24.09.2024
About listening and belonging
Fadhel El May is researching a new generation of cochlear implants which could revolutionize hearing with implants. But Hertha Sponer College member El May is not only a scientist, he is also affected himself: he has been profoundly deaf since birth. Link to Science Notes interview (article in German)
18.09.2024
Blood Testing for so-called MicroRNAs Can Detect Dementia
Dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease and its preliminary stage can be detected by measuring so-called microRNAs in blood. Researchers from DZNE in Göttingen, together with US experts from Boston University and the Indiana University School of Medicine, report on this in the scientific journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of
17.09.2024
Recording of Salon Debate “Animal experiments in science”
Salon Debate „Animal experiments in science“ on September 17, 2024 at Forum Wissen In the midst of heated debates in society and politics, the question arises: can’t animal testing simply be stopped? Since 2013, no cosmetics may be tested on animals in the EU and the marketing of cosmetics
10.09.2024
Defective ‘shock absorber’ in heart muscle cells contributes to the development of atrial fibrillation
Impaired calcium buffering in heart muscle cells promotes the progression and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation. This was discovered by researchers from the Heart Center of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK). The findings offer potential starting points for new therapies. The results
10.09.2024
Animal experiments in science
Salon Debate on September 17, 2024 at Forum Wissen „Animal experiments in science“ is the topic of an event on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 6.30 p.m. in the Forum Wissen at the University of Göttingen. It is part of the “Salon Debates” series, which addresses current issues from
30.08.2024
First “Lower Saxony Professorship” goes to the University Medical Center Göttingen
MBExC member Prof. Dr. Urs Valentin Nägerl, Director of the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) since 1 September 2024, has been awarded the first “Lower Saxony Professorship”. The funding line of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and the Volkswagen
22.08.2024
Ceremonial Opening of the Heart & Brain Center Göttingen
Ceremonial opening of the new Heart & Brain Center Göttingen (HBCG) of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) on 22 August 2024. The federal government and the state of Lower Saxony are investing around 38 million euros in the new building. Research groups work in an interdisciplinary manner on cutting-edge
21.08.2024
Protein folding helpers in their natural environment
Scientists from Martinsried and Göttingen have analyzed protein folding helpers, so-called chaperonin complexes, in their natural environment using cryo-electron tomography. Cryo-electron tomography, or cryo-ET for short, can be used to visualize and analyze cellular structures in their natural environment. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) in
02.08.2024
Glimpse into the nanoworld: microscope reveals tiniest cell processes
Research team including Göttingen University develops high-resolution fluorescence microscope What does the inside of a cell really look like? In the past, standard microscopes were limited in how well they could answer this question. Now, researchers from the Universities of Göttingen and Oxford, in collaboration with the University Medical
31.07.2024
“Laser view” into the avocado: new method reveals cell interior
Research team at the University of Göttingen develops method for recognizing cell properties Checking whether an avocado is hard or soft by looking at it? This would require recognizing how the plant cells behave behind the skin. The same applies to all other cells on our planet: Despite more
