Stefan Rensing becomes Vice President for Research and Innovation
Senate and University Council elect the University of Marburg Professor of Cell Biology and Alumnus of the University of Freiburg Stefan Rensing. Photo: private The University of Freiburg has chosen its future Vice President for Research and Innovation: at a joint session the Senate and University Council voted by a majority for cell biologist Prof. […]
Combatting cancer with biological circuits
BIOSS Area C coordinator Barbara Di Ventura receives two million-euro ERC Consolidator Grant Photo: Jürgen Gocke The Freiburg engineer and biologist Prof. Dr. Barbara Di Ventura receives a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC), one of the most prestigious prizes for European researchers, for her project “InCanTeSiMo – Intelligent cancer therapy with synthetic biology methods”. […]
The message of the lost BIOSS fortune cookie
Michael Reth Corona makes life and science more difficult, but these complicated times also allow us to do things we always planned to but never found the time for, such as cleaning one’s office. In such an attempt I recently made a discovery in the far corner of the bottom drawer of my desk, namely […]
Mix and Match: How Signalling Molecules recognize their Partners
Researchers develop a new method that allows them to understand how phosphatase enzymes distinguish their substrates The phosphatases PP1 and PP2A play key roles in the regulation of essential biological processes such as heartbeat, learning, and cell division. Dysregulation of these enzymes contributes to the development and progression of many diseases, such as cancer and […]
ERC Consolidator Grant for BIOSS Vice-Speaker
The European Research Council will be funding Maja Banks-Köhn with 2 million euros Photo: Jürgen Gocke The chemical biologist Prof. Dr. Maja Banks-Köhn has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC Consolidator Grant will provide two million euros over a period of five years to the grantees, who is working […]
Bacterial protein impairs important cellular processes
Researchers have discovered a new function of antibiotic resistant bacteria Photo: Jürgen Gocke The chemical biologist Prof. Dr. Maja Banks-Köhn has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC Consolidator Grant will provide two million euros over a period of five years to the grantees, who is working in one of […]
