IMPRS BB PhD students enjoyed a 3-day retreat in the middle of the Eifel National Park Our PhD students in Bonn, Germany had a wonderful time at the 3-day IMPRS Student Retreat at Vogelsang IP, in the middle of the… Read more »
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Gaucher disease and the Sphinx
31/03/2017 · by Katie EdwardsSphingosine inhibits the enzyme GBA2, thereby regulating the degradation of lipid-sugar compounds in cells. Sphingosine, a compound as enigmatic as the sphinx, plays a key role in the metabolic disorder Gaucher disease. Scientists from the Bonn research center caesar have… Read more »
How cortical circuits keep the balance in imbalance
15/12/2016 · by Katie EdwardsA recent study published in “Neuron” provides insights into the interplay between the cellular properties of single neurons, their connections and the network architecture. Cortical neurons receive thousands of excitatory and inhibitory signals, both from local and long-range circuits. To… Read more »
Biosensor measures signaling molecules within cilia
22/03/2016 · by Katie EdwardsScientists can measure the dynamics of signaling molecules in subcellular compartments. Scientists of the Research Center caesar in Bonn, an Institute of the Max Planck Society, developed a new biosensor, which allows to measure nanomolar levels of the second messenger… Read more »
When the neuron’s doorman allows too much in
16/11/2015 · by Katie Edwards(Above Image) This is what a neuron from the hippocampus of a rat looks like. The cell and it’s extensive processes are visualised using a fluorescent dye, filled via a glass pipette. The glass pipette, with dye, is shown on… Read more »
Rhodopsin on track – Biological pigment aligns in double rows
27/02/2015 · by Katie EdwardsScientists from the caesar research center, an Institute of the Max Planck Society, have explained, with the help of electron microscopy, how the pigment rhodopsin is arranged in the rod cells of the retina. This question has long been subject… Read more »
