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New publication by Alvaro Rada-Iglesias: Epigenomic-based identification of major cell identity regulators

19.12.2016 TopNews

The research group of Dr. Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and CECAD, University of Cologne,…

Live long and prosper - but how? Rudolf Wiesner on health and aging in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger

16.12.2016 TopNews

Is there a way to live long and healthy? Which role do mitochondria play? In this recent article from the Kölner Stadtanzeiger,…

Defining immortality of stem cells to identify novel anti-aging mechanisms

28.11.2016 TopNews

With age, somatic cells such as neurons lose their ability to maintain the quality of their protein content. Pluripotent stem…

SFB 829 receives funding for four more years

23.11.2016 TopNews

The Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 829 “Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Skin Homeostasis” has successfully renewed its…

New Publication: Solving the puzzle of necroptosis

07.11.2016 TopNews

Cells can die in many ways. Apoptosis is a regulated cell death process that ensures the orderly disassembly and removal of the…

New Publication: Keeping skin integrity: Par polarity matters

31.10.2016 TopNews

The skin is confronted with various environmental stimuli and exhibits a remarkable pool of stem cells and differentiated cells to…

mTOREKO mutants fail to form a stratified and protective epidermis. mTORC1 is activated during epidermal embryogenesis in controls but downstream targets such as S6 are attenuated in mTORC1EKO mice.

Publication in Nature Communications: Of fly, mouse and man – uncovering TOR signaling as evolutionary conserved pathway in wound healing and skin damage responses

27.10.2016 TopNews

The research team led by Sabine Eming, Dermatologist at the University Hospital of Cologne and Principal Investigator at the CMMC…

Time-lapse of a wound healing in Drosophila (from left to right): After removal of the nucleus (in yellow) the cell membrane (in pink) seals off the gap caused by the wound.

Publication in Nature Communications: New hope for better wound healing

10.10.2016 TopNews

Diabetics often have to contend with wounds that heal poorly. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, the…

Björn Schumacher on alpha-Campus Talks: Secrets of Aging

04.10.2016 TopNews

How does the aging body react to genome damage? With a better understanding of the the causes of aging, we could prevent aging…

New publication: A new switch decides between genome repair and death of cells

27.09.2016 TopNews

One of the most important decisions a cell has to make is a matter of life and death: can damage be repaired or is it better to…