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Variations in the UNC13A gene cause neurological impairments in children   Whether we are writing an email, rushing for a bus, or humming a tune, every thought, feeling, and action relies on communication between our roughly 100 billion nerve cells. This exchange of information happens at synapses, where messenger substances

Researchers in Göttingen have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial role in the hearing process. If otoferlin is missing or its function is impaired, this causes a common form of early childhood deafness. The results, published in the journal Science Advances, mark a

Researchers from Göttingen University Medical Center (UMG) and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) have collaborated under the leadership of MBExC member Prof. Dr. Niels Voigt, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at UMG, and Dr. Dr. Stefan Kallenberger, Head of the Systems Medicine Working Group at

MBExC member Melina Schuh, director at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences and her team filmed the entire ovulation process in mouse follicles in real-time for the first time. For this decisive success in her field, she has been awarded the 2025 Science Breakthrough by the Falling Walls

Researchers led by Prof. Dr. Emilie Macé, Head of the ‘Brain-wide Networks’ at the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Co-Spokesperson for the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies at UMG, and Member of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Multiscale Bioimaging: From Molecular Machines to Networks

MBExC member and Neuroscientist Dr. Oliver Barnstedt from the European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen (ENI-G) receives an ERC Starting Grant for his project “LearnMamBo: Neuronal dynamics of learning and memory in the mammillary body“. This projects will run for five years with a budget of around 1.5 million euros.   You

The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) will support research at the Institute for X-ray Physics at the University of Göttingen with a total of around one million euros over the coming years. Around 350,000 euros will be used to further develop the ‘Ginix’ X-ray microscope at the

Prof. Dr. Diethelm Wolfgang Richter, former director of the Institute of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), passed away on 23 July 2025 at the age of 81. Prof. Richter held the university professorship for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology at the Medical Faculty of the

Reliable and gentler control of cellular activity with light: Researchers at the Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging (MBExC) and the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies (EKFZ OT) of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have developed a light-sensitive protein that can restore vision and hearing and regulate the

MBExC member Prof. Dr. Dr. Tobias Brügmann from the University Medical Center Göttingen has helped establish the new DFG research unit, ‘Dynamic Integration of GPCR signaling to control organ function and animal behaviour’. The DFG is funding the group for four years with 5 million euros.   Link to DZHK