15. April 2020Like
One of the ERC Advanced Grants for Patrick Cramer
Every year, top researchers apply to the European Research Council (ERC) for funding. The highly remunerated ERC Advanced Grants are particularly sought after. Patrick Cramer, Max Planck Director and vice speaker of the MBExC in Göttingen, was successful for the third time – an exceptional achievement. The biochemist investigates how News
13. Mai 2020Like
Patrick Cramer elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The US-American National Academy of Sciences has elected Patrick Cramer as Foreign Associate. The prestigious academy thus honors the biochemist for his outstanding research on a fundamental process of life – how cells read the information encoded in the genes and how this is regulated. “To have been elected into News
26. Juni 2020Like
Coupled hair cells in the inner ear – „Together we are strong!“
When we hear, the sensory hair cells in the cochlea of the inner ear transduce sound signals of a certain pitch and convert them for transmission to the brain. For the first time, scientists of the Göttingen Campus, the Cluster of Excellence “Multiscale Bioimaging” and the University College London have News
3. Juli 2020Like
Lighting array in the ear: First use of multi-channel cochlear implants with microscale light-emitting diodes
A milestone in hearing research: Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen and the University of Freiburg combine for the first time gene therapy in the cochlea with optical cochlear implants to optogenetically activate the auditory pathway in gerbils. Published in EMBO Molecular Medicine. Learn more News