CMMC Symposium 2026

"Metabolic Control of Tissue Regeneration and Degeneration"
Save the date: September 28 - 30, 2026 and register now!

CMMC 2026-2028

We research for your health

Gerhard Richter Transparente

CMMC Research Building


Prof. Klußmann Elected to DKG Certification Commission

08/04/2026 | ENT specialist assumes co-chair of certification program for head and neck cancer centers

New Molecular Target Identified in High-Risk Neuroblastoma

06/04/2026 | Study Indicates Potential Efficacy of FGFR Inhibitors in Tumors with FGFR1 Mutation

New Hope for Small Cell Lung Cancer: Advances in CAR-T Cell Therapy

02/04/2026 | An international research team led by the University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Cologne has made significant progress in fighting a particularly aggressive form of lung cancer: small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The project is funded by North Rhine-Westphalia and the EU with two million euros.

Protein complex protects central RNA quality control from disruption

31/03/2026 | Researchers at the University of Cologne show that three different proteins work together as a complex to maintain the cell’s quality control / publication in “Nucleic Acid Research”

Three Research Track Project Awards presented

09/03/2026 | Promising doctoral theses honored - On March 4, 2026, doctoral students Anna-Maria Baleff, Jule Müller, and Ellen Weber were honored with the Research Track Project Award from the Faculty of Medicine.

A new “molecular switch” for inborn immunity identified

06/03/2026 | Researchers have discovered a previously unknown signalling cascade that determines how powerful our innate immune system responds to virus infections. This discovery has broad implications for inflammatory diseases, cancer, and neurodegeneration


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