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The opioid neuropeptide big dynorphin increases the activity of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 1a (ASIC1a) during sustained acidosis, as it occurs, for example, during stroke. Because sustained activation…

At the Institute of Physiology of the Medical Faculty of RWTH Aachen University there is an attractive open position for a Full Professor (W3) of Physiology. You can find the advertisement here.

At the Young Physiologists Virtual Symposium, which took place on 1st and 2nd of June 2021, Jan Clusmann received the prize for the second best talk! The title of his talk was „ Acid sensing ion…

Proton-sensitive ion channels, so called ASICs, have already been characterized in many neurons of rodents – mice and rats. Their characterization in human neurons, however, is more difficult and…

Today our MD student Melissa Reiners successfully passed the oral examination at the end of her thesis. Already in 2018, the results of her doctoral thesis entitled "Investigation of the RPRFamide…

Today our MD student Catharina Reimers successfully passed the oral examination at the end of her thesis with summa cum laude. Already in 2017, the results of her doctoral thesis entitled…

Sven Kuspiel receives the Springorum commemorative medal for his master thesis. The Springorum commemorative medal is awarded to the top 10 per cent graduates of each faculty.

Congratulations!

The voltage-gated K+ channel Kv1.1 is one of the dominant K+ channels in the central nervous system. Kv1.1 activity is tightly regulated by different mechanisms. For example, protein kinase C (PKC)…

At the Young Physiologists Virtual Symposium, which took place on 7th of October 2020, Michèle Bachmann received a poster award for her poster entitled „Mapping the ligand binding site on a…

On October 10 2020, Maria Girbes Minguez starts at the Institute of Physiology in the Gründer group. After finishing her Bachelor in veterinary medicine at the CEU Cardinal Herrera University in…

The transient receptor potential melastatin 2 (TRPM2) cation channel consists of a N-terminal channel domain and a C-terminal enzyme domain. It is activated by the cytosolic enriched second messenger…

The DFG project of Dr. Frank Kühn (AG Lückhoff) has already provided important impulses for the structural and functional elucidation of the gating mechanism of TRPM2. Another aim of this DFG project…