News

A gene provides both protection and destruction

Researchers at Freiburg University discover new function of the widely disseminated, yet little understood ENDOU enzyme

Anti-cancer drug’s mode of operation deciphered

BIOSS researchers show how the membrane protein CD20 keeps the immune system’s antibody-producing cells in check

Covid fiction by Michael Reth

Detecting and counteracting the corona-2 virus with the help of little friends

Events

In the media

Ohne Moos nix Mensch

Moose eroberten vor Jahrmillionen als erste Pflanzen das Festland. Ralf Reski erforscht, wie es dazu kam - und hat eine eigene Meinung zur Stuttgarter "Mooswand".

An article in the University magazine uni'wissen about Dr. Matthias Meier and his research group: With microfluidic platforms, the team simulates the environment of the human body and cultivates cells

Young researchers tinker

Article in Laborjournal about the iGEM competition that also describes the project of the team at BIOSS and the University of Freiburg

BIOSS

News

25.03.2019 - Traffic control of cells

Researchers develop a hydrogel whose stiffness and permeability to cells can be controlled with light

06.03.2019 - Binding with consequesces

Researchers from Freiburg and Ulm discover mechanism through which bacteria attack white blood cells

30.01.2019 - Poster prize on oncogenic signalling

Judith Weyershäuser (AG Köhn) wins a poster prize at the “Advances in Chemical Biology” meeting

21.01.2019 - Cover Story for Chemical Biology

New publication in ChemBioChem

15.01.2019 - Velcro for human cells

Freiburg researchers engineer cellular adhesion receptors that can be controlled with light

14.01.2019 - Doing more with less

Stem cells regulate their fate by altering their stiffness

19.12.2018 - Deep Learning for all

Freiburg computer scientists develop a user-friendly plug-in for the automated analysis of biomedical images

18.12.2018 - Breaking and Accelerating

Maja Köhn uses biochemical tools to investigate how certain enzymes behave when the immune system meets invaders

21.11.2018 - Helping to transport proteins inside the cell

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how proteins are transported to the cell’s power stations

31.10.2018 - Arthur-Lüttringhaus Prize for Melika Sarem

The Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy has awarded Arthur-Lüttringhaus Prize for the best doctoral dissertation to Melika Sarem, who completed her PhD in laboratory of Prof. V. Prasad Shastri, BIOSS Professor of Cell Signaling Environments, at Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry.