University of Freiburg

Freiburg Researchers find potential target for triple-negative breast cancer immunotherapy

(IN BRIEF) Researchers from the University of Freiburg have found that triple-negative breast cancer stem cells are invisible to the…

1 year ago

New research project explores sports arenas as sites of cultural dynamics and relations

(IN BRIEF) The University of Freiburg is leading a German-French research project on the significance of sport arenas as spaces…

1 year ago

New research challenges accepted mechanism for creating electropores in biomembranes

(IN BRIEF) Researchers from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon and the University of Freiburg’s Institute of Physiology have cast…

1 year ago

Cure for prostate cancer on the horizon

(PRESS RELEASE) FREIBURG, Germany, 1-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer. According to the American…

3 years ago

Leading researchers and experts on robotics, AI and ML will gather in Freiburg for the “Robotics: Science and Systems” conference

(PRESS RELEASE) FREIBURG, 6-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Over 450 leading researchers on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) expected to gather…

5 years ago

Professor Kerstin Krieglstein appointed new rector of The University of Konstanz

The University of Konstanz has a new rector: Professor Kerstin Krieglstein, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University…

6 years ago

University of Freiburg ranked 24 in Thomson-Reuters ranking of Europe’s most innovative universities

FREIBURG, 01-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Freiburg has held its place in Thomson-Reuters’ 2018 ranking of Europe’s 100 most…

6 years ago

Research team at the University of Freiburg mapped out the gene regulators in the DNA of human cardiac muscle cells

More than 100,000 switches FREIBURG, 30-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Information for building cells is stored in our genetic material, otherwise known…

6 years ago

Young researchers can do their research at foreign research institutes thanks to a Rubicon grant from NWO

THE HAGUE, 17-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — 21 researchers who have recently received their PhDs can do their research at foreign research…

6 years ago

University of Freiburg awarded with 12 new tenure-track professorships

Successful application for the "Federal and State Program for the Advancement of Young Scientists" FREIBURG, 22-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The University…

7 years ago

University of Freiburg: uni’wissen research magazine’s latest edition focuses on sustainability

FREIBURG, 11-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — As well as outstanding research projects and special teaching projects, the uni’wissen research magazine is also…

7 years ago

University of Freiburg: strong evidence that the Higgs particle decays into quarks

Research group at the University of Freiburg contribute significant new findings to the ATLAS experiment FREIBURG, 19-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — As…

7 years ago

International team of researchers identify the roles of the five regions of the prefrontal cortex play in decision-making

Research group offers new insights into the roles of different subareas in the prefrontal cortex FREIBERG, 14-Feb-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Whether…

7 years ago

Freiburg researchers discovered how a molecular barrel structure serves various functions in the mitochondria

FREIBURG, 11-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Freiburg researchers have discovered that the molecular barrel protein Mdm10 can carry out various functions for…

8 years ago

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to hold fellows’ meeting, 5-7 October 2016, University of Freiburg

BONN, 03-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Fellows’ meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Freiburg from 5 to…

8 years ago

University of Freiburg researchers visualized and quantified the growth and composition of breast tumours over time in a living animal

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have gained new insight into the phases of breast cancer growth Freiburg, 3-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/…

9 years ago

University of Freiburg pharmacologists and toxicologists discovered how the toxins of dangerous bacteria enter the interiors of cells

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how the toxins of dangerous bacteria enter the interiors of cells FREIBURG,…

9 years ago

University of Freiburg demonstrated how molecular chaperones collaborate to create barrels for protein folding

University of Freiburg researchers demonstrate how so-called chaperones collaborate to create barrels for protein folding FREIBURG, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Chaperones are…

9 years ago

University of Freiburg’s Dr. Nils Wiedeman receives EUR 2 million in funding from ERC for in-depth research on mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell

Biochemist Nils Wiedemann receives two million euros in funding from European Research Council FREIBURG, 10-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Understanding metabolic diseases…

9 years ago

Dr. Uwe Schulte, Dr. Jochen Schwenk and Prof. Dr. Bernd Fakler from University of Freiburg elucidated the spatial and temporal dynamics of specific glutamate receptors in the brain

Freiburg neurobiologists elucidate the spatial and temporal dynamics of specific glutamate receptors in the brain FREIBURG, 20-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ —…

10 years ago

University of Freiburg: German scientists discover why Mosses survived many climate catastrophes

German scientists discover why these plants endured ice age FREIBURG, Germany, 18-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Mosses have existed on Earth…

10 years ago

University of Freiburg researchers identified novel mechanism of bacterial invasion

Freiburg researchers discover new strategy germs use to invade cells Freiburg, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The hospital germ Pseudomonas aeruginosa wraps…

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