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22.12.2022

An optogenetic cochlear implant translates acoustic stimuli into light pulses. © GCO by Moser/ Institute for Auditory Neuroscience

22.12.2022

Hearing with light

A new generation of cochlear implants aims to make hearing easier for people with hearing disorders. Tobias Moser wants to make new worlds of sound accessible to those affected with […]

20.12.2022

Stefan Hell at the Ceremony of the Werner von Siemens Ring Foundation 2022. Photo: LHuebner

20.12.2022

Ceremony for Awarding the “Werner von Siemens Ring” to Stefan Hell

On December 13, Stefan Hell was ceremoniously handed over the "Werner-von-Siemens-Ring" 2022 by the "Werner von Siemens Ring Foundation"

25.11.2022

Prof. Dr. Markus Bohnsack (Photo: UMG/SPförtner)

25.11.2022

New CRC 1565 at University Medical Center Göttingen

German Research Foundation (DFG) funded new Collaborative Research Center at Göttingen Campus with more than 10 million euros.

25.11.2022

Prof. Dr. Hauke Hillen (Photo: UMG/SPförtner)

25.11.2022

New member of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme

Prof. Dr. Hauke Hillen is elected as a new member of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme 2023.

15.11.2022

Alpha-synuclein proteins (green) form long helical fibrils (top). During fibril formation, the proteins extract lipids (gray/red) from lipid membranes (bottom) and incorporate these lipids into the fibril structure.
© Benedikt Frieg / Forschungszentrum Jülich

15.11.2022

Discovery in Parkinson’s research: Lipids influence the formation of protein clumps

After Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s is the most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. More than six million people worldwide suffer from it. In this disease, alpha-synuclein proteins form thread-like structures called fibrils.

11.11.2022