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Position of a Scientific Assistant available
In an interdisciplinary research project funded by the DFG in cooperation with the Chair of Mechanical Process Engineering at the RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, the biomechanical properties of 3D cell constructs (spheroids) made of human cells will be determined in the...
FameLab is calling: 3 minutes, your topic, your stage!
Are you a student or researcher and would like to share your favorite topic with an audience and a jury of experts? Sign up to be a part of FameLab and have the chance to win €300 and professional media and communication training by Nawik! The regional preliminary...
GradUS workshops in winter term 2022/2023
The Support Centre for Doctoral Researchers at Saarland University (GradUS) would like to draw your attention to the new GradUS workshop programme for doctoral researchers in winter term 2022/2023. The workshop programme for doctoral researchers with workshops on...
From Research to Market – Info Event at 10 Nov 2022 at 9 am
Founding a startup after graduation – whether Master, PhD or even during your Postdoc time – can be a great opportunity to bring your research into the society as well as to independently work in the field of your interest. But you could also give others the...
The COMM welcomes 7-Labs-Tour participants in Homburg
On October 25, 2022, the COMM welcomes 20 high school students (grades 9-11) to a molecular biology internship at the Homburg campus as part of the 7-Lab-Tour. During the practical course, the students will gain insights into a biomedical laboratory and isolate the...
Researcher team aims to decipher the rules of energy production inside the cell
Cellular processes are so complex and the structures are so tiny, that it is extremely difficult to track down their rules. Researchers of the Research Unit 2848 (FOR 2848; https://for2848.de/), in which Professor Martin van der Laan from Saarland University is...
Killer cells get better with age
In old age, killer cells of the immune system are better than their reputation. So far, the assumption was that the ability of the so-called T cells to kill tumor cells or pathogens weakens with time. The opposite is the case. T cells become stronger and more...
Mitochondrial Contact Site and Cristae Organizing System (MICOS) – How it works
In the body, it is like in the economy: If the energy supply weakens, the entire system has a problem. In the body, a protein structure called MICOS plays an important role. If it does not function properly, severe degenerative and metabolic diseases can result. How...
Comparative study of vaccination schemes
For the first time anywhere in the world Prof. Martina Sester (Transplantation and Infection Immunology) and a research team at Saarland University's Medical School in Homburg directly compared the vaccination effects of all five vaccination schemes approved in...
Novavax study by Prof. Sester and team
The Immunology professor Martina Sester and her team studied how the Novavax vaccinated patients respond to the vaccine. It turns out that the vaccine leads to a significant development of antibodies and T cells. However, compared to Biontech and Moderna vaccinees,...