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Staff of AB 2 presented their results together with colleagues from the Institute of Wood Sciences at the University of Hamburg

The AI-Wood_ID project has obtained efficient support

In the context of the Milan Fashion-Week 2022 the designer studio Formafantasma curated an international symposium "PRADA Frames – On Forest" (June 6 to 8) to inform and discuss with designers, architects, artists, and scientists about the functionality and aesthetics of forest ecosystems as well as…

The Thünen Institute of Wood Research has founded microscopic images for sale to benefit the “Senckenberg Förderverein”.

Standards cannot replace a textbook as they are intended to specify regulations as precisely as possible. This also applies to the complex national standard on wood preservation DIN 68800. For this reason, background and contexts are explained in detail in the newly published revised and illustrated…

Plans for redesign and modernization take shape

The Thünen Centre of Competence on the Origin of Timber in Hamburg has been investigating for years whether wood and wood products are being declared correctly. A new report in the magazine "National Geographic" presents the work of the ‘timber detectives‘ on the front lines of illegal wood trade

Studies on climate-growth responses of different tree species

Sebastian Hagel works in the project "AgroForce" on the development of an environmentally friendly straw-based high yield pulping process for reinforcing fibers, which can be used to improve the strength properties of recycled paper-based packaging materials.

Since the beginning of October Tim Lewandrowski supports our team as a scientist in the research area “Quality of Wood and Wood Products” at the Institute of Wood Research.

The Thünen Institute of Wood Science mourns the death of Professor Dr. Dieter Eckstein, who passed away on November 10, 2021 at the age of 82.

Since November 2021, Lauritz Schrader has been working as a doctoral student at the Thünen Institute and is primarily researching the biocoenoses of wood-destroying fungi and bacteria on built-up wood, but also on dead wood lying in the forest.

Elaboration of the fundamentals for the development of an opto-sensory measuring system for the production-related determination of volatile terpenes from wood products

Building constructions have to be inspected for their safety. This also applies to structural parts that are below the water surface. To date, however, no suitable measuring instruments exist for wooden components in this environment. This is to change with this project.

Metin Hakverdi, member of the German Bundestag visited the campus in Hamburg-Bergedorf to get informed about the work of our institutes as well as about our building needs.

Die Sunday newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung" in conversation with Dr. Sebastian Rüter.

Is it possible to identify wood species with machine learning?

The ZDF programme "WISO" explored the question together with Thünen scientists.

Thünen report on emissions of volatile organic compounds from wood and wood-based products published

Geopolymer replaces concrete, wood makes it lighter and binds carbon - an international team has investigated in more detail how the two can work together in combination