Systems Biology

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

Like Clockwork

Like Clockwork

07.12.2020

Systems Biology

Two research students confronted the metaphor underlying the scientific thinking in their field

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

peroxisomes

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

cells that remember their identity

Memories of a Cancer Cell

08.10.2020

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Cancer, Systems Biology, Genetics

Cancer cells turn out to have memories. But these are unreliable and can end up causing trouble

phages and bacterial cell

Bacteria Could Provide Us with the Next Antivirals

16.09.2020

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Virus-fighting viperins, part of the human immune system, turn out to have bacterial counterparts that might boost the fight against human disease

Using a Wrench to Hammer Nails

Using a Wrench to Hammer Nails

08.09.2020

Systems Biology, Plants and Agriculture

A step in the biochemical pathway for soapy plant compounds comes from the “wrong” set of tools

How the “Sixth Sense” Shapes the Skeleton

How the “Sixth Sense” Shapes the Skeleton

03.09.2020

Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development

The findings point to a surprising origin for scoliosis and hip dysplasia

When the NXF1 gene functions properly (left), RNA molecules (orange dots) of a particular single-exon gene are exported from the nucleus (purple) into the cytoplasm; when the NXF1 is silenced (right), the RNAs are largely stuck within the nucleus

Two Roads Diverged in a Cell

28.07.2020

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Cells use two separate routes to export RNA out of the nucleus

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