Year: 2024

On March 20, 2024, we hosted the 5th EBM Harmonisation Workshop with the topic "Early Neural Development".     Twelve participants of the EBM Integrated Research Training Group delved into hands-on experiences on early neural patterning, microinjection and preparation of neural pl...

The canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway plays a crucial role in embryonic development by regulating various processes such as cell proliferation, differentiation, and tissue patterning. Axin is a central protein in Wnt/β-catenin signaling. I aim to further unravel Axin’s mode of action in t...

The central nervous system (CNS) arises from the so-called neurogenic ectoderm, which is specified in embryonic development around the time of gastrulation. From this tissue, both the central nervous system with all its neuronal and non-neuronal cells, as well as the neural crest and its derivatives...

Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One) is providing approximately 25.8 million euros (28 million US dollars) in funding for an international research project led by FAU: The non-profit organization will support the cassava source-sink (CASS) project in the next five years to improve the productivity of one of the most important food crops in sub-Saharan Africa. The project unites researchers from 11 institutions around the world to optimize cassava physiology to significantly increase the yield of high-quality cassava storage roots under low-input farming conditions in smallholder farmer fields.

We investigate the role of mechanics in early brain development as part of CRC 1540 - Exploring Brain Mechanics....

In a collaborative project the research groups of Prof. Henry Dube (Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy) and Prof. Esther Zanin (Department of Biology) established a new class of light responsive molecules, based on (oxo-)rhodanine, and demonstrated that their activity can be controlled with light in cancer cells.