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New DFG research unit
21.07.2025

New DFG research unit

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
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Timo Betz and Jörg Enderlein received ERC Proof of Concept grants
14.07.2025

Timo Betz and Jörg Enderlein received ERC Proof of Concept grants

MBExC members Timo Betz and Jörg Enderlein, both from University of Göttingen,have each been awarded Proof of Concept (PoC) grants by the European Research Council (ERC). These grants provide top-up funding to outstanding researchers, who have already received ERC funding, so that they can build on the innovation potential of
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Calcium channel in the ear: How a tiny mistake affects hearing
27.06.2025

Calcium channel in the ear: How a tiny mistake affects hearing

Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the Göttingen Cluster of Excellence “Multiscale Bioimaging” (MBExC) have shown how a minimal change in a single ion channel increases the sensitivity of sensory cells in the inner ear. Even soft sounds, such as a whisper, are perceived more clearly, but
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GEF25 symposium: Göttingen celebrates milestones in fluorescence microscopy
12.06.2025

GEF25 symposium: Göttingen celebrates milestones in fluorescence microscopy

The first Göttingen Expansion Microscopy Forum (GEF25) will focus on the latest advances from a decade since the development of expansion microscopy, which is currently revolutionizing modern biological imaging. The focus will be on the latest developments that make this technique accessible and affordable to all laboratories and thus celebrated
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Innovative technology provides new insights into the development of serious diseases
10.06.2025

Innovative technology provides new insights into the development of serious diseases

Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) are developing a new method to better understand the energy production of human cells. Disruptions in this process lead to serious and often fatal diseases that can affect skeletal muscle and nerve cells as well as the heart. The results have been
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Madame de Staël Prize awarded to Viola Priesemann
04.06.2025

Madame de Staël Prize awarded to Viola Priesemann

The ALLEA award recognizes MBExC member Viola Priesemann, Board Member of the German Young Academy (“Die Junge Akademie”), for her groundbreaking contributions to interdisciplinary science, her exceptional leadership during the pandemic, and her dedication to fostering pan-European collaboration in science, policy, and public health.   Link to the press release
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Audiovisual art project lets you experience “hearing with light”
02.06.2025

Audiovisual art project lets you experience “hearing with light”

Under the leadership of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), researchers from Göttingen, together with audiologists and artists from the fields of film and music, have translated the sound experience with an optogenetic cochlear implant into image and sound. The music video artistically conveys the restoration of “hearing with light”,
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Enigmatic ring carriers: Göttingen researchers uncover the structural secret of the ferline
28.05.2025

Enigmatic ring carriers: Göttingen researchers uncover the structural secret of the ferline

Researchers from the Göttingen Cluster of Excellence Mutliscale Bioimaging (MBExC) have uncovered the 3D structure of the membrane proteins myoferlin and dysferlin using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy. The findings enable new approaches for the development of targeted drugs for the treatment of diseases such as muscle atrophy, hearing disorders and certain
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Out of the Excellence Strategy competition
22.05.2025

Out of the Excellence Strategy competition

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
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Timo Betz and his team receive audience award in science category
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
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