Susann Meyer

05.03.2025

A mouse oocyte extrudes a polar body. This important step in meiosis ensures that the egg cell contains a single set of chromosomes. Chromosomes are stained in magenta, the spindle apparatus that separates the chromosome pairs is shown in green. © Ninadini Sharma / Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

05.03.2025

Why aged oocytes struggle to repair DNA damage

Egg cells need stamina: They are formed in a women’s body before birth and have to be on standby for decades to possibly be fertilized one day. But as they […]

04.03.2025

Arxiv

04.03.2025

Adaptive monotonicity testing in sublinear time

Li H, Liu Z, Munk A

03.03.2025

BioRxiv

03.03.2025

A correlative workflow streamlines synaptic imaging by cryo-electron tomography

Do TT, Siegert A, Domart F, Hahn F, Zeising C, Muth SM, Pape C, Kusch K, Dresbach T, Rizzoli S, Petrovic A, Fernandez-Busnadiego R

03.03.2025

The 3D model helps researchers to better understand the structure and function of the mechanical spring on the ion channel. From left to right: Prof. Martin Göpfert, Dr. Thomas Effertz, Dr. Philip Hehlert. (Photo: Philip Hehlert)

03.03.2025

Hearing triggered by molecular “spring”

Göttingen research team gains new insights into the sense of hearing Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular “springs” that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells […]

03.03.2025

JSCMed

03.03.2025