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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,...
UniCamp 2022
The 19th UniCamp of the Saarland University is scheduled July 25 to 29, 2022. Twenty female pupils (grades 8 & 9) will have the opportunity to gain exciting insights into various subjects of the MINT disciplines (mathematics, computer science, natural science and...
PZMS construction progress
Two years and three months after the start of construction, the Preclinical Center for Molecular Signal Processing (PZMS) research building already looks quite similar to the planned design (an image gallery of the progress since the start of construction work in late...
Interdisciplinary research on novel agents against viral infections
There is no vaccine or therapy against many viral diseases. The "VolkswagenStiftung" is now funding three projects at the Saarland University and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) to research antiviral substances. The projects will...
Science Night 2022
The School of Medicine and the University Hospital bring back the Science Night (Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften) on Friday, June 24, 2022 as a compact event around the lecture hall of building 35 on the Homburg campus. From 5 p.m. about 40 program items will offer...
Top-class international biomedical workshop in Homburg
From June 15 to 18, top-class scientists from all over the world will meet at the Homburg campus for the workshop "Cutting edge concepts in calcium signaling". Understanding how exactly calcium ion signaling works is the basis for many clinical applications, for...
Third funding period for SFB/TRR 152 approved by the DFG
At the Saarland University, scientists from the fields of Pharmacology, Anatomy and Physiology are involved in the Transregional Collaborative Research Center 152 "Control of Body Homeostasis by TRP Channel Modules". Scientists from the TU Munich and the Universities...
Study shows possible link between genetic hearing disorder and autism
One cause of a genetic autism spectrum disorder is a defect in a gene called Cacna2d3. Scientists at the Saarland University (including the COMM member Prof. Jutta Engel, Biophysics) and the University Ulm were able to show that sound signals important for...