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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…

12/06/2021 | We extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

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…

30/11/2020 | The SFB 1451 focusing on motor control is under the leadership of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Cologne starting in 2021.

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…

24/11/2020 | The CMMC is looking forward to receive applications from highly talented mid-career scientists, specifically from female scientists, who are members…

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…

03/10/2020 | BioRiver awards three biotech start-up companies PerAGraft (Aachen) - Dermanostic (Düsseldorf) - CASC8 (Belgium) for their innovative and diagnostic…

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…

11/05/2020 | Life Science Research: Career planning after the Master's degree or doctorate in the life science industry

29/03/2020 | in astrocytic perivascular processes highlighting a crucial role of glial cells in enabling vascular remodelling

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…

27/02/2020 | presented by Alessandro Annibaldi - new CMMC Junior Research group

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.

06/02/2020 | presented by Simon Poepsel - new CMMC Junior Research Group Leader

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…