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How the power plants of the cell get shaped
Mitochondria are the power plants of cells. They control the production of energy and initiate various central cellular processes. If they become non-functional, this can cause or favour a number of diseases. These diseases are mainly of a neurological or muscular type,…
Milestone for the CSSB
Today, the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) celebrates its topping out ceremony on the DESY Campus in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. Hamburg’s Scientific Senator, Katharina Fegebank, Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher from the German federal government, Schleswig-Holstein’s…
Emmanuelle Charpentier receives Carus Medal
The German National Academy of Science Leopoldina accolades Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier, head of the Regulation in Infection Biology department of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, with the Carus-Prize for her exceptional work regarding…
International research project gets high level of funding
Antibodies are protein molecules that are produced by the body to fight pathogens. Their formation basically follows the principle of evolution. The best candidates are selected and optimised further in multiple rounds of competition. Some aspects of antibody formation…
More than just a mechanical barrier – epithelial cells actively combat the flu virus
Every year, we see new flu epidemics all over the world, which vary greatly in terms of their magnitude. Once it has entered the body, the influenza virus multiplies in the epithelial cells on the surfaces of the airways. Nevertheless, this does not go unnoticed and the…
Cpf1: CRISPR-enzyme scissors cutting both RNA and DNA
Only a few years after its discovery, it is difficult to conceive of genetics without the CRISPR-Cas9 enzyme scissors, which allow for a very simple, versatile and reliable modification of DNA of various organisms. Since its discovery, scientists throughout the world…
Protein production made easier
Proteins are involved in all vital processes in the body. In infections, they assume a range of crucial functions, not only during the penetration of the pathogen, but also in the body's defence. To be able to research proteins and to utilise them specifically for…
Flexibility, rather than perfection, helps in the fight against pathogens
When a foreign substance invades a body, the body produces antibodies that recognise and fight the intruder by means of antibodies that bind to a specific portion of the intruder - the antigen. Memory cells are then formed in the course of the defence reaction. These…
Killer T-cells are effective against viruses only through teamwork
Cells of the immune system must work together closely to protect our body from pathogens. Various types of immune cells are facing bacteria and Viruses "eye-to-eye". And none do their jobs more precisely and elegantly than the cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes, which are killer…
Virus attack viewed at atomic level
When bacteria and Viruses infest a body, they are recognised as foreign matter by the immune system. This leads to a corresponding immune response in an attempt to control these pathogens. In order to understand the mechanisms of attack of the pathogens in detail and to…
