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- Researchers have a better understanding of how our cells dispose of waste while developing ways to control it
- A research team from Freiburg and Frankfurt has discovered how cells recognise and internally break down waste. The results are relevant for the development of therapies for diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
- Teacher of the Year Award for Nikolaus Pfanner
- The biochemist is honored by the Faculty of Medicine Freiburg as Teacher of the Year for excellent teaching
- Protein kinase DYRK1A identified as a central integrator and synchronizer of the mitochondrial import machinery
- Mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the cytosol and are imported into mitochondria, where they are involved in converting the energy contained in our food into the cell-usable energy form adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
- Nils Wiedemann elected into Academia Europaea
- Biochemist recognised for outstanding achievements in mitochondrial research
- Mourning for Professor Karl Decker
- The former Director of Biochemistry II has died at the age of 99.
- A giant named MIMAS in the cellular powerhouses
- Freiburg research team discovers mega-protein complex with surprising properties in mitochondria. The unusually large complex called MIMAS combines many different cellular functions. MIMAS could represent the founder of a novel organising principle in the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- Freiburg research team casts light on signal-dependent formation of mitochondria
- Scientists reveal the transport of positively charged signal sequences through negatively charged groove
- Chris Meisinger elected into Academia Europaea
- Chris Meisinger elected into Academia Europaea Biochemist recognised for outstanding achievements in mitochondrial research
- Chris Meisinger elected into Academia Europaea
- Chris Meisinger elected into Academia Europaea Biochemist recognised for outstanding achievements in mitochondrial research
- Evolutionary Tuning of a Cellular “Powerhouse”
- Researchers in Freiburg and Bonn provide the first comprehensive mapping of the protein machineries in the mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell
- Formation of pores in mitochondrial membrane elucidated
- Study by a team of researchers from Freiburg and Kyoto investigates formation of beta-barrel membrane proteins that make up the pores
- Mitochondria efficiently adapt to changing metabolic conditions
- Freiburg researchers show that two protein complexes can communicate with each other
- Protein machinery of respiration becomes visible
- Researchers provide high-resolution electron microscopy analysis of the molecular machinery within the respiratory chain
- Protein molecules in mitochondria clearly assigned for the first time
- New findings make it possible to explore in detail the links between defects in mitochondrial proteins and diseases of the cardiovascular and nervous systems
- Nikolaus Pfanner receives the Schleiden Medal from Leopoldina for insights into mitochondria
- Freiburg cell biologist has contributed significantly to the understanding of the membrane system of mitochondria
- How cells control mitochondria
- Freiburg researchers discover a signaling protein that controls the assembly of human cellular “power plants”
- Four Teaching Awards for Biochemistry
- The Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology receives four teaching awards from students.
- Basis for the essential cellular powerhouses
- Researchers have solved the operating mode of the barrel pore protein assembly in the mitochondrial outer membrane
- Nora Vögtle receives Helmut-Holzer award
- The biochemist receives the award from the Scientific Society of Freiburg for her work on mitochondrial quality control
- Distinguished Guest Professor in Kyoto
- Nikolaus Pfanner, biochemist and molecular biologist of the University of Freiburg, has been honored as Guest Professor of the Kyoto Sangyo University.
- TOM, the entry gate of mitochondria
- Structure and functional steps of the main entry gate of the cellular powerhouses have been solved in a collaboration of Japanese and Freiburg research teams
- Honorary doctorate for Nikolaus Pfanner
- The biochemist and molecular biologist of the University of Freiburg has been honored by the Faculty of Medicine in Bochum
- Stress in the Powerhouse of the Cell
- University of Freiburg researchers discover a new principle – how cells protect themselves from mitochondrial defects
- Doorway and doorman all in one
- The protein complex TOM regulates protein access to cell power plants – Chris Meisinger aims to find out which signal pathways can change that selection
- Dissolving protein traffic jam at the entrance of mitochondria
- Researchers from Freiburg discovered a novel mechanism that ensures obstacle-free protein traffic into the powerhouse of the cell
- Dissolving protein traffic jam at the entrance of mitochondria
- Researchers from Freiburg discovered a novel mechanism that ensures obstacle-free protein traffic into the powerhouse of the cell
- Funding Approval for Two Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs) in the Life Sciences and Medicine
- The University of Freiburg will receive roughly 25.8 million euros from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for the funded projects
- An Elegant Mechanism
- Researchers discovered a connection between metabolite and protein transport in the powerhouse of the cell
- Helping to Transport Proteins Inside the Cell
- Researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how proteins are transported to the cell’s power stations
- Channels for the Supply of Energy
- Freiburg scientists elucidate the mechanism for the transport of water-insoluble protein molecules in mitochondria