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
21.10.2024
Ovulation filmed from start to finish for the first time
Approximately 400 times in a woman’s life, a mature egg makes the “leap.” It is released into the fallopian tube, ready for fertilization by the sperm. Researchers led by Melina Schuh, Christopher Thomas, and Tabea Lilian Marx from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences have now succeeded in
10.10.2024
Intra-molecular distances in biomolecules measured optically with Ångström precision
A team led by physicists Steffen Sahl and Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen and the MPI for Medical Research in Heidelberg has succeeded in measuring distances within biomolecules using a light microscope, down to 1 nanometer and with Ångström precision. The intra-molecular
09.10.2024
ONE microscopy: from molecule to 3D structure with conventional microscopy
Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have developed a new method that makes it possible for the first time to image the three-dimensional shape of proteins with a conventional microscope. Combined with artificial intelligence, One-step Nanoscale Expansion (ONE) microscopy enables the detection of structural changes in damaged or
08.10.2024
“Heart & Brain – understanding together” – Our exhibition has been extended!
Exhibition at the Forum Wissen Göttingen extended until Oct 20, 2024 Due to the enormous demand – more than 17.000 people have seen the exhibition so far – it will be extended until 20 October 2024. How does a “patch” for the heart work? Can we hear with
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)
