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Large variety of peptide-gated ion channels in the freshwater polyp Hydra
It is textbook knowledge that fast synaptic transmission with ion channels exclusively uses small molecule neurotransmitters. In our publication "The comprehensive analysis of DEG/ENaC subunits in…
Dr. Jannis Meents from Cambridge joins the Institute of Physiology
Dr. Jannis Meents studied biology at the Humboldt University Berlin and completed his PhD at the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Cambridge. He now joins the research group of Prof.…
Teaching award PAULA goes to teacher of Institute of Physiology
Prof. Stefan Gründer, Director of the Institute of Physiology, has received the teaching award PAULA („Preis für Ausgezeichnete Universitäre Lehre vergeben von Aachens Medizinstudierenden“) for the…
Composition of an important ion channel elucidated.
Ion channels usually are oligomeric proteins – they are composed of different subunits, which can be identical or different. The hetero-oligomeric acid-sensing ion channel 1a/2a is broadly expressed…
Paper in PNAS published.
Today a paper of the institute of physiology has been published online in the renowned journal PNAS (USA). In this paper the composition of a hetero-oligomeric ion channel with important…
Dr. Elisangela Bressan will join the Institute of Physiology
Starting from 1st April 2014 the Brazilian neurophysiologist and pharmacologist Dr. Elisangela Bressan will be joining the group of Prof. Lampert at the Institute of Physiology. She received her PhD…
Dr. Yuemin Tian comes from Johns Hopkins University to work at Institute of Physiology
On April 01 2014, Dr. Yuemin Tian starts a Post-Doc at Institute of Physiology in the Gründer group. After finishing her thesis at the institute of physiology at Regensburg University she worked for…
Two medical students from Institute of Physiology attend Annual Nobel Laureate Meeting
Catharina Reimers and Axel Schmidt, both MD students at the Institute of Physiology, have been selected to attend the 2014 Annual Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau. Congratulations!
01.03.2014 - Prof. Lampert accepted invitation to editorial board of the Journal of Neurophysiology
Prof. Angelika Lampert was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurophysiology, with a three-year term starting on July 1, 2014. Editorial Board members are listed on the journal…
New potential mechanism discovered to regulate Na+ reabsorption in the colon
Our manuscript "Bile acids increase the activity of the epithelial Na+ channel" has just recently been published (November 2013) in the European Journal of Physiology. In this study we show that…
Prof. Angelika Lampert tritt ihren Dienst am Institut an
Prof. Angelika Lampert wurde auf eine W2-Professur am Institut für Physiologie berufen und trat am 01.10.2013 ihren Dienst an. Frau Lampert leitete zuvor eine Arbeitsgruppe am Institut für Physiologie…
