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Laboratory studies of lung tissue usually require the removal of large amounts of human or animal tissue. Now scientists from the University of Freiburg’s Faculty of Medicine have succeeded in collaboration with American researchers in generating tiny quantities of lung tissue, so-called organoids, from just a few body cells in the lab.

Elastin as artificial muscle material - 02/03/2022

Artificial muscle from proteins for diverse future applications

As far as diversity and complexity are concerned, proteins are nature's smallest marvels. Biotechnologists have already used natural proteins as a basis for the development, bespoke design and production of artificial systems. This is what the livMatS cluster of excellence at the University of Freiburg has been doing. Researchers in the cluster have successfully produced an artificial muscle from elastin that functions autonomously.

Infection control - 07/01/2021

Gene accordions as potential markers for pathogenic properties

Bacteria must react to changes in the environment in order to survive. This is partly done by adapting genetic material, for example by multiplying and shortening individual genome segments. The research group led by Dr. Simon Heilbronner from the Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine at the University of Tübingen has shown that these so-called gene accordions are frequently found in the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus.

At a virtual event on Tuesday, the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems presented the broad scope of research its units will cover in the field of modern AI.

Article - 26/11/2012

Membrane proteins in the mitochondria do more than just generate cellular energy

The proteins in the membranes of the mitochondria are complex machines in the nanoworld that mediate the oxygen-coupled generation of energy in cells. Their role in this process is not yet understood in detail. However, the proteins’ intractability has not discouraged Prof. Dr. Carola Hunte’s research group at the University of Freiburg. The group is using state-of-the-art methods to look deep into the proteins’ active centres and decipher the…

An international team of scientists working on the largest diabetes study to date have found 12 new diabetes genes in around 140000 Europeans. One of the authors the endocrinologist Bernhard Böhm from Ulm considers the findings to be a breakthrough in the research and treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Article - 28/04/2010

Jochen Utikal: from melanocytes to pluripotent stem cells

Dr. Jochen Utikal, a dermatologist at the Mannheim Medical Faculty at the University of Heidelberg has received the Hella Bühler Prize with a purse of 100,000 euros for his outstanding scientific research on the production of induced pluripotent stem cells from pigment cells of human skin.

Press release - 10/08/2009

Identification of an important mechanism for the production of stem cells

Dr. Jochen Utikal, a dermatologist at Mannheim University Hospital, has made decisive progress in the use of cell replacement therapies for the treatment of degenerative diseases. Dr. Utikal succeeded in deciphering a mechanism that enables the successful creation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). Utikal is a chief physician in the Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology (Mannheim Dermatology Excellence Centre) at Heidelberg…

Press release - 10/06/2009

6.56 million euros for first full-body PET-MRI prototype

The Joint Science Conference in Bonn has announced that the University of Tübingen will receive 6.56 million euros for the purchase of an entirely new multimodal full-body tomography system for the diagnosis of cancer. The new full-body PET-MRI combines positron emission tomography PET with magnetic resonance imaging MRI in one device.

15 years ago researchers in Boston discovered the Huntington gene on chromosome 4 . Among the successful scientists was the young German neurologist Bernhard Landwehrmeyer who joined the team three months prior to the discovery and who has maintained his interest in Huntingtons disease ever since.

The University of Tübingen is to receive an endowed chair for the molecular biology of degenerative retinal diseases. The chair is founded by the Tistou und Charlotte Kerstan Stiftung VISION 2000 SEHEN - KUNST SINNESFUNKTIONEN.

The new University Clinic for Dermatology Venerology and Allergology building located on the Mannheim hospital campus has now been opened. The hospital directed by Prof. Dr. med. Sergij Goerdt treats approximately 2000 patients on an inpatient basis.