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Germany is a top destination for PhD students, postdocs, and senior scientists. The website "Research in Germany" helps you to find your way to Germany, to seek for PhD positions, research jobs or funding opportunities. It describes the German research landscape and provides you with contacts to institutions and networks. Welcome to Germany - the Land of Ideas!

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There are many good reasons for doing research in Germany. It is a leading research nation – especially when it comes to the disciplines of the future – and its universities and research institutions are among the best in the world. 

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Germany offers a diverse and welcoming ecosystem for researchers and innovators from across the world. From the maritime North to the Alps in the South: Our short film takes you on a journey to "Research Wonderland" Germany.

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Here you will find a selection of the latest R&D news from German universities, non-university research institutes and industrial research facilities.

New study reveals ‘moonlighting’ function of part of the brain’s protein destruction machine at synapses

A major component of the cell’s protein destruction machine moonlights at brain synapses A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research discovered a ‘moonlighting’ function carried out by a complex that normally works to degrade proteins in cells - this protein destruction machine is called the proteasome. The scientists found, by counting and visualizing individual protein complexes, that one part of the proteasome (the 19S regulatory complex) was abundant near brain synapses where it regulates synaptic proteins and transmission on its own - without its partner.
May 26, 2023, 6:32:39 PM

When the cell digests itself: How inherited neurodegenerative diseases develop

Our cells are crisscrossed by a system of membrane tubes and pockets called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It is crucial for the production of biomolecules and is continuously built up and degraded. Degradation, known as ER-phagy, is promoted by the protein ubiquitin, which controls many processes in the cell. If the proteins involved in ER-phagy are defective, neurodegenerative diseases result. This has been discovered by an international research team led by Goethe University Frankfurt (as part of the EMTHERA research cluster) and Jena University Hospital and published in two papers in the renowned journal Nature.
May 26, 2023, 4:00:00 PM

Effective as a collective: Researchers investigate the swarming behavior of microrobots

Research study reveals alternative route to realize programmable active matter
May 26, 2023, 3:39:31 PM

New study reveals ‘moonlighting’ function of part of the brain’s protein destruction machine at synapses

A major component of the cell’s protein destruction machine moonlights at brain synapses A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research discovered a ‘moonlighting’ function carried out by a complex that normally works to degrade proteins in cells - this protein destruction machine is called the proteasome. The scientists found, by counting and visualizing individual protein complexes, that one part of the proteasome (the 19S regulatory complex) was abundant near brain synapses where it regulates synaptic proteins and transmission on its own - without its partner.
May 26, 2023, 6:32:39 PM

When the cell digests itself: How inherited neurodegenerative diseases develop

Our cells are crisscrossed by a system of membrane tubes and pockets called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It is crucial for the production of biomolecules and is continuously built up and degraded. Degradation, known as ER-phagy, is promoted by the protein ubiquitin, which controls many processes in the cell. If the proteins involved in ER-phagy are defective, neurodegenerative diseases result. This has been discovered by an international research team led by Goethe University Frankfurt (as part of the EMTHERA research cluster) and Jena University Hospital and published in two papers in the renowned journal Nature.
May 26, 2023, 4:00:00 PM

Effective as a collective: Researchers investigate the swarming behavior of microrobots

Research study reveals alternative route to realize programmable active matter
May 26, 2023, 3:39:31 PM
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