14/09/2022 |
An international scientific research collaboration led by Prof. Brunhilde Wirth (Univ. of Cologne and Univ. Hospital Cologne) and by Prof. Alfredo…
31/08/2022 |
What constitutes excellent research, what does excellence actually mean, and what is the relationship between excellence and equal opportunities?…
01/08/2022 |
Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Bozek, previously Junior Research Group Leader at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, has received a W2 professorship for…
22/07/2022 |
A team of scientists led by Roman-Ulrich Müller identified the molecular mechanism underlying caloric restriction and showed that a reduction in the…
04/07/2022 |
In a new study performed with vaccinated individuals, a research team led by Jan Rybniker at the University of Cologne / the Unviersity Hospital…
29/06/2022 |
A group of Cologne scientists and their cooperating partners demonstrated that the brain controls our body’s lysophospholipids, which in turn control…
08/06/2022 |
Frailty has been accepted as the core of geriatric medicine - going far beyond multimorbidity and chronological age - and incorporates aging processes…
24/05/2022 |
The Industrie-Club Düsseldorf in cooperation with the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts honor their outstanding research on the…
17/05/2022 |
Two similar proteins can stand in for each other in the quality control mechanism of defective mRNA. This has redefined the distribution of protein…
23/04/2022 |
His research on "Characterization of HIV-1 antibody resistance in patients and its influence on viral fitness" will be funded with a total of…
22/03/2022 |
Scientists at the University of Cologne have shown in an animal model that certain diets protect the kidneys from damage, promising successful…
21/03/2022 |
The CMMC is looking forward to receiving applications from highly talented mid-career scientists, who are members at the University of Cologne and…
17/03/2022 |
To kick-off this year’s membership drive we have arranged for a fabulous online event: 24 hours of nonstop regenerative biology talks spanning the…
09/03/2022 |
Scientists at the University of Cologne have shown that the recycling program of cells, autophagy, leads to the fusion of several single cells into…
15/02/2022 |
The University of Cologne invites applications to its DFG-funded CCRC Research Training Group 2407 „Inflammatory & Cellular Stress Signaling: Switches…
03/01/2022 |
The newly established professorship is linked to the establishment of a dedicated Institute at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne.
22/12/2021 |
Identification of a novel population of “ultrashort” cell-free DNA with G-quadruplex potential reduced abundance and G4-forming potential in blood…
26/11/2021 |
The award of the new CRC 1530 (speaker - Michael Hallek) and the extension of the CRC 1310 (speaker - Michael Lässig) refers to the great team of…
17/11/2021 |
The study provides novel insights into the mechanisms of how human tumors acquire genomic amplifications as major drivers of oncogenic transformation
03/11/2021 |
Cologne Researchers provide a concise overview of the current knowledge of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and their interactions with mRNA, non-coding…
29/10/2021 |
With this award the German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ) acknowledges each year outstanding cell biological research with a focus on cell culture or…
27/10/2021 |
On October 27, 2021 the Faculty of Medicine invites to the second Scientific Career Day. The focus this year is on the topic of the leadership culture…
29/09/2021 |
Many thanks to our guest speakers for their outstanding contributions on the forefront of 25 years of progress in molecular medicine, our…
18/09/2021 |
Cologne Researchers of the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital Cologne uncovered a conserved, MAPK/IRF1-mediated inflammatory response in…
18/09/2021 |
New study demonstrates the necessity of a scrutinized molecular view of the pleiotropic functions of omega-3-and omega-6-polyunsaturated fatty acids…
17/09/2021 |
On Sept. 17, 2021, PD Dr. Özlem Türeci and Prof. Dr. Uğur Şahin, the founders of the biotech company BioNTech and developer of the first approved…
16/09/2021 |
Developmental HCN channelopathy results in decreased neural progenitor proliferation and microcephaly in the embryonic phase - reported by researchers…
30/07/2021 |
The attachment of the small protein ubiquitin to other proteins (ubiquitination) regulates numerous biological processes, including signal…
23/07/2021 |
The CRU 329 is starting the second funding period with a funding volume of over five million euros until 2024 on `Molecular mechanism of podcyte…
08/07/2021 |
A slower renewal turnover of aged skin and its hair follicles may be caused by the decreased elasticity of skin tissues surrounding the stem cells /…
30/06/2021 |
The European Research Council is among the most important European institutions promoting pioneering research. Biologist Maria Leptin will become the…
25/06/2021 |
Scientists from the University of Cologne found that the balance status of proteins (protein homeostasis) of germline cells influences protein…
16/06/2021 |
The study of an interdisciplinary Cologne Research Team provides a rational for pharmacologically targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome and associated…
28/05/2021 |
Cologne scientists present a new two-phase model of skin formation. The data provide insights into the balance of tissues and diseases associated with…
18/05/2021 |
Cologne reseachers have now developed an approach that allows them to show that neurons that are supposedly the same are actually very different: they…
