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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…

04/08/2020 | providing a potential new target for personalized medicine, say scientists at the University of Cambridge and CMMC - University of Cologne

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.…

25/06/2020 | A BMBF funded Covid-19 research project led by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schermer between the Dept. II of Internal Medicine and the Institute for Virology in…

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…

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…

14/01/2020 | presented by Robert Hänsel-Hertsch – new CMMC Junior Research Group Leader

29/11/2019 | Third-party project "Cell death in immunity, inflammations and diseases" (CRC 1403) funded with 13 million euros for four years

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…

02/10/2019 | to establish an internationally visible research group as independent leaders at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne.

09/08/2019 | A collaborative study performed by international research groups led by Sabine Eming (Dept. of Dermatology - University Hospital Cologne) identified a…

01/08/2019 | Preparation of the new funding period with the site visit of the External Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) from Nov. 25-26, 2019.

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…

04/06/2019 | Medical research at the University of Cologne will be enhanced by two large-scale third-party funded projects.

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…

14/05/2019 | for her groundbreaking research in the field of spinal muscular atrophy.

12/04/2019 | – new experimental strategy described by the CMMC team lead by Álvaro Rada Iglesias

21/03/2019 | indicating that restoring histone acetylation levels in cardiomyocytes by histone acetylases inhibition prevents the sphinganine-induced DNA damage…

22/01/2019 | January 19, 2019

13/12/2018 | by the research team of Dr. Leo Kurian, heading a NRW Stem Cell Network Junior Research Group at the CMMC.

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…

15/05/2018 | The RTG supported by the CMMC investigates common inflammatory processes and cellular reactions to cardiovascular diseases.

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…