'Ask Leibniz': Can humans „smell a scent away“?
For the Leibniz Association's 'Frag Leibniz' column, Prof Dr Anika Grüneboom explores the question of whether our nose can make scents disappear. More
Novel NMR Technique Using 3D Models Simplifies the Quest for Cancer Drugs
Mohammad Alwahsh does not need human cells to analyse the effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents live. Instead, he recreates tumours in the lab to find new therapies for thymoma with the help of a new analytical technique. More
Journalists from TU Dortmund University Visit the Lab
Dr habil Milos Filipović has a liking for hydrogen sulfide. For a film report, he told two journalists from TU Dortmund University how the unpleasant-smelling gas protects us from ageing. More
Against the Current: A Way Back to Basic Research
Suyuan Chen cannot find the taste of his hometown Mianyang anywhere else. Nevertheless, the PhD student gave up his job at a pharmaceutical company in China to research methods for cancer diagnoses at ISAS. In the interview, he explains why. More
Early Testing for Endometriosis: Brenda Krishnacoumar Wants to Give Women More Time
Brenda Krishnacoumar wants to develop a non-invasive method for the early detection of endometriosis. She plans to look for markers that make a screening for the incurable disease possible at a young age. More
Leibniz HealthTech Lecture: Anika Grüneboom Opens the Toolbox of Fluorescence Microscopy
Prof Dr Anika Grüneboom's work aims at making the body transparent and thus gain new insights into the genesis, early detection & treatment of diseases via imaging. How she manages this and which methods are needed? More
„We Age Because our Metabolism Makes Mistakes“
For Radio 91.2's podcast "Ruhrpott, deine Forschung", Dr. Martín Hugo explains how the research of the working group ERC Sulfaging contributes to uncovering mechanisms of ageing, and what hydrogen sulfide has got to do with this. More
„In Imaging, I Must Be Willing to Venture into Something New“
In the interview, Flora Weber explains why it is important to focus on more than just the details in microscopy. Using imaging techniques, the biologist wants to find out why drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis cause the death of the jawbone. More
What's Your Task as an Intern, Christopher?
Interns at ISAS do more than make coffee. Christopher Borg gives an exemplary insight into his internship, during which he worked on using a miniaturised plasma as an ion source for ion mobility spectrometry (IMS). More