Recently, the German government opened a call where scientific institutes together with industrial partners can apply with projects that...

Unicellular cyanobacteria inhabit a wide range of ecosytems and can be found throughout the phylum offering space for taxonomic...

Sometimes you stumble about things that follow you, you simply can't get rid of them. In this case I isolated a novel cyanobacterial...

Im Rahmen der Wissenstransfer Reihe "Wissensbar" halte ich am 11.06.2021 um 8:30 Uhr einen kostenlosen, digitalen Vortrag auf Deutsch zum...

I'm happy to announce that I was recently asked to contribute a chapter about lichens as pioneers on rocks for a book called 'Life at...

Science requires dedication thus a compensation is mandatory! Check out this beautiful orchestral music clip that leads you over...

As a young scientist, it is rare to receive several years of funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for new research projects...

Recently I had the great honor to be interviewed by Adelina from ournarratives.net. This blog is about a 'plattform that shares and...

During my work on the taxonomy of cyanobacteria throughout the last couple of years I isolated some strains that appeared to be strange –...

Perhaps the hardiest assemblage of lichens, fungi and algae yet found has been hiding in plain sight in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert...

My new research article is out as early view! Almost two years ago I went to the Atacama Desert and what caught my eye were these quartz...

Welcome! My name is Patrick Jung, I'm a 28 years old botanist from Kaiserslautern, Germany. I started this homepage shortly after...