News in Life Sciences

In the common room of the Faculty of Life Sciences, tradition meets empiricism: Why this year's Christmas tree bears a washing machine and what it tells us about the future of hygiene. Read more.

5,000 kilometres lie between the cool lecture halls in Kleve and the tropical heat of Cotonou. For 23 students from Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, this distance became a journey into a new reality: for twelve days, they swapped theory for practice, visited modern textile factories and traditional royal courts – and experienced what happens when you not only study development, but feel it. Read more.

On October 30th, the Faculty of Life Sciences and the Sustainable Food Systems Research Center hosted a 15th Anniversary Alumni Party for the Sustainable Agriculture program, an evening that underscored the program’s international footprint and cohesive community. Read more.

Health as the basis for productivity and innovation: Students enrolled in the Master's programme in Health Sciences and Management at the Faculty of Life Sciences at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences gained comprehensive insights into current trends and innovations in occupational safety, health promotion and occupational health management (OHM) at the A+A trade fair in Düsseldorf.

From 13 to 17 October, 21 students from six countries, including a delegation from the Faculty of Life Sciences at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, explored the city as a laboratory for sustainable behaviour – accompanied by lecturers from UCLy/ESQESE and in cooperation with the ONLYLYON tourism brand. The task: to design concrete, easily implementable ‘green nudges’ for more responsible urban and city tourism.

Der Geruch von Ethanol liegt in der Luft, die Gelbox summt, eine Pipette klickt. Auf dem Tisch: ein unscheinbares Butterbrot, ordentlich in Papier geschlagen. Beweisstück A. Daneben läuft auf dem Thermocycler der Countdown. An der Fakultät Life Sciences in Kleve, an einem sonnigen Morgen Anfang November, lernt eine Oberstufe beim MINT-Festival an der Fakultät Life Sciences, was es heißt, dem Unsichtbaren eine Form zu geben. Organisiert und finanziert wurden die Workshops vom zdi-zentrum Kreis Kleve cleverMINT. Die zdi-Finanzierung stammt vom Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen und der Agentur für Arbeit. Weiterlesen.

The topic of addiction prevention is an integral part of health promotion and is therefore also an important topic in the Master's programme in Health Sciences and Management. Students learn how prevention strategies can be applied in practice, not only in theory but also in practice. Read more.

How healthy is a company really – and where is there room for improvement? Students on the Master's programme in Health Sciences and Management addressed this key question in a practical research project. Read more.

Kilian Visser has developed a highly innovative method for his master's thesis in the Food Science degree programme that can be used to quickly and precisely detect adulteration in vegetable edible oils. For this work, which can make a decisive contribution to consumer protection, the young scientist has now been honoured with the Heinrich Stockmeyer Foundation's Young Scientist Award 2025. His research combines Raman spectroscopy with machine learning and enables the authentication of adulterated olive oil with impressive accuracy. The method has the potential to improve quality control in the food industry and official food monitoring. Read more.

Almost 120 graduates of the Faculties Life Sciences and Technology and Bionics received their certificates during the traditional graduation ceremony.

Prof. Dr. William Megill and Prof. Dr. Peter Simon hosted the ceremony and welcomed 600 guests - some of them couldn't even find a place in the completely filled Audimax but had the option to watch a live stream of the event in another room. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Kisters, Vice President for Research, Transfer and Innovation congratulated the former students on behalf of the presidium. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Masuch (faculty of Technology and Bionics) and Prof. Dr. Peter Scholz (Dean of the faculty of Life Sciences) encouraged them to stay in contact with their former university. Read more.