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  26.07.2021

  Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, founder of LMU’s Gene Center Munich, turns 80

  In his capacity as founder and Director of the Gene Center Munich, Professor Winnacker has been instrumental in shaping German and European science – and research in the Bavarian capital. more
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  01.07.2021

  Marcia Ferraz appointed as professor

  Professorship for Clinical-Experimental Reproductive Medicine more
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  04.05.2021

  COVID-19

  Researchers at LMU and PEI develop safe and effective RNA replicon vaccine more
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  03.05.2021

  t-SNE and UMAP for single-cell multimodal omics
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  22.04.2021

  Research Award

  Veit Hornung receives ERC Advanced Grant more
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  26.03.2021

  Bayer Pharmaceuticals PhD Award 2021

  Michael Ameismeier receives award for his dissertation project more
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  15.03.2021

  Specter: Fast and highly accurate clustering of single-cell multimodal omics
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  25.02.2021

  Marcia Ferraz arrives at the Gene Center

  Sofja-Kovalevskaja Award winner has recently joined the Gene Center more
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  01.02.2021

  McSplicer: a probabilistic model for estimating splice site usage from RNA-seq data
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  22.12.2020

  DNA repair

  A ubiquitin switch controls autocatalytic inactivation of the DNA–protein crosslink repair protease SPRTN more
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  01.12.2020

  EMBO Young Investigator Programme

  Julian Stingele named as EMBO Young Investigator more
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  27.11.2020

  Biology of xenogeneic cell and organ transplantation - from bench to bedside

  Transregional Collaborative Research Center 127 enters the third funding phase more
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  27.11.2020

  Immunology

  How epithelial cells ward off viruses more
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  20.11.2020

  Highly Cited Researchers 2020

  Veit Hornung is rated again among the most influential researchers more
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  18.11.2020

  Structural Biology

  Final steps of human 40S ribosome maturation more
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  29.09.2020

  Cell division

  Gene Center researchers identified the protein motifs that cooperatively stabilize the outer kinetochore network which forms the microtubule binding site more
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  18.09.2020

  Structural Biology

  Ribosomes and Russian dolls more
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  10.09.2020

  Coley award for Veit Hornung

  Veit Hornung is one of the winners of the 2020 Coley Award for distinguished research in basic and tumor immunology more
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  10.09.2020

  Innate immune system

  cGAS meets the nucleosome more
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  26.08.2020

  DNA structure-specific cleavage of DNA-protein crosslinks by the SPRTN protease

  NMR analysis reveals that specificity is achieved by a bipartite strategy more
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  17.07.2020

  Visualization of the SARS-CoV-2 virulence factor Nsp1 hijacking human ribosomes

  LMU study uses high-end cryo-electron microscopy to discover potential new drug target against COVID-19 more
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  03.05.2020

  Sphetcher: new method for sketching large single-cell datasets

  Spherical thresholding improves sketching of single-cell transcriptomic heterogeneity more
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  27.04.2020

  Bavarian Science Minister Bernd Sibler visited the Gene Center

  Minister Sibler informed himself personally about ongoing SARS-CoV-2 research more
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  17.04.2020

  Cell Biology

  Your number’s up! more
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  31.03.2020

  Research Award

  Roland Beckmann receives ERC Advanced Grant more
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  27.03.2020

  Virologist Oliver Keppler in the media

  Interviews with Oliver Keppler, chair of virology at the Max von Pettenkofer Institute more
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  18.03.2020

  Signalling of c-di-AMP

  A new phosphodiesterase targeting c-di-AMP more
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  04.03.2020

  Cell Biology

  Maintaining mitochondrial resilience more
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  27.02.2020

  Rare diseases

  Key insights from small samples more
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  07.02.2020

  Duchenne muscular dystrophy

  Tailored pig model validates novel therapeutic and diagnostic procedures more
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  05.02.2020

  Award "Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum"

  Horst Domdey receives award "Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum" for mediation between science and industry more
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  31.01.2020

  Structural Biology

  Special delivery more
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  28.11.2019

  Immunology

  Activation by breakdown more
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  04.10.2019

  IXA 2019 – 15th Congress of the International Xenotransplantation Association

  Date: October 10-13 more
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  02.10.2019

  Bavarian Order of Merit

  Ulrike Kaltenhauser receives Bavarian Order of Merit more
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  02.09.2019

  DNA Repair

  Opening the hatch to heal the break more
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  08.08.2019

  5th Munich International Symposium – Chromatin Dynamics

  Date: October 10-12; Registration open now! more
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  11.07.2019

  Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award

  Julian Stingele receives Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award more
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  26.06.2019

  Cell Biology

  Cut the CAT tails off and save mitochondria more
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  15.05.2019

  Video: Scientists on LMU Life Science Campus

  Researchers about their research motivations and the benefits of working at the LMU more
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  28.03.2019

  Research Award

  Karl-Peter Hopfner receives ERC Advanced Grant more
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  28.02.2019

  Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize

  Nina Henriette Uhlenhaut: one of the 2019 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prize winners more
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  01.02.2019

  Metabolic Research

  Causes of cortisone-induced side effects identified more
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  20.12.2018

  Structural Biology

  A molecular hammock for cotranslational modification more
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  10.12.2018

  Johannes Stigler appointed

  Professorship for Physical Biochemistry more
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  27.07.2018

  Research Awards

  Lucas Jae and Julian Stingele receive ERC Starting Grants more
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  27.03.2018

  Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize

  Lucas Jae is one of the 2018 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prize winners more