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How the body switches out of “fight” mode Cortisone and other related glucocorticoids are extremely effective at curbing excessive immune reactions. But previously, astonishingly little was known about how they exactly do that. A team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Unikli...

212 scientists from FAU among the top two percent of most frequently cited researchers worldwide According to a recent study, more than 200 researchers at FAU belong to the top two percent of the most frequently cited academics worldwide. The list was published by a team of researchers from Stanfor...

Dirk Mielenz invites Prof. Rudolf Wiesner and Prof. Dr. Bent Brachvogel from the University of Cologne to a hybrid Nikolaus-Fiebiger Zentrum (NFZ) seminar on 19.07.2023 at 11.oo s.t. Titles of their lectures: "Inducing mtDNA deletions in mouse tissues to study if and how they contribute to ageing-re...

Mario Zaiss has invited Prof. Dr. Claudia Mauri from University College London, Centre for Rheumatology and Bloomsbury Rheumatology Unit, UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences, London, UK for the MICE Seminar on 11.07.2023 at 12.30 pm. Title of her talk: "Are we treating the wrong organs in autoim...

Pushing the reset button At the university hospital Erlangen, patients with severe forms of autoimmune diseases are being treated with cells from the body that have been genetically modified, which are known as CAR T cells. This study is the first of its kind in the world. Physicians were astounded...

Researchers from Erlangen prove the benefit of booster vaccination in people with rheumatism and inflammatory bowel and skin diseases Many patients with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatism, ulcerative colitis or psoriasis have to take medication that influences the immune system. The immune syst...

Mario Zaiss will host the two-day scientific symposium Gut-Bone Axis Meeting 2022 in Erlangen, bringing together researchers and clinicians from the immunology, bone and gut fields with internationally renowned keynote speakers. Registration is open until June 19th 2022 . Link: Gut-Bone Axis Meet...

Saturday, May 21, 2 p.m. to midnight, in Erlangen, Nuremberg and Fürth. For one night on the road through the metropolitan region and look into the future with science: The tenth Long Night of Science will take place on Saturday, May 21 - this year already in spring, but with many open-air events. ...

Gerhard Krönke has invited Prof. Dominic Grün from the Institute of Systems Immunology in Würzburg for the MICE Seminar on 03.05.22 at 17:15. Title of his presentation: "Hidden message in the noise: decomposing single-cell transcriptome variability". Location: Seminar room of the Institute ...

An exciting and comprehensive article about molecular mechanisms that are responsible for the damage and resolution of inflammation in cancer, aging, and severe COVID-19. Alongside several globally successful immunologists, Gerhard Krönke explains the role of macrophages in stopping inflammation. ...