24.06.2024
Authors Fakuade FE, Hubricht D, Möller V, Sobitov I, Liutkute A, Döring Y, Seibertz F, Gerloff M, Pronto JRD, Haghighi F, Brandenburg S, Alhussini K, Ignatyeva N, Bonhoff Y, Kestel S, El-Essawi A, Jebran AF, Großmann M, Danner BC, Baraki H, Schmidt C, Sossalla S, Kutschka I, Bening C, Maack
24.06.2024
Discover the world. A Lego workshop on the technology of microscopy
Lego workshop with MBExC member and biophysicist Prof Dr Timo Betz (Third Institute of Physics, University of Göttingen) In this workshop, biophysicist Prof Dr Timo Betz and Dr Bart Vos showed children and young people aged 10 and over how to build their own microscope out of Lego bricks
22.06.2024
Aging and neurodegeneration: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic interventions
Authors Outeiro TF, Brocardo PS, Gelain DP Journal Journal of Neurochemistry Citation J Neurochem. 2024 Jun 22. Abstract Protein aggregation is a common age-associated process and can be a pathological hallmark of various neurodegenerative conditions, possibly because of an age-associated decline in the activity of components of the proteostasis network.
20.06.2024
The maintenance of oocytes in the mammalian ovary involves extreme protein longevity
Authors Harasimov K, Gorry RL, Welp LM, Penir SM, Horokhovskyi Y, Cheng S, Takaoka K, Stützer A, Frombach AS, Taylor Tavares AL, Raabe M, Haag S, Saha D, Grewe K, Schipper V, Rizzoli SO, Urlaub H, Liepe J, Schuh M Journal Nature Cell Biology Citation Nat Cell Biol. 2024 Jun
20.06.2024
Chalk Talks
In the 4th Chalk Talks Series of the Forum Wissen Göttingen, three scientists from the MBExC Cluster of Excellence presented interesting aspects of their research to a broader public: “Geheimnisse des Buchs des Lebens (Secrets of the Book of Life)” – Chalk Talk with Prof. Dr. Bernd Wollnik, Institute
18.06.2024
Blood Markers Detect Rare Forms of Dementia as well as the Neurological Diseases ALS and PSP
In a study with 991 adults, scientists at DZNE show that the most common forms of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) as well as the neurological diseases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) can be recognised by blood testing. Their procedure is not yet ready for routine medical use,
18.06.2024
Plasma extracellular vesicle tau and TDP-43 as diagnostic biomarkers in FTD and ALS
Authors Chatterjee M, Özdemir S, Fritz C, Möbius W, Kleineidam L, Mandelkow E, Biernat J, Doğdu C, Peters O, Cosma NC, Wang X, Schneider LS, Priller J, Spruth E, Kühn AA, Krause P, Klockgether T, Vogt IR, Kimmich O, Spottke A, Hoffmann DC, Fliessbach K, Miklitz C, McCormick C, Weydt
14.06.2024
MBExC Exhibition “Heart & Brain – Understanding Together”
“Heart & Brain – Understanding Together” Special exhibition at Forum Wissen from 18 April until 20 October 2024 How does a “plaster” for the heart work? How can we hear with the help of light? And what is the path from basic research to diagnosis and therapy? The
12.06.2024
X-ray phase-contrast tomography of cells manipulated with an optical stretcher
Authors Burchert JP, Frohn J, Rölleke U, Bruns H, Yu B, Gleber SC, Stange R, Busse M, Osterhoff M, Salditt T, Köster S Journal Journal of Synchrotron Radiation Citation J Synchrotron Radiat. 2024 Jul 1. Abstract X-rays can penetrate deeply into biological cells and thus allow for examination of their
10.06.2024
GOe Future Innovation flagship wins national funding programme
The draft proposal for the life science incubator GOe FUTURE of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) has been selected for the final round of the “Startup Factories” flagship competition organised by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK). The announcement was made by Federal Economics Minister Dr.







