ISAS and the University of Duisburg-Essen are strengthening their ongoing collaboration with a further professorship based on the Jülich model. Applications are possible until 18 August 2024.
The Collaborative Research Centre "Local Control of Thyroid Hormone Action - LOCOTACT" investigates the local control of the effects of thyroid hormones in organs such as the heart or liver. In order to find new therapeutic approaches for cardiovascular diseases, for example, researchers at ISAS want to know: How does the body control the transport, metabolism and mechanism of action of thyroid hormones in the heart?
The laboratories of the Bioimaging working group at ISAS are currently unusually empty. Two of the doctoral students have left the institute for a several-month research stay in the USA. An Interview with Head of the research group, Prof Dr Anika Grüneboom, ans statements from the two travellers give an insight into the advantages of this for their own scientific careers as well as the entire group's work.
There are almost 1,400 kilometres between Marcos Nadales Neira's home town of Zaragoza in Spain and Dortmund. Why the 18-year-old decided to do an internship at ISAS and what he hopes to gain from his time at the institute, he reports for ISAS Kompakt.
What does good scientific practice actually mean? And what are the tasks of a designated ombudsperson? Dr Yvonne Reinders gives an insight into her voluntary work.
Physicians often find themselves racing against time. In most cases, the faster treatment can be provided, the better it is for patients. The diagnosis should therefore be made as early as possible. This is where artificial intelligence could come into play. An interdisciplinary team of researchers has investigated the extent to which machine learning models are suitable for analysing clinical data - for example, to predict sepsis (blood poisoning) earlier than currently possible.