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Alterations in the UFM1 system — a protein modification machinery — disrupt the production of proteins in neurons, leading to severe developmental disorders.  more

Researchers have now identified the presynaptic protein Munc13-1 as a key control point linking intracellular lipid and Ca²⁺ signals to vesicle readiness and synaptic performance. more

Researchers have developed a co-culture system for assessing complex responses to different immunotherapies.  more

Researchers from Göttingen (Germany) and Lausanne (Switzerland) have developed a new method to generate quantum light using an electron beam.  more

Maximilian Vossel, Bert de Groot, and Aljaz Godec from the MPI-NAT have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that allows mechanical signals to travel across proteins. The lever-like principle makes allostery physically tangible and opens new perspectives for drug design and synthetic biology. more

Researchers from Göttingen and Marburg have succeeded in using light to specifically change the electronic state of a material. Their results show how ultrashort light pulses can switch nanoscale areas of a material between insulating and metallic states – precisely and without significant heat input. more

Researchers have now uncovered the molecular mechanism by which the 3’ ends of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are processed in the nucleus and mitochondria of human cells.  more

Researchers around Niels Fischer and Marina Rodnina uncovered in molecular detail how the translation machinery selects the start site of a protein-coding region on mRNA for protein production in human cells.
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Researchers around Klaus-Armin Nave have now shown that, in addition to age and sex, the parental source of the 5xFAD transgene determines the severity of Aβ plaque deposition in the offspring. more

A team from three Max Planck Institutes, the Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration at the University Medical Center Göttingen, the University of Kiel, and the FAccTs GmbH used a chemical peculiarity of hydrogen to amplify the signals of magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In this way, the scientists were able to visualize previously unknown intermediate steps in the conversion of hydrogen. more

Researchers led by Marina Bennati have developed a new instrumental design that enables enhancing NMR signals for liquid-state NMR. more

Stefan Hell and his research teams in Göttingen and Heidelberg have extended the MINSTED method to the high-resolution tracking of molecular movements. This enabled them to track the movements of the motor protein kinesin with unprecedented precision.
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A research team from Göttingen and Barcelona (Spain) has used the quantum mechanical interference of electrons to visualize light field oscillations in a nanostructure. more

If you take a coin out of an ice bath, it warms up over time. Likewise, a hot coin that you have just taken out of a sauna cools down. The fact that systems, here the coin, thermally adapt to their environment is due to the heat flow that results from temperature differences. more

Researchers from the MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, in collaboration with colleagues from Kiel University, have now successfully created a state in a crystalline material that – similar to the structure of liquid crystals – can be described as neither clearly liquid nor clearly crystalline. more

Studies provide new insights into the mechanisms of the disease (in German) more

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