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Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the Göttingen Cluster of Excellence “Multiscale Bioimaging” (MBExC) have shown how a minimal change in a single ion channel increases the sensitivity of sensory cells in the inner ear. Even soft sounds, such as a whisper, are perceived more clearly, but

Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) are developing a new method to better understand the energy production of human cells. Disruptions in this process lead to serious and often fatal diseases that can affect skeletal muscle and nerve cells as well as the heart. The results have been

Under the leadership of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), researchers from Göttingen, together with audiologists and artists from the fields of film and music, have translated the sound experience with an optogenetic cochlear implant into image and sound. The music video artistically conveys the restoration of “hearing with light”,

Researchers from the Göttingen Cluster of Excellence Mutliscale Bioimaging (MBExC) have uncovered the 3D structure of the membrane proteins myoferlin and dysferlin using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy. The findings enable new approaches for the development of targeted drugs for the treatment of diseases such as muscle atrophy, hearing disorders and certain

The University of Göttingen has been turned down for the Excellence Strategy of the German national and state governments: funding for the Multiscale Bioimaging (MBExC) Cluster of Excellence will not be extended. This was announced today by the Excellence Commission, the joint committee of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and

Under the leadership of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), researchers in Göttingen, together with audiologists and artists from the fields of film and music, have translated the sound experience with an optogenetic cochlear implant into images and sound. The music video artistically conveys the restoration of ‘hearing with light’,

Results from rhesus macaques provide solid ground for a first-in-human investigation of heart repair with stem cell-derived engineered heart muscle. The study is a milestone for the clinical application of the ‘heart patch’ as an innovative treatment option for patients with advanced heart failure at the University Medical Center Göttingen

German Research Foundation (DFG) approves new Collaborative Research Centre at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) with more than twelve million euros.   The German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund a new Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) led by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) from 1 April 2025. The new

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

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

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

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

Female mammals – including humans – are born with all of their egg cells. Of a woman’s one to two million egg cells, about 400 mature before menopause and can be fertilized. Some egg cells therefore survive for several decades – and need to remain functional over this long time.

Falko Mohrs, Minister of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, visited the researchers of the Göttingen Cluster of Excellence “Multiscale Bioimaging: From Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells” (MBExC) on Friday, 22 March 2024. The occasion was the continuation application to be submitted by MBExC in August to apply

New special exhibition at the Forum Wissen opens on 18 April 2024   How does a “patch” for the heart work? Can we hear with light? And how can insights from basic research be used to help diagnose and treat diseases? The “Heart & Brain – understanding together” exhibition examines

• A molecular 3D snapshot of the copying machine in chloroplasts, the RNA polymerase PEP, provides new insights into the evolution and function of plant photosynthesis. • Using a cryo-electron microscope, a high-resolution image of a 19-subunit PEP complex from white mustard (Sinapis alba) was taken. • Evolutionary analyses indicate