Guest at ISAS: Colloquium with Prof Dr Ronen Alon
The role of the protein ICAM-1 and its receptor LFA-1 in the immune response will be one of the topics of the colloquium with Prof. Dr. Ronen Alon on August 24. The event will take place in Dortmund; online participation is also possible. More
Tumour-Associated Neutrophils: A Robot Could Save Precious Samples
For Susmita Ghosh, examining the molecular makeup of tumour-associated neutrophils comes with two challenges: limited samples and biopsy material prone to damage. With the help of a robot and fellow PhD student Julia Rauch, not only Ghosh, but also other scientists could profit when working with leucocytes in the future.
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Biomarkers for Babies with Rare Diseases
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disease that causes muscle weakness and paralysis in young children. For some infants, the inherited disease is even fatal. To improve drug therapy for SMA patients, scientists at ISAS have identified a protein that can be used to control the course of the disease. More
Internship: From Varanasi to Dortmund with the Help of Twitter
At ISAS, Kshitij Sinha is not only coming into contact with the German language for the first time, but also with new programming languages. The 22-year-old shares his thoughts on how he made it from India to Germany and how he intends to contribute to the development of new drugs against tuberculosis. More
PODCAST »NACHGEFORSCHT – DIE LIVESCHALTE INS LABOR« – Episode 3: Studying as a Working-Class Child – from Doubts to Obtaining a Doctorate at Lightning Speed
In the third episode of our podcast, Dr Alexander Knodel talks about what helped him as his family's first academic complete his doctorate in just two and a half years. The medical physicist also explains what his research has to do with lasers and ovens. More
More than Jewellery: Silver as Protection against Implant Infections
Supporting or replacing bodily functions is possible thanks to implants - but only if they do not lead to bacterial infections. To prevent the latter, Kaja Reiffert is investigating the antimicrobial effect of silver on the surface of implants. What the doctoral student has found out so far: To prevent poisoning in the body, the particle size plays a crucial role. More
Congratulations on his Habilitation to Dirk Janasek
With a lecture on paper-based microfluidic test systems such as rapid antigen tests and pregnancy tests, PD Dr. Dirk Janasek successfully completed his habilitation at TU Dortmund University. The biochemist has been researching microfluidic systems for 20 years, 19 of them at ISAS. More
"They made me feel like I have a new family here"
Susmita Ghosh came to ISAS to work in the Bio-Fluorescence group for her dissertation on neutrophils in tumours and inflammatory tissue. In the interview, the biologist reveals what it was like to emigrate in the middle of the pandemic and what made it easier for her to do her doctorate abroad. More
Guest at ISAS: Colloquium with Prof. Dr. Sanjeeva Srivastava
The development of proteomics-based assays for the detection and prognosis of COVID-19 will be the topic of the colloquium at ISAS on July 14, 2022. Prof. Dr. Sanjeeva Srivstava will present a method for the detection of the coronavirus in low and high viral load patients. The event will take place in Dortmund – online participation is possible. More