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09.04.2024

Toward Optogenetic Hearing Restoration

Authors Huet A, Mager T, Goßler C, Moser T Journal Annual Review of Neurosciences Citation Annu Rev Neurosci. 2024 Apr 9. Abstract The cochlear implant (CI) is considered the most successful neuroprosthesis as it enables speech comprehension in the majority of the million otherwise deaf patients. In hearing by electrical
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04.04.2024

Basic Science in Movement Disorders: Fueling the Engine of Translation into Clinical Practice

Authors Outeiro TF, Kalia LV, Bezard E, Ferrario J, Lin CH, Salama M, Standaert DG, Taiwo L, Takahashi R, Vila M, Mollenhauer B, Svenningsson P; MDS Journal Movement Disorders Citation Mov Disord. 2024 Apr 4. Abstract Basic Science is crucial for the advancement of clinical care for Movement Disorders. Here,
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04.04.2024

Three-dimensional multi-target super-resolution microscopy of cells using Metal-Induced Energy Transfer and DNA-PAINT

Authors Oleksiievets N, Mougios N, Jans DC, Hauke L, Thiele JC, Basak S, Jakobs S, Opazo F, Enderlein J, Tsukanov R, Sananbenesi F, Fischer A   Journal BioRxiv   Citation bioRxiv 2024.04.02.587536.   Abstract DNA-points accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography (DNA-PAINT) is a potent variant of single-molecule localization microscopy
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Prof. Dr. Viola Priesemann. Photo: MPI-DS / Peter Heller

03.04.2024

Young Scientist Award for Viola Priesemann

During this year’s spring conference of the German Physical Society (DPG), MBExC member Viola Priesemann received the Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics. The physicist conducts research at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) and the University of Göttingen. The prize is endowed with 7,500 euros
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Dr. Lukas Cyganek, Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Head of the Stem Cell Unit, University Medical Center Göttingen. Photo: umg/hzg

03.04.2024

1.5 million to study diseased cardiac muscle

An Europe-wide initiative of the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the Dutch Heart Foundation (DHF) is funding four projects with a cardiovascular research focus in order to achieve new approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The “Shift-DCM” project led by
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03.04.2024

Structural basis of Integrator-dependent RNA polymerase II termination

Authors Fianu I, Ochmann M, Walshe JL, Dybkov O, Cruz JN, Urlaub H, Cramer P   Journal Nature   Citation Nature. 2024 Apr 3.   Abstract The Integrator complex can terminate RNA polymerase II (Pol II) in the promoter-proximal region of genes. Previous work has shed light on how Integrator
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03.04.2024

Complexin has a dual synaptic function as checkpoint protein in vesicle priming and as a promoter of vesicle fusion

Authors López-Murcia FJ, Lin KH, Berns MMM, Ranjan M, Lipstein N, Neher E, Brose N, Reim K, Taschenberger H   Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   Citation Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 9;121(15):e2320505121.   Abstract The presynaptic
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MBExC special exhibition "Heart & Brain - Understanding Together" at Forum Wissen

01.04.2024

Heart & Brain – understanding together

New special exhibition at the Forum Wissen opens on 18 April 2024   How does a “patch” for the heart work? Can we hear with light? And how can insights from basic research be used to help diagnose and treat diseases? The “Heart & Brain – understanding together” exhibition examines
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29.03.2024

Generation of a pluripotent stem cell line (UMGi270-A) and a corresponding CRISPR/Cas9 modified isogenic control (UMGi270-A-1) from a patient with sudden onset dilated cardiomyopathy harboring a FLNC p.R2187P mutation

Authors Maurer W, Rebs S, Köhne S, Eberl H, Wollnik B, Zibat A, Streckfuss-Bömeke K Journal Stem Cell Research Citation Stem Cell Res. 2024 Mar 29;77:103409. Abstract Filamin C (FLNC) is a highly important actin crosslinker and multi-adaptor protein in striated skeletal and cardiac muscle. Mutations have been linked to
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29.03.2024

Label-free quantification of imaging features in the extracellular matrix of left and right-sided colon cancer tissues

Authors Arora B, Kulkarni A, Markus MA, Ströbel P, Bohnenberger H, Alves F, Ramos-Gomes F Journal Scientific Reports Citation Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 29;14(1):7510. Abstract The molecular pathogenesis of colorectal cancer is known to differ between the right and left side of the colon. Several previous studies have focussed on
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