CECAD: News-Archive

The mitochondrial connection: Why blood vessels in wounds and tumors start sprouting

21.07.2020

New Kashkar study shows: With high energy demand and under challenging nutrient conditions during tissue repair or tumor growth, mitochondrial...

UoC biologist Thorsten Hoppe accepted as a new member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

07.07.2020

EMBO honours Hoppe’s outstanding scientific achievements in the life sciences

Sara Wickström elected as new EMBO member

07.07.2020

EMBO has awarded 63 leading scientists the lifetime honour of EMBO Membership in recognition of their achievements in the life sciences. Assoc. Prof....

Collaborative Research Center/SFB 1218 "Regulation of cellular function by mitochondria" enters the next funding phase

29.05.2020

The SFB 1218 "Regulation of cellular function by mitochondria" is financed for additional 4 years till 2024.

Why developing nerve cells can take a wrong turn

28.05.2020

Loss of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme leads to impediment in growth of nerve cells/Link found between cellular machineries of protein degradation and...

Molecular mechanism explaining albuminuria in kidney disease identified

15.05.2020

Nature Metabolism cover story: The biophysical basis of kidney ultrafiltration

Tissues protect their DNA under mechanical stress

16.04.2020

Nuclei and genetic material deform

Repair instead of renew: damaged powerhouses of cells have their own ‘workshop mode’

02.04.2020

CECAD-researcher has found a molecular repair pathway for cellular energy production / publication in ‘Nature Communications’

Acute brain injury –

26.03.2020 | News and Calendar

New finding reveals a crucial role of glial cells in enabling vascular remodelling

A new mechanism triggering cell death and inflammation: a left turn that kills

25.03.2020 | News and Calendar

Writing in ‘Nature’, researchers from Cologne, Texas and London describe their discovery of a new mechanism that could contribute to the pathogenesis...