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The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Beiersdorf are cooperating on the development of innovative sun protection products – and are working together to educate people about effective protection against harmful UV radiation. Experts predict that climate change and the associated increase in the number of hours of sunshine will lead to a further increase […]

Innovators wanted. APPLY NOW!WE SUPPORT YOUR INNOVATIVE INVENTION! The work group of the BioRegions in Germany is the central network of regional initiatives promoting the economic use of modern biotechnologies in Germany. It annually awards the Innovation Prize of the BioRegions in Germany. This year, the work group again recognizes application-oriented ideas with strong implementation […]

The agreement brings together Navigo Protein’s Affilin® platform with VERAXA’s proprietary click chemistry platform and conjugation expertise HEIDELBERG, and HALLE, Germany, December 12, 2024 — VERAXA Biotech AG, an emerging leader in designing novel cancer therapies, and Navigo Proteins GmbH, an innovator developing next-generation targeted radiotheranostics, announced today the initiation of a research collaboration to evaluate […]

Three institutions have joined our consortium as official Chemoproteomics and Spatial Mass Spectrometry (MS)-Based Omics partner sites, enhancing the services we can offer to the research community in the areas of target identification and validation. Phil Gribbon, Director General of EU-OPENSCREEN, emphasised: “The three new chemoproteomics sites joining the EU-OPENSCREEN partner network provide a significant boost […]

An ERC Consolidator Grant will go to PD Dr Gordon Feld, who does research into sleep and memory at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim and teaches at Ruperto Carola’s Institute of Psychology. Dr Feld’s project, entitled “Tracking Memory During Sleep: Understanding How Replay of Complex Information Affects Memory and Mental Health” (MemoryTracker), […]

Prize-winner Dr Mandy Jeske receives 100,000 euros in research funding for her projects Dr Mandy Jeske is being honored by the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation for her investigations into a special class of ribonucleic acids that are of fundamental importance for genome stability during gametogenesis in animals. The scientist, who does research at the […]

With its “Consolidator Grants”, the European Research Council (ERC) supports excellent scientists in advancing their independent careers. This year, Ana Banito (Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg/German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ) and Aurélie Ernst (DKFZ) are pleased to receive the prestigious ERC funding. Ana Banito will use the two million euros in funding to find new […]

The NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have signed a groundbreaking cooperation agreement. This partnership combines the expertise of both institutions in the fields of production and characterization of materials for biological systems and energy storage as well as the application of statistical methods in medicine. The collaboration […]

With a novel approach, EMBL scientists discovered important interactions between molecular machines, potentially offering new opportunities for drug development Summary Choosing a film for a movie night is always a battle. Now imagine if you could pick one that provided a window into some of the most fundamental biological processes that keep us alive. For […]