In 2012, it will be two hundred years since Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their fairy tales for the first time. The fairy tales are part of the cultural heritage of many countries - including the Dutch-speaking world.

Why do neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's develop and what role does "autophagy" - the self-cleaning of cells in the brain - play? An interview with molecular biologist Christiane Richter-Landsberg.

The DFG research group BioGeoChemistry of the Wadden Sea received the award for its outstanding marine research. Spokesperson Prof Dr Jürgen Rullkötter accepted the award at Hamburg City Hall. What exactly the prize recognises and what the researchers discovered in the mudflats.

The selected students come from all subject areas. Economics, special education, educational sciences and Computing Science are most frequently represented.

Great success for hearing research: The German Future Prize goes to the hearing research team led by Oldenburg physicist and physician Prof Dr Dr Birger Kollmeier. Federal President Joachim Gauck presented the prize, which is endowed with 250,000 euros.

The Physical Chemistry working group headed by Prof Dr Gunther Wittstock has received special funding from the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI). The funds totalling 28,000 euros are to be used to improve the equipment for the training of chemists in the field of electrochemistry.

Students René Grollmann and Cornelius Heller programmed the Stockvote stock market simulation game. Its aim is to predict the outcome of the state elections in Lower Saxony in 2013. All students and university members in Lower Saxony can take part.

They are at home near lakes and rivers - the 70 or so dragonfly species in Lower Saxony. However, one in three of their species is endangered, including the green mosaic dragonfly. The Vegetation Science and Nature Conservation working group is now campaigning for their conservation.

Prof Dr Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog, Professor of Theoretical Computing Science, has been accepted into the prestigious Academia Europaea. Its members include scientists from almost all disciplines from all over Europe. Almost 40 of the 2,300 members are Nobel Prize winners.

Everything revolves around study and career opportunities for mathematicians and physicists at the "Day of Mathematics" and the "Day of Physics", which will take place simultaneously on Wednesday, 21 November, from 9.15 a.m., on the Wechloy campus of the University of Oldenburg. Both events are…

"Enough power for the great transformation?" - this is the question posed by the 4th Spiekeroog Climate Talks with a public production in five acts, which will take place on the East Frisian North Sea island from 22 to 24 November.

In "My Russian Adventure", journalist Jens Mühling tells how he travelled to a hermit in the taiga. And the strange stories he encounters along the way. Mühling will be reading in the university library hall on 20 November. We spoke to him in advance.

Can common molecular principles be derived from sensory processes such as vision, smell, hearing or magnetoreception in birds? These are fundamental questions that the "Molecular basis of sensory biology" research training group will address in future.

A change towards a more sustainable society is also necessary in Germany. This is the opinion of the organisers of the student sustainability event NachDenkstatt. An interview with Mela Determann and Achim Hagen from the organising team.

For three years, the pilot project "Open University", led by Prof Dr Anke Hanft, focused on the question of how to make it easier for working people to study. The project presented the results at a final conference.

Prof Dr Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer, professor of "Music and Media" at the university, has been appointed president of the newly founded German-speaking branch of the "International Association for the Study of Popular Music" (IASPM).

Following the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities (3GO) Doctoral Candidates' Day, the Graduate Academy invites you to a reception on Wednesday, 7 November at 6.00 pm (Haarentor Campus, Aula A11).

Woody Guthrie: The folk icon would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. For this reason, the workshop "The Myth of Woody Guthrie" will take place at the university on 4 and 5 November. Sarah Lee Guthrie, granddaughter of the great Guthrie, will give a concert in the library hall.

"Hearing for all" - this is the goal of the Hearing4all cluster of excellence. It was successful in this year's Excellence Initiative organised by the federal and state governments. The cluster has now been officially opened.

"Transculturality and music education - opportunities and challenges in research, cultural policy and music education practice" is the title of a recently published anthology by Oldenburg musicologists. The editors will present the book on Wednesday, 7 November at 4.00 pm in the Chamber Music Hall…