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Susmita Ghosh uses the mass spectrometer to analyse neutrophils granulocytes. The 28-year-old joined ISAS in 2021 as a doctoral student in the Biofluorescence research group.

Immune Cell Analysis in Inflamed Tissue: The Less the Better

Neutrophil granulocytes, a type of immune cell, are indispensable for the defense against pathogens. However, if they migrate into injured tissue, for example into the brain after a stroke, they can promote chronic inflammation and cause long-term damage. To analyse the proteins of neutrophils in sites of inflammation and thus their functional dynamics, it takes millions of these immune cells – a problem, because often only few cells are found in these sites. Researchers at ISAS, the University Hospital Essen and the University of Münster have therefore developed a method that enables mass spectrometric analysis using just 1,000 neutrophils.

Feb 7, 2025, 5:28:38 PM

Spliceosome: How Cells Avoid Errors When Manufacturing mRNA

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is a basic requirement for producing proteins that fulfill an organism’s vital functions. Researchers at the Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center have succeeded for the first time in depicting a faultily “blocked” spliceosome at high resolution and reconstructing how it is recognized and eliminated in the cell.

Feb 7, 2025, 1:17:35 PM

Saving energy is "in", even neurons are joining in

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn as well as the University Medical Center Göttingen found that the neuronal energy conservation program determines the location and number of messenger RNA (mRNA) and proteins, and differs depending on the length, longevity and other properties of the respective molecule. The work has now been published in the journal "Nature Communications".

Feb 7, 2025, 1:13:52 PM

War and Redistribution – Experimental Study on Russia

Wars bring suffering and destruction. They also cost a lot of money. What do the people of a warring country think about rising spending and government redistribution policies? Political scientists Dr. Philipp Chapkovski (University of Duisburg-Essen) and Alexei Zakharov (Ph.D, Yale University) have investigated this question in a survey experiment for Russia. Their study The Effect of War on Redistribution Preferences was published in the Journal of Public Economics.

Feb 7, 2025, 12:15:14 PM

Microorganisms go with the Flow

Researchers from the University of Bayreuth and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation in Göttingen have investigated the movement patterns of unicellular, hydrogen-producing green algae under different light intensities. Their findings will contribute to optimising the use of these microorganisms in biotechnological applications, such as the production of renewable energy sources. The team has published its results in the internationally renowned journal PNAS.

Feb 7, 2025, 11:39:44 AM