Cell-based method for the regeneration of myelin
Abstract: - - Myelin is tremendously important for the correct and rapid transmission of electrical signals in the brain. This lipid-rich... [mehr]
Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Biomedizin
3D genome organisation independent of gene regulation in Drosophila
Previous studies have shown genome organisation to be closely linked to gene expression and gene regulation. Recent research from the... [mehr]
Max Planck Director Ralf Adams receives the Feldberg Prize 2021
"It is a great honor for me to receive this prize," Ralf Adams is pleased to say. The director at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular... [mehr]
Midbrain organoids for automated chemical screening and disease research
***Sometimes hundreds of thousands of potential therapeutics need to be tested in large-scale, fully automated experiments to identify a single... [mehr]
New tool helps to ‘spot the difference’ in genome organisation
The majority of the cells in our body contain two metres of DNA. All of this genetic information needs to be packaged up into the nucleus of the... [mehr]
Hans Schöler takes over presidency of the German Stem Cell Network
The main tasks of the German Stem Cell Network (GSCN) are the networking of stem cell researchers in Germany and the provision of information and... [mehr]
Sergiy Velychko and Hans Schöler receive the „Publication of the Year 2020“ award of the German Stem Cell Network
Every year, the German Stem Cell Network honours the best best publication of German origin in the field of stem cell research. The “GSCN 2020... [mehr]
Computer simulations visualize how DNA is recognized to convert cells into stem cells
A cell’s identity is driven by which DNA is “read” or “not read” at any point in time. Signalling in the cell to start or stop reading... [mehr]
Generation of mouse induced pluripotent stem cells succeeds better without Oct4
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) that comprise the inner cell mass of an early mammalian embryo, called blastocyst, possess the unique power of... [mehr]