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.
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Stefan Gründer
News from the Institute of Physiology
The complexity of the DEG/ENaC ion channel family revealed
DEG/ENaC ion channels share a common structure but serve many different functions. What was the ancestral function of these channels? How did their diversity develop during evolution? These are the…
Why do tumor cells grow more aggressively in an acidic microenvironment?
Glioblastoma stem cells grow more aggressively in an acidic microenvironment. In our most recent publication, which was published in Pflügers Archiv – European Journal of Physiology, we show that…
Interaction of an ion channel family with neuropeptides in diverse animals
DEG/ENaC ion channels serve different functions: in some animals they detect mechanical stimuli, in others they detect pheromones, and in humans they are sensitive for acid and are important for…
