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The Oracle of the T Cell

The Oracle of the T Cell

A new online platform predicts how the human immune system reacts to foreign substances

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Mitochondria Separate Their Waste

Mitochondria Separate Their Waste

Freiburg researcher shows that cellular power plants collect and break down damaged molecules

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New Agent against Cancer Cells

New Agent against Cancer Cells

Freiburg scientists have discovered a substance that suppresses unchecked cell division in leukemia cells

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Apocalypse in Great Britain

Apocalypse in Great Britain

The Freiburg English literary scholar Martin Hermann investigated stories about the end of the world in his dissertation

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Toxin Kills Using Dual Mechanism

Toxin Kills Using Dual Mechanism

Freiburg researchers discover a new bacterial toxin and explain its structure and mode of action

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Tom22, the Bouncer of the Mitochondrion

Tom22, the Bouncer of the Mitochondrion

Freiburg researcher discovers three signalling pathways that regulate the gates to the powerhouses of the cell

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Danger: Slippery Surface!

Danger: Slippery Surface!

Freiburg research team develops artificial surfaces insects cannot stick to

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Halftime for Mosses as Measuring Devices

Halftime for Mosses as Measuring Devices

An international research team takes stock on their way to monitoring air quality in Europe

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Cause of Cystic Kidneys Explained

Cause of Cystic Kidneys Explained

Freiburg graduate student identifies novel gene responsible for cystic kidney disease in children

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Learning from Relatives

Learning from Relatives

New web tool simplifies prediction of regulatory networks in bacteria

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Research with the Moss Bioreactor

Research with the Moss Bioreactor

University of Freiburg and greenovation Biotech to cooperate on improved product yields

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A Protein Provides Stress Relief

A Protein Provides Stress Relief

Astrin prevents cells from overreacting to stress and averts their premature death

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The Developmental On-Switch

The Developmental On-Switch

Substances that convert body cells back into stem cells initially activate all genes in the embryo

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Efficient and Robust

Efficient and Robust

Freiburg Physicists show why quantum transport can be close to optimal even in disordered molecular structures

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Moss beats Human

Moss beats Human

Simple moss plants outperform us by gene number

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Protein Team Produces Molecular Barrels

Protein Team Produces Molecular Barrels

Researchers show that two protein machineries collaborate on the development of barrel structures in the mitochondria

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Polymer Ribbons for Better Healing

Polymer Ribbons for Better Healing

Freiburg researchers develop hydrogels for tissue regeneration that can be fine-tuned to fit any body part

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Embedded nerve cells hold the key to brain activity

Embedded nerve cells hold the key to brain activity

Scientists from Freiburg propose new approach to unravel the function of the human brain

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When Cells Are Consumed by Wanderlust

When Cells Are Consumed by Wanderlust

Whether in fish embryos or human tumors, the same gene controls how cells migrate in cell tissue

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The Specter of Maoism

The Specter of Maoism

Freiburg Sinologist and historian Daniel Leese receives ERC Starting Grant worth 1.44 million euros

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