"Environmental and Metabolic Factors Affecting Brain Health: Neuroinflammation, Neuronal Alterations, and Cognitive Impairment"

Sarah Müller, Physiology, Vascular Biology Group

 

Date: Wednesday, October 7^th 2026
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Dial-in information is available upon request at itm@med.uni-augsburg.de

 

 

"O-mannosylation of fibrocystin and fibrocystin-L expands TMEM260 sequon selectivity and provides a potential link to the renal and auditory phenotypes of SHDRA"

Jonas Kaynert, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, proteomics group

 

Date: Wednesday,  September 23rd 2026
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Dial-in information is available upon request at itm@med.uni-augsburg.de

 

"Nanoscale tissue imaging with light for improved kidney diagnostics" 

Hans Blom, Assoc Prof/Facility Head, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden & Science for Life laboratory Stockholm, Sweden

 

Date: Friday, October 9, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Zoom Registration: https://uni-augsburg.zoom.us/meeting/register/oC8oQT5kRz2LYVm06-f_mA

 

Host: Katrin Willig

Next Talk

Date: Wednesday, October 21^st 2026

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Speaker: Jonas Pettinger

 

Upcoming Seminars (Wednesdays, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm):

November 4^th 2026: Guest Speaker Dominik Lutter (HMGU)

November 18^th 2026: Lino Braadt

December 2^nd 2026: Lars Henschke

December 16^th 2026: Maryam Nadeem

January 13^th 2027: Asli Altayeva

 

The title of the next talk will be announced shortly before the seminar.

Forschende haben eine bislang unbekannte Gruppe von Immunzellen im Hirngewebe von Patienten mit  von Alzheimer-Erkranktenung identifiziert. Möglich wurde diese Entdeckung durch eine neu entwickelte Mikroskopie-Technologie, die erstmals speziell für das menschliche Gehirn optimiert wurde. 

Kerstin Stemmer, Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the Institute of Theoretical Medicine at the University of Augsburg, has been elected as a Fellow of the renowned Academy of Toxicological Sciences (ATS). Admission to this international professional society represents a significant distinction in the field of toxicology.

Die Universität Augsburg erweitert ihre medizinische Forschungslandschaft mit der Gründung des Instituts für Theoretische Medizin (ITM). Mit einem Schwerpunkt auf biomedizinischer Grundlagenforschung und der Analyse systemischer und zellulärer Signalprozesse erforscht das ITM zentrale Fragen in den Bereichen Stoffwechsel, Immunologie, Herz-Kreislauf- und Nervensystem.

A research team led by Prof Falk Büttner, professor for protein analysis at the Institute of Theoretical Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, has published a study in the renowned journal Cell Reports Medicine that describes a new biomarker for the non-invasive diagnosis of bladder cancer. 

A joint study by the research groups of Meissner and Stemmer, in collaboration with partners from Lund University (Sweden), was recently published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA).

Exciting news! A collaborative project led by the ITM groups of Meissner, Stemmer, and Wieghofer has received prestigious funding through the International Postdoc Program of the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet).

Strokes are one of the main causes of long-term physical and cognitive impairment. A DFG project at the University of Augsburg is researching cellular level processes in the brain following an ischemic stroke, in which the blood supply to the brain is interrupted. These processes are poorly understood and could be the key to new therapies.

Obesity increases the risk of numerous secondary diseases such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and mental illness. Prof. Dr. Kerstin Stemmer explains the role of genetics in weight loss and the effect of GLP-1 weight loss medication. She is researching the extent to which fat cells can communicate directly with the pancreas in order to stimulate insulin production.