Our interdisciplinary team funded by the Carl-Zeiss Foundation published its first article on calcification of terrestrial...

During the last two years I was involved in the production of an international documentary about the origin of life on planet Earth. A...

Biocrusts represent associations of lichens, green algae, cyanobacteria, fungi and other microorganisms, colonizing soils in varying...

Lichens are remarkable and classic examples of symbiotic organisms that have fascinated scientists for centuries. Yet, it has only been...

The grit crust is a recently discovered, novel type of biocrust made of prokaryotic cyanobacteria, eukaryotic green algae, fungi, lichens...

Back in 2021 cyanobacteria from cave environments in Spain got my attention due to some fascinating microscopic images presented by...

Although the pandemic made it really hard for us to plan and conduct our first field trip to the National Park Pan de Azucar in the...

The last decades of research led to a change in understanding of lichens that are now seen as self-sustaining micro-ecosystems, harboring...

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...