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© TUD/Magdalena Gonciarz

The Sleep Switch: How One Brain Signal Turns Sleep On and Off

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Apply Now! International Master's Programs in Life Sciences at the CMCB

Portrait of Prof. Franziska Knopf

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Dr. Franziska Knopf Appointed Professor of Biology of Bone Regeneration in Model Organisms at TU Dresden

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© Veikko F. Geyer and Martin Striegler

The Hidden Twist: Scientists Capture Cilia’s Secret Motion

An artistic visualization of the study results. The background is light blue. In the top left and the top right, there are two large drawings of brains. Inside the brains, there are colored nodes connected by lines. The brain on the left has fewer connections, while the one on the right has more complex and dense connections. There are four smaller brains in a cartoon drawing style. One in the center is thinking, while two on the right side of the image are engaging in activities like reading and lifting weights. One brain on the left is smiling. At the center of the image, there is a signpost with two arrows pointing left and right. The arrow pointing left says "LEARN," and the arrow pointing right "OR NOT TO LEARN." On its left side, a path goes up a hill with castle-like structures with a blue silhouette of a walking human. On its right side, a winding path leads uphill, with orange-colored hikers and climbers moving toward the brain with more connections. The orange figures on the right are depicted in an active stance, reaching the peak where a person stands with arms raised.

© Warsha Barde

Beyond Nature, Nurture, and Chance: How Individual Choices Shape Us and Our Brains

A close-up portrait photo. A person holds a petri dish in front of her face and looks at it with an attention. The person is wearing a white lab coat and purple gloves.

© TUD/Magdalena Gonciarz

B CUBE Graduate Awarded 2024 Georg Helm Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis

A schematic diagram comparing microtubule structures and molecular transport in a "Wild Type Cell" and a "Modified Cell." The top section illustrates a wild-type cell with a detyrosinated B-tubule and a tyrosinated A-tubule, showing directional molecular transport with black arrows. The bottom section represents a modified cell where both A- and B-tubules are tyrosinated, leading to disrupted transport, represented by a red explosion-like shape. Dashed arrows and motion symbols indicate changes in movement.

© Chhatre, A., Stepanek, L., Nievergelt, A.P. et al. Nat Commun 16, 1055 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56098-0

“Tubulin Code” Responsible for Avoidance of Head-on Collisions in Cilia

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Easing the Pressure: Tight Junctions Reduce Cell Tension to Facilitate Inflow of Water during Organ Development

Portrait of Prof. Henrik Bringmann

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Prof. Henrik Bringmann Becomes New BIOTEC Director