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Hijacking the Host Defenses Gives Bacteria an Advantage

Hijacking the Host Defenses Gives Bacteria an Advantage

25.01.2021
Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A metabolic switch in microbe-fighting macrophages signals bacteria to convert them to hotels with amenities 
Helping the Brain’s Immune Cells Regain the Ground State

Helping the Brain’s Immune Cells Regain the Ground State

11.01.2021
Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
An anti-inflammatory agent keeps microglia responses short and to the point 
A Brain Mechanism underlying “Vision” in the Blind is Revealed

A Brain Mechanism underlying “Vision” in the Blind is Revealed

07.01.2021
Brain & Behavior
Researchers observed slow spontaneous fluctuations in the brain’s visual centers that preceded visual hallucinations in blind people
Plant Microbiome Project Connects Students to Real-Time Research

Plant Microbiome Project Connects Students to Real-Time Research

31.12.2020
Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Science Teaching
High school students are out in the field, expanding our knowledge of an invisible ecosystem
How Cancers Hurt Themselves to Hurt Immune Cells More

How Cancers Hurt Themselves to Hurt Immune Cells More

16.12.2020
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Immunology
A study of melanoma cells explains a puzzling response they exhibit to ward off T cell attacks
Like Clockwork

Like Clockwork

07.12.2020
Systems Biology
Two research students confronted the metaphor underlying the scientific thinking in their field
Chaperones Do the Two-Step

Chaperones Do the Two-Step

03.12.2020
Structural Biology, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Understanding how certain proteins work as a team could shed new light on the way cells defend themselves against neurodegenerative disease
Sharing Science

Sharing Science

27.11.2020
Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology
A postdoc talks about complicated research, living at the Institute and the joys of scientific outreach
The nervous system of the worm

When Male and Female Brain Connections Break Down Differently

23.11.2020
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders tend to strike one sex more than the other; and for...
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Priority Proteins Arrive Pronto

19.11.2020
Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology
Competition for treatment in a cellular organelle may be decided on the basis of need

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