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2021.06.08 | Research news
MIMS and FIMM collaboration: Stress responses in cross-microbial species are disclosed
The Fällman group has published a new article in Nature Communications with the title: “RNA atlas of human bacterial pathogens uncovers stress dynamics linked to infection”. The project involved collaboration with researchers at FIMM/University of Helsinki.
2021.05.12 | Research news
Johan Lundin: How AI can help in a healthcare setting
Professor Johan Lundin is a Research Director at FIMM (Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland), University of Helsinki. He is also a Professor of Medical Technology at the Karolinska Institutet. His research specializes in developing and studying technologies to aid diagnostics at the point of care, in particular in research-limited countries.…
2021.05.11 | Research news
Latest public release of FinnGen data
FinnGen, which is coordinated by researchers at Nordic EMBL node FIMM, is excited to announce that the FinnGen data freeze 5 results and summary statistics are now publicly available.
2021.05.04 | News from the management
Launch of Danemo: A new initiative to promote the opportunities at EMBL and EMBO
The establishment of DANEMO is designed to help strengthen the Danish life sciences and biophysics
2021.04.23 | Research news
Malaria researchers at MIMS, Ellen Bushell and Oliver Billker, reflect on World Malaria Day (25 April)
During the World Health Assembly in 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States established 25th April as World Malaria Day. Fourteen years have passed, and malaria is still a global threat, claiming over 400, 000 lives every year, mostly killing children under 5 according to the WHO.
2021.04.20 | People
Three NCMM research groups extended for a further four years
Following a successful evaluation by NCMM’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), the NCMM Board has decided to extend the groups of Irep Gözen, Nikolina Sekulic, and Anthony Mathelier
2021.04.19 | Research news
Immune cells out of control: how lethal hyperinflammation emerges from a novel gene defect
An international research team has discovered a novel subtype of a genetic immune deficiency disease. A genetically determined deficiency of the protein RhoG abrogates the normal killing function of specific immune cells, causing an uncontrolled inflammatory reaction called hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).
2021.04.08 | Research news
New perspectives for treating psychiatric disorders
Scientists at DANDRITE and EMBL Hamburg have determined the structure of Glycine Transporter 1. The finding could open new avenues for developing therapeutics for psychiatric disorders.
2021.04.06 | People
International relations and their role in research at EMBL
Plamena Markova, Head of International Relations at EMBL, shares some insight into her role and how politics goes hand in hand with enabling scientific research.
2021.03.29 | Research news
Problems with cell’s skeleton and energy production: how a single gene defect can affect both neuronal development and immune system function
Researchers in Finland and Norway have discovered a gene defect that causes a novel inherited immune deficiency. The same gene, DIAPH1, has been previously shown to cause SCBMS syndrome, a rare genetic disease associated with severe brain development defects.
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News on publications
2020.09.02 | Publication
Rapid Growth and Fusion of Protocells in Surface‐Adhered Membrane Networks
Elevated temperatures might have promoted the nucleation, growth, and replication of protocells on the early Earth.
2020.05.14 | Knowledge exchange, Publication
Joint efforts between Nabavi and Capogna group have led to the development of a novel approach named TRACE ´Tracing Retrogradely the Activated Cell Ensemble’
The neural circuitry teams at DANDRITE and PROMEMO introduce a novel approach in their latest publication, which selectively labels sensory inputs that are activated by a defined stimulus and directed to a region of interest in the brain.
2020.05.06 | Publication, Knowledge exchange
Gene variants that protect against glaucoma identified, opening therapeutic possibilities
An international research collaboration led by researchers from the University of Helsinki and Stanford University has identified rare changes in a gene called ANGPTL7 that lower intraocular pressure and significantly reduce the risk of glaucoma. The results open important new therapeutic possibilities.
2020.04.24 | Publication, Knowledge exchange
New work from the Esguerra group provides novel insight into disease mechanisms of Dravet syndrome
A new article from NCMM’s chemical neuroscience group published in Epilepsia sheds light on the early mechanisms underlying seizure onset in Dravet syndrome, a severe and devastating type of epilepsy that occurs in children and infants.
2020.02.03 | Publication, Knowledge exchange
Assistant professor Joseph Lyons coauthors milestone paper in Nature on lysosome function.
New article published in Nature entitled “ATP13A2 deficiency disrupts lysosomal polyamine export” sheds light on a defective lysosomal polyamine exporter (ATP13A2) that represents a lysosome-dependent cell death pathway that may be implicated in several neurodegenerative disorders including Kufor-Rakeb syndrome – a rare form of inherited…
2020.01.31 | Publication, Knowledge exchange, People
New publication for NCMM researchers: novel insights into cell death-inducing signals activated by ER stress
The new study, published this week in the open access journal Cell Communication and Signaling, was led by the autophagy team at NCMM.
2019.11.08 | Publication, Knowledge exchange
Targeted Gene Modification in Animal Pathogenic Chlamydia
Researchers at Umeå University (Sweden), in collaboration with researchers at the University of Maryland and Duke University (USA), now for the first time successfully performed targeted gene mutation in the zoonotic pathogen Chlamydia caviae.
2019.10.30 | Publication, Knowledge exchange, People
New article from Irep Gözen: how did the first cell division event take place?
NCMM group leader Irep Gözen recently published a perspectives article in ACS Nano, where she presents a new hypothesis for how cells were first able to divide on the early earth.
2019.10.14 | Publication, Research news, Knowledge exchange, People
Yonehara group at DANDRITE have identified a new circuit mechanism in mammalian retinal motion computation
Latest research from the group led by Keisuke Yonehara at DANDRITE has recently been published in peer-reviewed scientific journal “Current Biology”. The study is about the space-time wiring between a type of motion-sensitive cells that project to the brain for gaze stabilization and local excitatory cells in the mouse retina.
2019.09.11 | Publication, Research news
Research from the Sekulic Group provides new molecular insights into the structure and function of the centromer
New work from the group led by Nikolina Sekulic at NCMM has been published in EMBO Reports. The study sheds light on the structure of nucleosomes contained within the centromere; findings that will help to improve our understanding of the important molecular events that drive cell mitosis.
