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26.03.2026 – Felicitas Weiß successfully finished her MD thesis
Today our MD student Felicitas Weiß successfully passed the oral examination at the end of her doctoral thesis, which is entitled „Biochemical analysis of the interaction of ASIC1a and Prenylcysteine…
04.03.2026 – Nikolai Ratajczak successfully finished his MD thesis
Today our MD student Nikolai Ratajczak successfully passed the oral examination at the end of his doctoral thesis, which is entitled „Modulatory influence of PCOL on ASIC1a: electrophysiological…
Stefan Gründer joins Pflügers Archiv – European Journal of Physiology as Associate Editor
On January 1st, 2026, Stefan Gründer joined Pflügers Archiv – European Journal of Physiology as an Associate Editor. Pflügers Archiv is the official journal of the German Physiological Society and…
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Jingyu Yang successfully finished her PhD thesis
Today our PhD student Jingyu Yang successfully defended her dissertation entitled "BASIC Deficiency Disrupts Hepatic Metabolism and Pancreatic α-Cell Function during Fasting". We sincerelycongratulate…
15.01.2026 – Lu Qin successfully finished his PhD thesis
Today our PhD student Lu Qin successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Electrophysiological Characterization of Subtype-Specific Modulation and Activation of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel and…
Paper of the month: Preisträger Dr. Sven Kuspiel, Prof. Dr. Stefan Gründer & Dr. Dominik Wiemuth
In der Forschungsarbeit von Dr. Sven Kuspiel, Prof. Dr. Stefan Gründer, Dr. Dominik Wiemuth und ihrem Team wird untersucht, ob ein im Nervensystem vorkommender Ionenkanal Komplexe mit anderen…
Anton Richter successfully finished his MD thesis
Today our MD student Anton Richter successfully passed the oral examination at the end of his doctoral thesis, which is entitled „Investigations on the ASIC-dependent acid-induced cell death”. Anton…
Post-Doc (w/m/d) im Bereich Neuronaler Ionenkanäle gesucht
Das Institut für Physiologie an der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen besetzt eine Stelle als
Post-Doc (w/m/d) im Bereich Neuronaler Ionenkanäle
mit 100 Prozent der vollen tariflich vereinbarten Arbeitszeit…
International ASIC 2025 conference successfully held
From 29 September to 1 October 2025, the first international scientific meeting on acid-sensing ion channels took place in Tutzing on Lake Starnberg. The event was organised by Prof. Stefan Gründer,…
DPG names publication by the Institute of Physiology as ‘Paper of the Month’
The German Physiological Society has named a recent publication by the Institute of Physiology at RWTH Aachen University Hospital as ‘Paper of the Month’ for September 2025. The paper was recently…
13.09.2025 – Stefan Gründer receives the badge of honor of the German Physiological Society
At the general assembly of the German Physiological Society (DPG) during the 40th congress of the International Union of Physiological Societies (IUPS) in Frankfurt/Main, Stefan Gründer received the…
From our research
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is an important model organism. It contains an ion channel family, termed PPKs, with homology to ASICs and ENaC in humans. In our last study, which was performed…
