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Balancing act for biomedical scientists

Featured Publication, IDC, ISF, Computational Health, ITG, Pioneer Campus,

Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and major diseases at the same time: A balancing act for biomedical scientists

Researchers, politicians and funding bodies find themselves in front of a unique situation and enormous challenge: The mounting pressure to accelerate and intensify efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic while handling the growing threat from all…

Neuron in action

Awards & Grants, Stem Cells, ISF, MCD,

Spotlight for ERC Advanced Grant awardees Magdalena Götz and Marcus Conrad

Wanted: Established, leading principal investigator with a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years. Found: At Helmholtz Zentrum München. Magdalena Götz and Marcus Conrad both receive an ERC Advanced Grant for their…

Neuronal progenitor cells travel from the subependymal zone to the olfactory bulb.

New Research Findings, Stem Cells, ISF,

Hard Times Are Coming: Brain Tissue Stiffness Is Crucial for Neurogenesis

In mammalian adult brains, neural stem cells are only present in few specific parts, so called niches. Only these niches are capable of generating new neurons. For the first time, researchers defined the proteome of these niches, the entire set of…