Stress Management in the Microcosm: What We Can Learn from Bacteria
- Date: Sep 29, 2026
- Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Dr. Ilka Bischofs-Pfeifer
- Location: Schule und Internat Steinmühle, Marburg-Cappel
It is not only humans that experience stress; microorganisms do too. Ilka Bischofs, a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, finds this fascinating. What surprising strategies do bacteria use to cope with stress? What can we learn from this for our own lives? After all, success is not always determined by size or strength, but by the ability to adapt to change. Ilka Bischofs and her team are researching these adaptive abilities in order to optimise and develop new biotechnological processes.
It is not only humans that experience stress; microorganisms do too. Ilka Bischofs, a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, finds this fascinating. What surprising strategies do bacteria use to cope with stress? What can we learn from this for our own lives? After all, success is not always determined by size or strength, but by the ability to adapt to change. Ilka Bischofs and her team are researching these adaptive abilities in order to optimise and develop new biotechnological processes.