01/05/2021 |
As of May 2021 Silvia von Karstedt will take up the professorship for Dynamics of Cancer and Immune Systems anchored in the Department of…
06/04/2021 |
Iron-dependent cell death ferroptosis and cell death by oxidative stress can be activated in small cell lung cancer, and be induced by two drugs /…
27/03/2021 |
Björn Schumacher and Thomas Krieg (Medical Faculty, University of Cologne) launched a special issue in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology…
11/03/2021 |
The CMMC is pleased to announce the three scientists of the Medical Faculty (University of Cologne) awarded with the CMMC CAP Funding. The three…
03/03/2021 |
Two Cologne scientists have developed a method that can determine an organism’s biological age with unprecedented precision. The researchers expect…
22/02/2021 |
The International Society for Regenerative Biology provides a new opportunity to actively exchange the latest ideas and to foster potential…
18/02/2021 |
New consortium of research institutions VACCELERATE will coordinate vaccine trials in the European Union. The long-term goal is to strategically plan…
05/02/2021 |
In total, more than 260 participants attended the CMMC Annual Retreat 2021 participating in either all or selected program parts offered over the…
01/02/2021 |
Study provides evidence for involvement of the genes FANCM, MSH6, and NF1 in addition to the already known breast cancer risk genes. The German…
20/01/2021 |
With an epitope-based immunization, scientists at Cologne University Hospital / University of Cologne and the German Center for Infection Research…
19/01/2021 |
Based on an intensive reseach, Brundhilde Wirth and her team have found a patient affected by a newly investigated disease gene VWA1, causing…
11/01/2021 |
A new clinical study at the University of Cologne and Cologne University Hospital is investigating whether a ketogenic diet has a positive effect on…
18/12/2020 |
Cologne University Hospital/University of Cologne, University of Marburg, the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and Boehringer Ingelheim…
25/11/2020 |
published annually by Clarivate Analytics based on data from the publication database ‘Web of Science’. In total seven researchers of the University…
23/11/2020 |
A team of scientists identified a novel non-invasive method to predict outcome after kidney transplantation in urine in an interdisciplinary setting…
18/11/2020 |
providing him the option to translocate his research activities to the University of Cologne. The Medical Faculty has started the recruitment…
04/11/2020 |
developed by the funding initiative C.A.S.E. presents career paths beyond the classical activities as physician & highlights the academic developments
12/10/2020 |
The research team led by Björn Schumacher (University of Cologne) uncovers a role for H3K4me2 in coordinating the recovery of protein biosynthesis and…
30/09/2020 |
The two awards are highlighting the outstanding scientific contribution of Jens C. Brüning´s research activities and groundbreaking finding that have…
28/09/2020 |
An international research team led by Sabine Eming (Univ. of Cologne) and Sara Wickström (Univ. of Helsinki) has shown that Rictor, a protein that…
16/09/2020 |
The research group around Brunhilde Wirth at the Institute for Human Genetics, the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and the Center for…
27/08/2020 |
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is supporting a research project at the Cologne University Hospital and the Medical Faculty with…
04/08/2020 |
providing a potential new target for personalized medicine, say scientists at the University of Cambridge and CMMC - University of Cologne
29/07/2020 |
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the extension for funding of the CRC/SFB 1218 "Regulation of cellular function by mitochondria" for…
29/07/2020 |
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the extension of funding of the CRC 1218 "Regulation of cellular function by mitochondria" for…
22/07/2020 |
The study of Cologne Scientits led by Hamid Kashkar (CECAD and CMMC) provides genetic evidence for a requirement of mitochondrial respiration in…
09/07/2020 |
A team of researchers led by Prof. Florian Klein (Cologne University Hospital) and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) has further…
08/07/2020 |
Together with other internationally renowned European scientists, EMBO has accepted the molecular biologist Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hoppe from the…
02/07/2020 |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Benzing re-elected as CMMC Chair for the next term of 3 years. As Vice-Chairs Prof. Dr. Guenter Schwarz was re-elected and Prof. Dr.…
04/06/2020 |
In a cooperative approach the team around Thomas Langmann (Laboratory of the Exp. Immunology of the Eye at the Center for Ophthalmology and the CMMC)…
12/05/2020 |
by the research team led by Prof. Thomas Benzing: ultraresolution microscopy together with mathematical modelling provides an experimentally validated…
20/03/2020 |
With their findings Wilhelm Stoffel and his research team discovered a previously unrecognized membrane-structure-based molecular link between…
18/03/2020 |
Phenotyping of model organisms and diagnostics of cancer: K. Bozek's research aims are to establish methods and approaches allowing for broad, data…
16/03/2020 |
In light of the increased spread of the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the CMMC has implemented strict measures in an effort to slow down the infection…
12/02/2020 |
Small variations in the composition of a cell can radically change its function and cause diseases such as diabetes, cancer or neuronal dysfunction.
