—Scientific and personal exchange among the scientists of ImmunoSensation is at the core of the annual internal ImmunoSensation science meeting - the Cluster Science Days. We thank all our scientists, speakers, contributors and guests for another great meeting, full of exchange, cooperation and networking.
Collaborative Research Center "Metaflammation" extended
—With the participation of scientists from ImmunoSensation, the Collaborative Research Centre "Metaflammation and Cellular Programming" is investigating the links between lifestyle and inflammatory processes. The German Research Foundation has now extended funding for the research centre.
ImmunoSensation members among "highly cited researchers"
—Five scientists from ImmunoSensation are among the world's most cited researchers, annualy published by the information service provider Clarivate Analytics. Once more, Prof. Joachim Schultze (DZNE), Prof. Andreas Schlitzer (LIMES) and Prof. Eicke Latz (DRFZ), Prof. Jonathan Schmid-Burgk (UKB) and Thomas Bieber (UKB) are part of the impressive list.
—Healthy people need a healthy planet. As clear as this message is, as complex is the challenge of achieving it. The link between our lifestyle, our individual health and the health of the planet provides the key to a deeper understanding. The exhibition ‘What the Health - Eine Welt. Deine Gesundheit!’ (One World. Your Health!) is a joint project at the Research Museum König, realized by the University of Bonn and partners. The exhibition motivates visitors to rethink their lifestyle and make it healthier and more sustainable in the future.
—The Rise up! programme is aimed at outstanding and unusually creative basic researchers from the fields of biology, chemistry and medicine who have accepted a W2 professorship at a German university for the first time. The award is endowed with up to 600,000 euros each.
Otto-Westphal Thesis Prize for Jonas Schulte-Schrepping
—The German Society for Immunology e.V. (DGfI) anually honours one of its members by awarding the Otto-Westphal Thesis Prize. This year, Jonas Schulte-Schrepping from the research group of Prof. Joachim Schultze at the DZNE was selected for his PhD thesis on the systemic immune response to COVID-19. The prize is endowed with a prize money of 1,500 EUR.
—The German Society for Orthopaedic Rheumatology (DGORh) awards the Arthur Vick Prize annually. The award serves to promote research in the field of orthopaedic rheumatology. The prize is endowed with 7,000 euros.
—Children from the Bonn area visit laboratories at ImmunoSensation on a regular basis at the annual event "Türen auf mit der Maus" ("open doors with the Mouse"). This time, the group of Prof. Dagmar Wachten welcomed a group of 15 students in the age of 6 to 11 years. At "Türen auf mit der Maus" , institutions, companies and also research laboratories offer visits on-site for children, to show what the daily work looks like and educate scientific phenomena.
—The formation of pores by a particular protein, gasdermin D, plays a key role in inflammatory reactions. During its activation, an inhibitory part is split off. More than 30 of the remaining protein fragments then combine to form large pores in the cell membrane, which allow the release of inflammatory messengers.
As methods for studying these processes in living cells have so far been inadequate, the sequence of oligomerization, pore formation and membrane incorporation has remained unclear until now.
