Monthly Archives: August 2015

Strategies to recognize microbes – A view onto nucleic acid sensors

Several research groups within the ImmunoSensation Cluster of Excellence have been involved in the identification and characterization of pattern-recognition receptors and their ligands. Recently, Prof. Veit Hornung from the Institute of Molecular Medicine created a graphical overview of the pathways and their signaling molecules involved in nucleic acid recognition published in the Immunity SnapShot series Nucleic Acid Immune Sensors Part 1 and Part 2.  Here, … Continue reading Strategies to recognize microbes – A view onto nucleic acid sensors »

Spring School Ettal: Understanding the Immune System as a whole System

Last Spring I found myself very focused on my own very specific PhD topic. Nevertheless, I was curious about the latest findings and questions in other fields in immunology. Filled with the wish to hear about other topics and to meet up with PhD students and postdocs from all over Germany and from other countries, I participated in the Spring School organized by the German … Continue reading Spring School Ettal: Understanding the Immune System as a whole System »

Beauty and the beast: research on sea urchin sperm

Sea urchins – wonderful to look at, painful to step on. These spiny little creatures, with shells normally measuring between 3 and 10 cm in diameter, come in colours from black to shades of green, brown, purple, blue, and red. Originally called “sea hedgehogs”, urchins inhabit all oceans of the Earth and can be found from the intertidal region to depths of 5000 m, depending … Continue reading Beauty and the beast: research on sea urchin sperm »