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Professor Bernhard Nieswandt is investigating a cellular mechanism in blood platelets that appears to play a crucial role in inflammatory diseases. He has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his work.

One step further: One JMU research project on nucleic acid research and technologies has qualified for the next round in the competition for the prestigious research grant.

A precursor of cholesterol, previously categorised as harmful, can protect cancer cells from cell death. This finding, published in Nature, opens new doors for cancer research.

Good news for researchers working with high-resolution fluorescence microscopy: Biocompatible molecular rulers are available for the first time to calibrate the latest super-resolution microscopy methods.

José Pedro Friedmann Angeli has been awarded a European research prize worth two million euros. With his work, the Würzburg professor wants to contribute to innovative therapies against cancer.

Their work is most frequently cited in publications of other scientists. Researchers from the University of Würzburg are therefore included in the Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list.

Why is the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus able to spread so efficiently? Various hypotheses are still circulating in the scientific community. A group of researchers from Würzburg has now found groundbreaking answers.

This specific Index looks at the current state of biomedical science around the world and what its renaissance might mean for patients. In this context, the Rudolf Virchow Center was selected to write an article about ongoing research at our center.

RVZ research group leader Prof. Dr. Pedro Friedmann Angeli is again a Highly Cited Researcher. Their work is most frequently cited in publications of other scientists. Researchers from the University are therefore included in the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 List.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has awarded the 26th German Future Prize to researchers from the Jena-based company Carl Zeiss Microscopy: Thomas Kalkbrenner, Jörg Siebenmorgen and Ralf Wolleschensky (10/26-22). The award winners have developed a novel microscope for the gentle 3-D imaging of living cells, which will enable further intensive research into the fundamentals of life. Fantastic news for the bioimaging research area and our speaker Prof. Markus Sauer, who was involved in the development of this award-winning ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet Microscopy technique.

Researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Center of the University of Würzburg have unveiled the crystal structures of UBA6 in complex with either ATP or the ubiquitin-like protein FAT10. These results provide the foundation to study the individual roles of UBA6 towards the attachment of either ubiquitin or FAT10 to target proteins and the downstream cellular pathways with possible implications for the etiology of certain tumors. This study was published in the journal Nature Communications.

Inhibitory synapses in neuron cultures and brain tissue can now be visualized with ease and with high contrast. The newly developed synthetic affinity probe Sylite can be applied both for widefield and confocal 3D volumetric synapse visualization, for in-tissue inhibitory circuits mapping and for super-resolution imaging of synapses.

We are inviting applications for a Group Leader (f/m/d) in Chemical Biology. The RVZ appoints group leaders early in their career and provides them with a supportive, collaborative environment and generous work package for their independent position. Significant core funding and limited teaching responsibilities will allow you to embark on a visionary research program.