Press Releases
Lynx Take Lunch Breaks 1
An international research team recorded and analyzed the activity patterns of 38 wild cats over the course of months
Self-Shedding Surfaces2
Chemist receives a 1.49 million euros ERC Starting Grant to develop materials for biomedical applications
Synthetic Furnishings for the Cell 3
Stefan Schiller receives 3.4 million euros in funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Energy for Cell Division4
Freiburg biochemists discover a signaling path that links energy conversion and cell division
Nano Ruffles in Brain Matter5
Freiburg researchers decipher the role of nanostructures around brain cells in central nervous system function
Team Maps Epigenome of Cardiac Muscle Cell 6
Freiburg pharmacologists identify switches that play an important role for the cardiac gene program
Understanding the Components of Memory 7
Freiburg neurobiologists elucidate the spatial and temporal dynamics of specific glutamate receptors in the brain
Fertilizer and Fuel 8
Freiburg researchers elucidate how a nitrogen-fixing enzyme also produces hydrocarbons
Benzelius Prize for Elias Coniavitis10
Freiburg researcher receives award for his contribution to research on the Higgs boson
Travelling by resonance11
Scientists provide explanation how nerve cells communicate with each other over long distances
How Alzheimer’s Peptides Shut Down Cellular Powerhouses12
Freiburg biochemists discover new mechanisms of the brain disease
Zipper Triggers Bacterial Invasion 13
Freiburg researchers discover new strategy germs use to invade cells
A Sweet Pathway into the Cell14
Freiburg researchers engineer bacterial proteins that can transport substances across the cell membrane
Sugar Protects Cells from Bacterial Invasion 15
Freiburg researchers find agent against hospital germ Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Freiburg Psychologist among World’s Most Influential Scientists16
Markus Heinrichs is one of the most highly-cited researchers
The Great Chinese Wall of Ants 17
Freiburg ecologists discover a new species of wasp that protects its offspring with dead ants
Rhesus Proteins Transport Ions, not Gas18
Using artificial lipid vesicles, biochemists show how membrane proteins transport ammonium.
Nanoscale Ruler reveals Organization of the Cell Membrane 19
Freiburg biologists measure distances and the arrangement of membrane molecules in nanometer range
Finding thoughts in speech20
Research team reports on how the human brain processes thoughts during natural communication