01/02/2020 |
identified by the research group led by Florian Klein at the Inst. of Virology, Univ. Hospital of Cologne & the University of Cologne and the German…
23/01/2020 |
organized by the Depts. of Internal Medicine II and III, Univ. Hospital of Cologne in collaboration with the CMMC, CECAD and Stiftung der Cellitinnen…
22/11/2019 |
The current study hypothesises that these strategies may have driven the counter-evolution of pyroptosis to secure cellular death as a host defence…
09/08/2019 |
A collaborative study performed by international research groups led by Sabine Eming (Dept. of Dermatology - University Hospital Cologne) identified a…
30/07/2019 |
Molecular mechanics in the skin of mice are driven by polarity genes as a team led by Sandra Iden of the Cluster of Excellence CECAD and the CMMC…
21/06/2019 |
Research group of Brunhilde Wirth demonstrates that a combined therapy of nusinersen (SMN-ASOs) and neurocalcin delta (NCALD) ASOs improves protection…
18/05/2019 |
A collaborative study by research groups from the Cluster of Excellence CECAD and the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) at the the…
21/03/2019 |
indicating that restoring histone acetylation levels in cardiomyocytes by histone acetylases inhibition prevents the sphinganine-induced DNA damage…
29/06/2018 |
The research team of Prof. Dr. Brunhilde Wirth, working at the Institute of Human Genetics and the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, succeeded
01/06/2018 |
Dr. Argyris Papantonis, Junior Group Leader for Chromatin Systems Biology at the CMMC will be co-coordinating a large German consortium on 3D genome…
27/04/2018 |
was uncovered by the Chromatin Systems Biology research group of Dr. Argyris Papantonis at the CMMC, and sheds new light onto how cell senescence is…
20/02/2018 |
Martin Peifer and his team analyzed whole-exome sequencing data of eight chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients that developed resistance upon…
24/01/2018 |
A collaborative effort between the research groups of Brunhilde Wirth (Inst. of Human Genetics (Univ. Hospital of Cologne) and the CMMC and Giovanni…
22/01/2018 |
During the symposium highly challenging aspects of geriatric care have been discussed by experts in the field, including intensive care, emergency…
16/01/2018 |
highlighting the power of genetic modifiers in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne on January 12, 2018 .
20/12/2017 |
The Interdisciplinary Program Molecular Medicine (IPMM) at the University is aimed at outstanding research-oriented medical and life science…
19/12/2017 |
More than 200 million people worldwide suffer from chronic kidney diseases (CKD). Glomerular disorders account for the majority of cases of CKD.
04/11/2017 |
of patients reported by the teams of Sebahattin Cirak (Dept. of Pediatrics, Univ. Hospital of Cologne and the CMMC), Andrew Crosby and Emma Baple…
25/10/2017 |
to further promote his research to uncover the transcriptional regulatory principles of mammalian embryogenesis and human congenital disease.
