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Mitochondria are organelles within our cells that generate the majority of chemical energy required to sustain life. They contain a dedicated genome with a special set of genes that need to be expressed to fulfill their function. An important step in mitochondrial gene expression is RNA processing, during which the

On September 1, 2021, the first episode of the German science podcast series “Exzellent erklärt – Spitzenforschung für alle” will be released. The podcast on current science topics reflects the research diversity of all 57 Clusters of Excellence, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: from Africa Studies to Future of Medicine.

Over the next 12 months, the MBExC will be present at Göttingen, Wilhelmsplatz with a series of six beautifully illustrated and illuminated City Light posters to engage and inspire people about the pioneering heart and brain research and the amazing scientists at the MBExC. This poster series is accompanied by

The MBExC presented research highlights at the EMIM 2021 within a shared session with the Cluster of Excellence iFIT at the EMIM2021 symposium. MBExC member Prof. Dr. Frauke Alves has brought this exciting symposium to Göttingen as the acting president of the European Society for Molecular Imaging (ESMI), which was

After a long time of only ZOOM meetings, the international MBExC Symposium “X-ray based imaging on different scales for biomedical application” took place again in person last Monday, with a limited number of participants, but was also streamed on Göttingen campus. The symposium was organized by Frauke Alves, Tim Salditt

The United States recently secured 1.7 million doses of a compound that could help to treat Covid-19 patients. In preliminary studies, Molnupiravir reduced the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Studies, including work by MBExC member Patrick Cramer at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry and researchers at JMU Würzburg, showed why

The International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) has elected Stefan Hell and Erwin Neher from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry as Honorary Fellows. The MBExC members were honored for their groundbreaking research of great importance to the field of physiology. IUPS is a non-political and non-geographical scientific organization

The EU project “Imaging the proteome at the nanoscale” (IMAGEOMICS) will be funded within the “FET Open” program, which honors novel ideas for radically new technologies with a total amount of 3,7 Mio Euros. MBExC member Prof. Dr. Silvio Rizzoli from the University Medical Center Göttingen will coordinate the international

The German Physical Society (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, DPG) awards the “Medaille für naturwissenschaftliche Publizistik 2021” to MBExC member Viola Priesemann. The DPG thereby recognizes her exceptional commitment regarding science communication and advice of scientists and politics in the context of Covid-19 pandemic. Link to the German Physical Society press release

Stephan Weil, Minister President of Lower Saxony, visited the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) to learn more about the planned UMG constructions, cutting-edge research, and to assess the Corona situation at the UMG and in Lower Saxony. Together with Dr. Gabriele Andretta, Speaker of the State Parliament in Lower Saxony,