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German-Research-Foundation-funded initiative supports research to better understand the movements of microorganisms in an effort to develop new
Scientists at EPFL have shown that the powerful transient absorption spectroscopy technique can unravel ultrafast motion of electrons and nuclei in a...
E-Mail The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 13 new Priority Programmes (SPP) for 2022. This was decided by the DFG Senate at a meeting that was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 13 new consortia were selected from 47 submitted initiatives and will receive a total of approximately €82 million for an initial three years. In addition, there will be a 22-percent programme allowance for indirect project-related costs. The programmes now approved cover the entire breadth of subjects, including the humanities and social sciences,...
Epidemiology Training: Gov’t Launches Competitive Examination The Minister of State, Minister of Higher Education and the Minister of Public Health, have launched competitive examination for the recruitment of 16 students into the advanced training of the According to a joint order issued by both ministers in Cameroon Tribune edition of April 5, 2021, the competitive examination is opened to Cameroonian civil servants without discrimination of sex or language. Candidates must fulfil the following requirements: be 40 years at most as at 1 January 2021, be on duty at the Ministry of P...
Astrocytes might be a potential new target to better treat epilepsy A significant number of epilepsy patients does not respond to currently available drugs. A collaboration between researchers in Japan and at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) now addressed a cell type in the brain that has so far not received much attention in epilepsy therapy. In the current edition of the Journal of Neuroscience, they describe that astrocytes might be a potential new target to better treat this disease. During epileptic seizures, a large number of nerve cells in the brain fire excessively and ...