DFG establishes nine new collaborative research centers
...ity Heidelberg; University of Duisburg-Essen and the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (Rhineland Regional Council); Rheinisches Amt fr Bodendenkmalpflege, bonn (Rhineland Office for the Preservation of Archaeological Sites); Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann) In contrast to the extensive knowledge on the geneti...New Partnerships Added to World Federation of Hemophilia Twinning Program
...akar (Senegal) and Paris (France); Quito (Ecuador) and Caracas (Venezuela); Manipal (India) and Albuquerque, (New Mexico, USA); Skopje (Macedonia) and bonn (Germany). For more information on the Twinning Program and to view a video of the Lima (Peru) and Fort Worth (Texas, USA) Twin in action, visit ww...Brain tumors: New therapy surprisingly successful
...ment of certain brain tumours. This has been demonstrated by researchers at bonn University working in co-operation with German and Swiss colleagues in a cu...ion therapy cannot change. Nevertheless, Professor Dr. Ulrich Herrlinger of bonn Universitys Schwerpunkt Klinische Neuroonkologie speaks of an outstanding s...The 2009 Leibniz Prize: Eleven new scientific discoverers
... have been officially announced. At its meeting in bonn today, the Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschu... Armin Falk, experimental economics, University of bonn Prof. Dr. Frank Kirchhoff, virology, University...rof. Dr. Armin Falk (40), experimental economics, bonn Laboratory for Experimental Economics, University ...'Wiring' in the brain influences personality
...ion of the brain,' Cohen says enthusiastically. In the current study the bonn scientists focused on the 'wiring' of the striatum. Moreover, the test cand...th defects of the frontal lobe violate social norms more frequently. The bonn scientists wish to confirm their results even more. In experiments they wou...Today We Must Be the Change We Need
...m Cleveland, Ohio, who faces foreclosure because she can't afford her mortgage payments and the medication her son needs -- will vote today. "Debbie bonn -- a nurse from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, who lost her daughter in Iraq -- will vote today. "All over this great country, men and woman who each d...Substance tackles skin cancer from 2 sides
...ow and Andrew Fire were awarded the Nobel Prize in 2006 for its discovery. 'We used this method in order to drive the tumour cells to suicide,' the bonn dermatology researcher Professor Thomas Tting explains. Every single body cell is equipped with a corresponding suicide programme. It is activated, fo...New Genetic Links to Baldness Discovered
... kind of hair loss that many men -- and women -- experience as they grow older, said Felix F. Brockschmidt, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of bonn and one of the authors of a report published online Oct. 12 in the journal Nature Genetics . "The first gene known until now is on the X chromosom...Hyperactive immune resistance brings blindness in old age
... The investigation was conducted by scientists from Bonn, Gttingen, Regensburg and Oxford under the leadership of Privatdozent Dr. Hendrik Scholl of bonn Universitys Eye Clinic. The results achieved by this research team have now been published in the current edition of the PLoS ONE : http://www.plos...Minimally Invasive Treatment Improves Male Fertility
...a couple’s chances for pregnancy, according to a new study published in the August issue of Radiology. The study, conducted at the University of bonn in Germany, also found that the level of sperm motility prior to treatment is a key predictor of success. “Venous embolization, a simple tr...Knock-out drugs: Narrow window for detection
... Drug-facilitated sexual crimes are increasing. The bonn Institute for Forensic Medicine has recorded that the number of examinations on the use of intoxicants in sexual offences within their catchment area ...Satellite imagery shows fragile Wilkins Ice Shelf destabilized
.... Dr Angelika Humbert from the Institute of Geophysics, Mnster University and Dr Matthias Braun from the Center for Remote Sensing, University of bonn have been monitoring the ice shelf using a combination of radar images from ESA's Envisat satellite and the German Aerospace Centre's TerraSAR-X satel...Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prizes 2009: Six young researchers recognized for outstanding achievements
...o the field of human speech processing, which has also received international recognition. Dr. Patrik L. Ferrari (31), mathematics, University of bonn Patrik L. Ferrari is acclaimed as one of the best young researchers in the world in the field of probability theory and statistical physics. In his...Cleft lip and palate: Genes more important than thought?
...of human DNA put scientists from the University of bonn on the right track. A genetic variant on chromosom...rmity. However, the results of the scientists from bonn could also point to genes playing a far more impor... The human geneticists from the University of bonn had examined the DNA of 460 persons with clefts. M...Magnetic nanoparticles navigate therapeutic genes through the body
...quantity of the magnetic material and thus also the quantity of the therapeutically effective genes or cells. In a joint study with the University of bonn it became clear: By means of the magnetic method it is possible to dramatically increase the efficiency of the gene transfer in comparison to the non-...Periodontitis and myocardial infarction: A shared genetic predisposition
... aggressive periodontitis and myocardial infarction has already been shown in the past. Scientists at the universities of Kiel, Dresden, Amsterdam and bonn have now presented the first evidence of a shared genetic variant on chromosome 9, which maps to a genetic region that codes for the "antisense RNA" A...From sheet metal elements to host cells: DFG launches 10 new collaborative research centers
...high chemical reactivity; both may be extremely important for the development of innovative materials. Among other things, the researchers involved at bonn University and the Jlich Research Centre want to develop new theoretical and experimental methods for studying spin centres and their transformation m...National and international doctoral training
... of doctoral researchers. At its autumn meeting in bonn the Grants Committee responsible for Research Trai...oundaries to the Environment" at the University of bonn is dealing with the transfer of biological phenome...cal systems. In this project the re-searchers from bonn are cooperating with engineers from the Research C...Important new hair-loss gene discovered
... Scientists at bonn and Dsseldorf Universities have discovered an impo... Life&Brain Forschungszentrum (research centre) in bonn states. "We had already learnt from an earlier stu...on in hair-growth", says Dr. Felix Brockschmidt of bonn University. "Only then will we know whether we on ...Poniard Pharmaceuticals Appoints Four New Members to Clinical Advisory Board
...s research grants and has authored more than 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He received his medical degree from the University of bonn Medical School in West Germany and completed his residency at Ravenswood Hospital in Chicago and at the University of Southern California ...Leadership Change to Enable Arpida to Become a Fully Integrated Pharmaceutical Company
...able on our website with immediate effect. About Dr Jurgen Raths Dr Jurgen Raths studied medicine and dentistry at the Universities of Heidelberg, bonn and Cologne. He obtained his MD at the University of Bonn. Since 1990, he held several positions in the global pharmaceutical group, Eli Lilly and Com...Ralf Rosskamp, M.D. Joins Biodel's Scientific Advisory Board
...thor of over 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has published more than 50 abstracts. Dr. Rosskamp received his M.D. from the University of bonn in 1978. About Biodel Inc. Biodel Inc. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative treat...Protein Depletion for Plasma and Serum Proteomic Analysis
...ics 2005, 5 :3292-3303.