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Powering brain-health: How autophagy protects neurons by controlling their glucose consumption

16/01/2025 | Scientists have discovered a novel mechanism by which the cellular cleaning pathway called autophagy protects brain cells in mice, allowing for new therapeutic approaches to conditions like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. Publication in ‘Nature Metabolism’

"Leverkusen hilft krebskranken Kindern e.V." supports research projects on childhood tumors with 200,000 euros

03/01/2025 | The Donation goes to the Dept. of Exp. Pediatric Oncology at the University Hospital Cologne headed by Professor Matthias Fischer

Professor Claus Cursiefen awarded with the Filatov Memorial Medal of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine

20/12/2024 | honored for his pioneering contributions to optimizing minimally invasive corneal transplantation.

Elisa Motori Awarded Prestigious Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation Exploration Grant

17/12/2024 | to Investigate Metabolic Implications of Neuron-Tumor Interactions

Cologne Scientist - Anne Wolf - awarded with prize of the Freifrau von Nauendorf Foundation

16/12/2024 | In recognition of her work in identifying microglial immune mechanisms and targets to optimize AAV-based gene therapies for retinal degeneration.

New regulatory mechanism identified in the chromatin-modifying complex PRC2

29/11/2024 | An international research team led by Simon Pöpsel (CMMC) has used cryo-electron microscopy and functional assays to demonstrate how the transcriptional regulator PRC2 impacts biochemical changes in chromatin to control gene regulation.