Welcome to the Institute of Physiology of RWTH Aachen University
The Institute of Physiology is responsible for teaching and research in the broad field of Physiology. We have a commitment for the Aachen model courses in medicine, the aim of which is to better combine preclinical and clinical elements already in the first terms of medical students. In addition, we teach physiology to students of dentistry, of the Master studies in Biomedical Engineering and of the natural and the engineering sciences. Currently, there are three research groups at the institute, which have a focus on Molecular Physiology, Cellular Physiology and Neurophysiology.
Yours sincerely
Stefan Gründer
News from the Institute of Physiology
World Wide Sodium Channel Seminar Series
An online lecture series on voltage-gated sodium channels is co-organized by Prof. Angelika Lampert from the Institute of Physiology and Prof. Dr. Hugues Abriel from University of Bern, Switzerland.…
Annual Retreat of the Institute of Physiology
While in 2020 our annual retreat had to be cancelled due to the Corona pandemic, today more than 30 members of the Institute of Physiology – all vaccinated - met again at Youth Hostel Aachen. Big…
Interaction of opioid neuropeptides with ASIC1a resolved
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…
