A group of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Anne Spang from the Biozentrum at the University of Basel has studied the lipid metabolism process in yeast cells as well as in human cells in more detail. They found that the protein Arf1 ensures that lipids stored in the cells are transported from the lipid droplets to the mitochondria on demand.

Scientists led by Prof. Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital of the Harvard University in Boston, have used an in vitro Alzheimer's model to elucidate the mechanisms underlying amyloid-β reduction when the muscle protein irisin is available.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is awarding the Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize for the tenth time. Aim of the award is to honor scientists and scholars who have rendered outstanding contributions to the promotion of animal welfare in science and research.

Researchers led by Prof. Jürgen Knoblich have developed an animal-free method to identify cell types and gene regulatory networks in humans that underlie autism. Using brain organoids, complex genetics as well as Deep Learning, a research team from the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) in Vienna and the Treutlein group at ETH Zurich clarified the effects of multiple mutations in single cells that lead to autism.