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German Research Foundation (DFG) considers creating endowed professorships

Sunday, 09 September 2012 22:21
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According to an article in the German daily newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt, the German Research Foundation (DFG) has acknowledged deficits in the search for alternative methods. According to the chairman of the DFG senate commission, Prof. Gerald Heldmaier, there are considerations to close the gap by creating endowed professorships.

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Hessen verleiht diesjährigen Hessischen Tierschutz-Forschungspreis

Sunday, 09 September 2012 08:21
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Sascha Meyer dos Santos, Andreas Daus sowie die beiden Wissenschaftler Wolfgang Kleinekofort und Friedemann Völklein werden für Ihre Leistungen auf dem Gebiet der Entrwicklung von Tierversuchsersatzmethoden geehrt.

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Vermeintlich nutzlose DNA-Abschnitte erweisen sich als wichtige Steuerzentrale im Erbgut

Sunday, 09 September 2012 08:20
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80 Prozent des Erbguts, die man lange Zeit für funktionslosen DNA-Müll gehalten hatte, wirken scheinbar aktiv an Körperfunktionen mit. Sie enthalten Millionen molekularer Schalter, die die Gene nach Bedarf an und abschalten können.

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New nano-scales can mechanically determine the mass of single biomolecules

Friday, 31 August 2012 08:20
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In a premiere, an international research team led by Mehmet Hanay at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena has developed a mechanical scales with which they can even weigh single molecules such as proteins or viruses.

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iGEM competition: new ideas for animal replacement methods

Thursday, 30 August 2012 08:20
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In this year's student competition iGEM (international Competition of Genetically Engineered Machines), eleven student teams from Germany take part. Amongst them a team from the University of Potsdam, that wants to use hamster ovary cells (CHO cells) in order to produce antibodies and a team from the University of Tübingen, that wants to use yeast cells  to detect hormones in water.

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