Max Planck Institute - for neurobiology of behavior — caesar

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1 Oct 2019

How does the brain coordinate behavior? New research group at caesar
The group „Neural Information Flow“ (led by Dr. Monika Scholz) utilizes the nematode C. elegans, to understand fundamental principles of information transfer within neuronal networks.

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9 Jul 2019

Students explore the world of neuroscience
Neuroscience for schools - the caesar public lab offers workshops for high school secondary level I and II

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6 May 2019

Bessel rays illuminate structures in 3D
A new publication by caesar scientists Andres Flores Valle and Johannes Seelig in „Optics Express“: bessel rays allow for the illumination of an object from different angles.

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25 Mar 2019

Nano walker follows a path of light
Light controls the movements of this nano walker, powered by azobenzene derivatives.

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12 Feb 2019

GBA2 in the nervous system: lipids and gait imbalance are intertwined
A collaborative study of scientists from the Institute of Innate Immunity, research center caesar, and DZNE sheds light on the molecular mechanism underlying ataxia and spasticity in patients with mutations in a key enzyme of the glycosphingolipid metabolism.

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4 Jan 2019

Cilia as the brain's supply pump
Cilia as the brain's supply pump

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20 Dec 2018

New publication in "Nature Methods" describes the state of the art in miniature microscopes
Review article on the topic by Jason Kerr and Damian Wallace appears today in "Nature Methods

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5 Nov 2018

A light sensor that deactivates neurons
Dr. Reinhard Seifert from research center caesar (Bonn) developed a new tool, jointly with other researchers from all over Germany. The tool is able to deactivate a single neuron with a ray of blue light. A paper about the discovery of this tool was recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.

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9 Apr 2018

Tiny nanomachine successfully completes test drive
Together with colleagues from the USA, scientists from the University of Bonn and the research institute caesar in Bonn have used nanostructures to construct a tiny machine that constitutes a rotatory motor and can move in a specific direction. The researchers used circular structures from DNA. The results will now be presented in the journal “Nature Nanotechnology”.

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31 Mar 2018

From school to lab bench - an insight into the world of science
Great success at this years's Girls' Day & Boys' Day.

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