22.05.2025
The University of Göttingen has been turned down for the Excellence Strategy of the German national and state governments: funding for the Multiscale Bioimaging (MBExC) Cluster of Excellence will not be extended. This was announced today by the Excellence Commission, the joint committee of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and
22.05.2025
Silencing mitochondrial gene expression in living cells
Authors Cruz-Zaragoza LD, Dahal D, Koschel M, Boshnakovska A, Zheenbekova A, Yilmaz M, Morgenstern M, Dohrke JN, Bender J, Valpadashi A, Henningfeld KA, Oeljeklaus S, Kremer LS, Breuer M, Urbach O, Dennerlein S, Lidschreiber M, Jakobs S, Warscheid B, Rehling P Journal Science Citation Science. 2025 May 22:eadr3498. Abstract Mitochondria
22.05.2025
Endogenous SNAP-tagging of Munc13-1 for monitoring synapse nanoarchitecture
Authors Kowald M, Bachollet SPJT, Benseler F, Steinecker M, Boll M, Kaushik S, Soykan T, Sun S, Birke R, Ilic D, Brose N, Hörnberg H, Lehmann M, Rizzoli SO, Broichhagen J, Lipstein N Journal JACS Au Citation JACS Au 2025. Abstract Synaptic function is governed by highly regulated protein machineries,
21.05.2025
SMIM20 promotes complex IV biogenesis and Ca2+ signaling in mice heart
Authors Boshnakovska A, Pronto JR, Gall T, Aich A, Prochazka J, Nichtova Z, Sedlacek R, Sobitov I, Ainatzi S, Lenz C, Katschinski DM, Urlaub H, Voigt N, Rehling P, Kremer LS Journal Cell Reports Citation Cell Reports, Volume 44, Issue 6, 115723. Abstract Mitochondria are key to cellular energetics, metabolism,
21.05.2025
Timo Betz and his team receive audience award in science category
MBExC member Prof. Dr. Timo Betz and his team received the audience award in the science category of the startup competition LIFT-OFF 2025 of the University of Göttingen for their project „ArtifiCell“. The group offers solutions for growing and analysing human 3D miniature tissues in order to test and develop
20.05.2025
3D imaging of the human temporal bone by X-ray phase-contrast tomography
Authors Schaeper JJ, Tafforeau P, Kampshoff CA, Thomas C, Meyer A, Stadelmann C, Liberman MC, Moser T, Salditt T Journal npj Imaging Citation npj Imaging 3, 21 (2025). Abstract Studying the subtle and intricate three-dimensional structure of the human cochlea embedded in the temporal bone requires structure-preserving imaging approaches with
20.05.2025
Audiovisual art project allows ‘hearing with light’ experience
Under the leadership of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), researchers in Göttingen, together with audiologists and artists from the fields of film and music, have translated the sound experience with an optogenetic cochlear implant into images and sound. The music video artistically conveys the restoration of ‘hearing with light’,
20.05.2025
Audiovisual art project allows ‘hearing with light’ experience
Under the leadership of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), researchers in Göttingen, together with audiologists and artists from the fields of film and music, have translated the sound experience with an optogenetic cochlear implant into images and sound. The music video artistically conveys the restoration of ‘hearing with light’,
16.05.2025
Chronic Vanadium Exposure Promotes Aggregation of Alpha-Synuclein, Tau and Amyloid Beta in Mouse Brain
Authors Folarin OR, Olopade FE, Gilbert TT, Ladagu AD, Pires Dos Santos PI, Mustapha OA, Kpasham LZ, Olopade JO, Outeiro TF Journal Journal of Neurochemistry Citation J Neurochem. 2025 May;169(5):e70082. Abstract The interaction of toxic environmental metals and metalloids with brain proteins and polypeptides can result in pathological aggregations and
15.05.2025
Combinatorial transcriptional regulation establishes subtype-appropriate synaptic properties in auditory neurons
Authors Bastille I, Lee L, Moncada-Reid C, Yu WM, Sitko A, Yung A, Zamani M, Christophersen N, Maroofian R, Galehdari H, Babai N, Vona B, Moser T, Goodrich L Journal Cell Reports Citation Cell Rep 2025. accepted manuscript. Abstract Neurons develop diverse synapses that vary in content, morphology, and size.