It is essential for cells to control precisely which of the many genes of their genetic material they use. This is done in so-called transcription factories, molecular clusters in the nucleus. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg…

International research team identifies how the cell nucleus structures active and inactive DNA -  and thus controls the development of a cell.

All life begins with one cell. During the development of an organism, cells divide and become specialized, yet each cell nucleus contains the same…

For his high level of peer review competence, Prof. Dr. Vasily Zaburdaev has been awarded the IOP trusted reviewer status.

Organisms often react to extreme environmental conditions with defence mechanisms which allow them to survive. Understanding these mechanisms may lead to new approaches for extending the life of human cells. In a work recently published in the journal Aging Cell, a team of researchers from FAU, the…

New project in collaboration with the Wong Lab from the University of California (UCLA), supported by the Bavaria California Technology Center (BaCaTeC). In the project, we aim to investigate how self-organisation of ligand-receptor complexes orchestrates the immune response.