16.01.2025
Stefan Hell honored with Landesmedaille of Lower Saxony
MBExC member Stefan Hell receives the highest award from the state of Lower Saxony for his many years of scientific achievements and his outstanding contribution to the research landscape in Lower Saxony. Minister President Stephan Weil presented Hell with the medal on 16 January in Hanover. Link to the
09.01.2025
Nerve cells in the eye work together to recognise contrasts and movements
Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have discovered that nerve cells in the eye often process natural visual stimuli from the environment together in cell groups and in a coordinated manner. The coordinated co-operation of nerve cells enhances signal transmission in scenes with high contrast and movement. These
20.12.2024
Season’s Greetings
Merry Christmas, season’s greetings, and best wishes for a joyful, healthy and successful year 2025!
13.12.2024
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 MPI-DS press
06.12.2024
The MBExC welcomes junior research group leader Dr. Oliver Barnstedt
From 1 December, Dr. Oliver Barnstedt will take up the newly established junior research group leader position for “Multiscale Circuit Analysis” at the University Medical Center Göttingen. The neuroscientist and his team will investigate how the hippocampal memory system integrates sensory and motor information to form long-lasting memories and, importantly,
27.11.2024
New centre for rare hearing disorders at the UMG
From 25 November 2024, the Centre for Rare Hearing Disorders will form a further focus of the Centre for Rare Diseases Göttingen (ZSEG) at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG). In the new centre, various UMG institutions will work together on an interdisciplinary basis in the fields of diagnostics, research
25.11.2024
DFG approves new CRC at UMG
The German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund a new Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) led by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) from 1 April 2025. The new CRC 1690, entitled “Disease Mechanisms and Functional Restoration of Sensory and Motor Systems”, will receive more than twelve million euros for an initial
07.11.2024
Nanoparticle start-up receives Lower Saxony Innovation Award
The innovation network Niedersachsen.next has honoured NanoDrug Delivery GmbH with the Lower Saxony Innovation Award 2024 in the ‘Knowledge and Technology Transfer’ category. The spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (MPI-NAT), the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) received the award
05.11.2024
New results on heart failure: Dysferlin protein protects and shapes the membrane of heart muscle cells
Researchers from the Heart Center of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) led by MBExC member Priv.-Doz. Dr. Sören Brandenburg, have identified a protein that plays a central role in the heart’s adaptation to increased stress. The results of the study were published in the renowned journal ‘Circulation Research’.
04.11.2024
German University Medicine Award goes to research team for the ‘heart patch’
This year, the German University Medicine Award goes to a research team for a globally unique approach: the ‘heart patch’ – a therapy using stem cells to repair the heart muscle and strengthen the heart permanently. The study is a prime example of translational research, from the laboratory to clinical
