The university opened its doors to the mouse - and to many children

The University of Bayreuth took part in the Germany-wide ‘Open Doors with the Mouse’ event on 3 October again this year. But in this anniversary year, the event was somewhat larger than in previous years! There were seven activities on offer for young scientists – and all of them were fully booked!

Station 1: Energy and Matter – How electricity is chemically generated and stored – SFB 1585 MultiTrans

Station 2: Colouring flowers, experimenting with colours, feeding bees, tracking microplastics – teaching biology and chemistry

Station 3: Back to the past: A journey through the history of the Earth – Rossmann Palaeobotanical Collection

Station 4: What is plastic, what happens to it in the environment, and what do animals think about it? – Collaborative Research Centre 1357 Microplastics

Station 5: The Fascination of Soil – Ecological Botanical Garden

Station 6: Biopolymers for high-tech applications, Chair of Biomaterials & TRR225 Biofabrication

Station 7: The Great Recycling Expedition: On the Trail of Plastic, Chair of Polymer Materials

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the campus was filled with children, and even the cafeteria was completely taken over by kids on this day. The cafeteria team had also thought of the little ones and made the children's hearts beat faster with chicken nuggets, currywurst, chips and pasta with tomato sauce.