Australia is blessed by an extremely old ecosystem and a large biodiversity, especially in areas with extreme conditions caused by regularly occurring fires. To adjust to such environmental conditions plants have evolved various strategies. A particularly spectactular example is the seed storage and protection mechanism of the iconic Australian plant genus Banksia. Banksias can keep their seed on the plant for many years, building up a canopy stored seed bank. On the example of our research on these fascinating structures I will also talk about our collaboration with Austria and Australia and about the Max Planck Queensland Center for the Materials Science of Extracellular Matrices.

Join us in a documentary film screening “THAILAND AS A SECOND HOME FOR FOREIGN RETIREES” and discussion with Prof. Dr. Sirijit Sunanta.

For the winter semester 2023/24, the Language Centre of the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg is still looking for french and german as a foreign language tutors to teach independently for 1 hour per week in close consultation with the course lecturers. Students studying to become teachers or students with DaF/DaZ training have the opportunity to gain exciting teaching experience during their studies.