17/10/2017 |
A direct implications for multi-exon skipping strategies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). A breakthrough has been achieved in the understanding…
26/09/2017 |
Scientists in the research groups of Roman Thomas and Martin Sos at Cologne University Hospital and University of Cologne have tested the effects of…
23/07/2017 |
Translating basic concepts into regenerative therapy” taking place from Oct. 15 - 17, 2017 organized by the CMMC at the Medical Campus, University of…
10/07/2017 |
To increase awareness towards alternative careers in non-academic sectors of life science companies the CMMC hosted this event for the third time on…
22/06/2017 |
Sabine Eming (University Hospital of Cologne, CMMC and CECAD) together with her colleagues Thomas Wynn (National Institutes of Health, USA) and Paul…
09/06/2017 |
Individual excellence is at the core of scientific progress and must be rewarded – that is why the University of Cologne awards Research Prizes to…
08/06/2017 |
The CMMC welcomed students of the Master Program Cancer, Stem Cells and Developmental Biology of the Utrecht University to the Mini-Symposium "CMMC…
29/05/2017 |
This Forschungskolleg, chaired by Prof. Christiane Bruns and Prof. Christian Reinhardt, will promote the career development of the so-called Clinician…
27/05/2017 |
Healthcare professionals were invited to gain insight into the latest research findings and the developments related to the translation into everyday…
05/05/2017 |
Dr. Herling and Prof. Abken leading the Cologne project successfully synergize lymphoma biology Herling´s research group) and the facilities of…
27/03/2017 |
The team of Alvaro Rada-Iglesias has discovered that a group of DNA regulatory sequences, called poised enhancers, are essential for the induction of…
10/03/2017 |
The group of Brunhilde Wirth (Inst. of Human Genetics, Univ. Hospital of Cologne and the CMMC has, together with the group of Henry Houlden (London),…
09/03/2017 |
This year the meeting covering "Frontiers in Matrix Biology" takes place in Cologne in cooperation with the CRC 829 and the Center for Molecular…
02/03/2017 |
The prize is one of the highest awards in German cancer medicine and has been awarded to Prof. Dr. Michael Hallek for his outstanding scientific…
20/02/2017 |
Jay Gopalakrishnan, Olaf Utermöhlen and Martin Krönke from the CMMC, the Inst. of Med. Microbiology, Immunology & Hygiene and the DZIF reprogrammed…
27/01/2017 |
The research team of Brunhilde Wirth, Director of the Institute for Human Genetics at the University Hospital of Cologne leading a CMMC resarch group…
23/01/2017 |
the fastest-growing type of cancer and the most fatal skin disease. Sandra Iden and her team at CECAD Cologne supported by the CMMC and the CRC 829…
12/01/2017 |
connect complex diseases and cell type-specific enhancer maps. The team of Rada-Iglesias has recently implemented a bioinformatic toolkit called…
10/01/2017 |
aims to demonstrate the potential of interdisciplinarity and multidimensionality with the ultimate scope of defining new perspectives in the…
22/12/2016 |
was developed by the Chromatin Systems Biology research Group of Dr. Argyris Papantonis at the CMMC, that allows for a new understanding of its…
16/12/2016 |
to dissect cellular heterogeneity based on a highly sensitive and specific strategy. The research team of Alvaro Rada-Iglesias, leading a Junior…
14/12/2016 |
The Interdisciplinary Program Molecular Medicine (IPMM) at the University is aimed at outstanding research-oriented medical and life science…
09/12/2016 |
- an Organization for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System associated with numerous European biomedical and health…
04/12/2016 |
shares with other colleagues in an interview with Cell Stem Cell the experience to set up the own lab and the challenge to publish the group’s first…
28/11/2016 |
Florian Klein’s main goal is to improve HIV therapy with the help of antibodies and to develop a HIV vaccine. His research on a new generation of…
21/11/2016 |
from Nov. 23 - 25, 2016 organized by the members of the CECAD/CMMC Proteomics Facility and Proteomics Facility of the MPI for Biology of Ageing.
08/11/2016 |
Researchers of the Cluster of Excellence CECAD and the Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne at the University of Cologne showed that RIPK1 counteracts…
28/10/2016 |
The research group of Brunhilde Wirth at the Institute of Human Genetics (Univ. Hospital of Cologne) and the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne…
26/10/2016 |
Of fly, mouse and man - the research team led by Sabine Eming, Dermatologist at the Univ. Hospital of Cologne and Principal Investigator at the CMMC…
25/10/2016 |
A new perspective for the development of therapeutic approaches for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. The team of Dr. Argyris Papantonis…
10/10/2016 |
for the development of new treatment methods. Researchers at the MPI for Biology of Ageing, the CMMC, the CECAD Cologne and the Institute for Genetics…
29/09/2016 |
Bernhard Schermer - principal investigator of the CMMC Research Project C 9 - has been awarded with the Franz-Volhard-Prize given by the German…
08/08/2016 |
The team of scientists led by Brunhilde Wirth, Principal Investigator at the CMMC and director of the Institute for Human Genetics, uncovered unknown…
04/08/2016 |
A potential tool for novel targeted therapeutic strategies. Diffuse large B cell lymphoma - the most common and aggressive blood cancer in the Western…
03/08/2016 |
The research team led by Sandra Iden, Principal Investigator at the CMMC and CECAD Cologne, uncovered a key role for the polarity protein Par3
31/07/2016 |
- an important finding for the implementation of clinical trials. To specify the natural disease progession of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)…
24/07/2016 |
CMMC scientists offer courses and lectures related to aging research in the CSS - organized by the International Office of the University of Cologne. …
15/06/2016 |
In the newly established CRC 1218 nineteen project leaders from the University of Cologne, the University Hospital Cologne, the Max Planck Institute…
08/06/2016 |
A basic cell biological question of how centriolar and ciliary lengths are regulated has remained unknown. Anand Ramani and Li Ming Gooi, members of…
03/06/2016 |
Aleksandra Trifunovic (Principal Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence CECAD) will coordinate the REMIX project (REgulation of MItochondrial gene…
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