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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

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

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

Prof. Dr. Erwin Neher, a German biophysicist from the Macau University of Science and Technology and MBExC member, has become the first expatriate scientist based in either the Hong Kong or Macao special administrative regions to receive the nation’s top friendship award.   Neher, who shared the 1991 Nobel Prize

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)

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

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

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

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

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