News 2024

Researchers from Dresden uncover a greater neuron production in the frontal lobe during brain development in modern humans than Neandertals, due to the change of a single amino acid in the protein TKTL1.

Researchers at the Human Technopole in Milan, Itlay and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany show how molecular cargo trains change direction in cellular micro-antennas.

Dresden and Tübingen researchers show that roundworms adapted their fertility to different temperatures during evolution.

Clusters of proteins can form in solutions with concentrations that are well below the threshold for phase separation and the formation of biomolecular condensates.

Funding for Maximina Yun and Steffen Rulands to explore the role of regeneration in aging

Study finds genome loops don’t last long in cells; theories of how loops control gene expression may need to be revised.

Comprehensive genome analysis sheds light on nutrition and evolution of vampire bats

International team of researchers show how insulin in alpha cells in the fruit fly Drosophila ensure proper development when food is scarce.

The Yun group at CRTD and MPI-CBG identifies a protein determining positional identity in cells.

Dresden researchers show that gelation enables the correct architecture of the mitotic spindle.