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Important German research prize for Stefan Hell |
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December 6, 2007 |
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Stefan W. Hell, head of the Department of NanoBiophotonics, will be awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Council. It offers 2.5 Mio Euro for research and is considered one of the most important scientific prizes in Germany.
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Source: Press release (in German)
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Dorothea Schlözer Medal for Mary Osborn |
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November 30, 2007 |
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On December 6, Mary Osborn will be awarded the Dorothea Schlözer Medal of the University of Göttingen to honour Prof. Osborn's merits in scientific research and her activities in promoting the idea of gender mainstreaming.
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Source: Press release (in German)
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FIZ CHEMIE Prize for Lars Schäfer |
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November 9, 2007 |
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Biophysicist Lars Schäfer will be awarded the prize of the "Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker" for his research on interaction of light with macromolecules. The award ceremony will be held on November 12 on the "German Conference on Chemoinformatics" in Goslar.
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Source: Press release (in German)
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EICOS: "Hands-on Laboratory" for communicators of science |
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October 24, 2007 |
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The European Initiative for Communicators of Science (EICOS) again invites journalists into its "Hands-on Laboratory" (May 17-24, 2008) at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen. Deadline for applications is 15th of February 2008.
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Source: www.eicos.mpg.de
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Success in the Excellence Initiative for the Göttingen University |
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October 19, 2007 |
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The University of Göttingen was successful with its “Institutional Strategy” in the German Excellence Initiative. The decision was announced in Bonn today. Funding is also granted for the "Graduate School for Neurosciences and Molecular Biosciences".
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Source: Press Release University of Göttingen
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Science at the "Göttinger Literaturherbst",
October 12 to 21, 2007 at the Paulinerkirche |
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October 22, 2007 |
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For the first time, three Max Planck Institutes in Göttingen have supported the "Göttinger Literaturherbst 2007" and have hosted a series of scientific lectures.
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Federal President Horst Köhler visits Prof. Stefan Hell at the Max-Planck-Institute for biophysical Chemistry |
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September 28, 2007 |
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With his visit at the Max-Planck-Institute for biophysical Chemistry, Federal President Horst Köhler learned about the successful progress of the project of Prof. Stefan Hell, the winner of the tenth "Deutschen Zukunftspreis" in the year 2006.
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Source: German Press Release
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Faster thinking: teamwork in neurons |
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August 24, 2007 |
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Scientists from the Max-Planck-Institute for biophysical Chemistry have now discovered a novel mechanism, how membrane proteins in neuron cells actively self-associate. This could be an essential trick of nature to allow more controlled and thereby faster thinking.
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Source: German Press Release
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Allowance from European Patent Office for Tuschl II patent on siRNA |
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August 1, 2007 |
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The so-called Tuschl II patent covers compositions, methods and the use of small interfering RNA. The techniques developed by Tom Tuschl at the institute allow for the silencing of individual genes and have raised great hopes for medical therapies.
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Source: PR of Max Planck Innovation
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How glia protects the nervous system - new function of small organelles in glial cells |
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July 30, 2007 |
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Functional nerve cell connections require the proper function of certain organelles in glial cells. This was found out through experiments from researchers of the Max Planck Institutes and the University of Göttingen.
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Source: Press Release of the MPG (in German)
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EBSA Award for Marc Baldus |
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July 30, 2007 |
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This year's EBSA Award was given to Marc Baldus from the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry. The "European Biophysical Societies' Association“ honored his development of new methods in solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
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Source: German Press Release
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Novel construction plan for filaments |
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July 19, 2007 |
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Researchers of the Max Planck Institutes in Dortmund and Göttingen have deciphered the exceptional building plan of septin filaments.
These proteins are cellular quick-change artists and involved in important processes such as division or transport within the cell.
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Source: Press Release of the MPG (in German)
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"How neurons communicate" - Aschoff Medal for Reinhard Jahn |
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July 18, 2007 |
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Cell biologist Reinhard Jahn will be awarded the Aschoff Medal of the Medizinische Gesellschaft Freiburg on July 24, 2007. Within the framework of the awards ceremony, he will present novel findings about mechanisms leading to the release of neurotransmitters.
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Source: Press Release of the University of Freiburg (in German)
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Autophagy: A new mechanism in the development of the brain |
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July 6, 2007 |
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Scientists from the institute have, in cooperation with colleagues in Italy, discovered a new regulator in development of the nervous system: The protein Ambra-1 activates autophagy, which plays an important role in cell proliferation and cell death.
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Source: German Press Release
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Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2007 goes to Stefan W. Hell |
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June 12, 2007 |
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This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Stefan Hell for his discovery that resolutions far below the diffraction limit can be achieved in a fluorescence microscope using conventionally focused light.
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Max Planck Innovation: Licensing agreement for high-resolution microscopy |
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May 22, 2007 |
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Max Planck Innovation has signed a license agreement for the RESOLFT technology, a method providing molecular scale resolution in light microscopy. The technique has been developed in the department of Prof. Hell.
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Source: PR of Max Planck Innovation
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In the memory of Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer (1899-1957) |
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May 15, 2007 |
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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death on May 15, and in the memory of the name giver of the institute, the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry (Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute) presents a website about his life and scientific discoveries. ...
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Successful EU Projects of the Göttingen Max Planck Institutes
Presentation at Europe Day at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry |
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May 11, 2007 |
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The EU Liaison Office at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry has celebrated Europe Day on 9th of May. Visitors could get informed on European research projects of the Göttingen Max Planck Institutes and on the 7th EU Framework Programme.
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Research on gern cell development and migration |
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April 2007 |
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One remarkable characteristic of living organisms is their ability to move as individual cells, group of cells or as whole multi-cellular organisms. After almost seven years of research at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, the Raz group will also move - to Münster.
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Source: MPIbpc News
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Understanding the Molecular Basis of Retinitis pigmentosa |
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February 23, 2007 |
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Structural changes in the spliceosome seem to be responsible for the progressive retina degeneration in inheritable disease Retinitis pigmentosa, as has been reported by scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen.
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Max Planck Innovation concludes diagnostic microRNA licensing agreement |
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February 6, 2007 |
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MicroRNAs play a critical role in essential cellular functions and for the understanding of human diseases. Their existence and function in vertebrates have been discovered by Tom Tuschl and his team at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in 2001.
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Source: PR of Max Planck Innovation
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Transcriptome-scale Gene Expression Maps of the Brain |
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February 2007 |
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Shortly before the end of 2006, a draft atlas of transcriptome-wide gene expression patterns in the adult mouse brain was completed, an effort of a dimension comparable to the sequencing of the human genome. This article addresses some of the potential spin-offs of ...
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Source: MPIbpc News
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"Less is more": New diagnostics with nanometer-sized particles |
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January 23, 2007 |
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As part of the EU 6th Framework Programme, a new consortium “FLUOROMAG” coordinated by Dr. Donna Arndt-Jovin at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry will develop new diagnostic tools for use in tumor biology and the detection of very low levels of pandemic viruses.
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