […]AND THE AWARDS GO TO… We had an absolute blast at #Paleo4Alps, but the highlight was definitely seeing our team get recognized for their hard work! Joel Koelewijn won the Poster Award! Aldo Benites Palomino delivered the best talk by Senior Scientists! Bastian Seidl snagged the Young Scientist Award! 🥳 Congrats to all three on […]

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  17JUN 2026

  News from the GeoZentrum

  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 R package simulating realistic morphological matrices for total-evidence and tip-dated phylogenetics, including taphonomic preservation biases. Read more in Methods in Ecology and Evolution!MorphSim was recently featured in a publication. The article was written in collaboration with Professor Rachel Warnock. MorphSim is a R package simulating realistic morphological matrices for total-evidence and tip-dated phylogenetics, including taphonomic preservation biases. Read more in Methods in Ecology and Evolution!

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  27MAY 2026

  News from the GeoZentrum

  Pal at LinkedIn

  Now on LinkedIn! Connect with the GeoZentrum Nordbayern – Paleo Institute, and we’ll keep you up to date. Follow us and share your thoughts with us! https://www.linkedin.com/company/119154239 (GeoZentrum Nordbayern Paleo)Now on LinkedIn! Connect with the GeoZentrum Nordbayern – Paleo Institute, and we’ll keep you up to date. Follow us and share your thoughts with us! https://www.linkedin.com/company/119154239 (GeoZentrum Nordbayern Paleo)

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  21MAY 2026

  News from the GeoZentrum

  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 impossible (or very difficult) to detect in thin sections. Patrycja Dworczak, who is currently working as a postdoc with us at the GZN in Erlangen (Germany), has, together with her co-authors, applied this method to […]Modern LEDs and digital image processing in fluorescence microscopy make it possible to visualise skeletal structures that would otherwise be impossible (or very difficult) to detect in thin sections. Patrycja Dworczak, who is currently working as a postdoc with us at the GZN in Erlangen (Germany), has, together with her co-authors, applied this method to […]

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  30OCT 2025

  News I Paleontology

  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 his research field of paleontology. 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.We warmly congratulate Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling on his outstanding achievement in the Ranking of the Stanford List 2025 in his research field of paleontology. 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.

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  27OCT 2025

  News from the GeoZentrum

  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.” 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.”

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