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6 April 2021|MIN-en

FAQ on the coronavirus and its impact on Universität Hamburg

How are examinations currently taking place? What rules are in place for working from home? You will find answers to the most important questions on the coronavirus pandemic and the current rules in the FAQ, which is regularly updated. [Last update: 1 April 2021, 2:52 PM]

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2 April 2021|MIN-en

Researchers identify promising candidates for COVID drugs

An international team of researchers, which on behalf of Universität Hamburg is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Betzel and Prof. Dr. Arwen Pearson, has identified several candidates for drugs against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 using DESY´s X-ray lightsource PETRA III. In addition, a new binding site on the virus was...

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A DNA origami nanostructure, with a ‘sign’ for contrast and identification and a ‘post’ whose base binds specifically to a molecular target, is added to cells. The cells are then imaged by cryoET to identify and locate the protein of interest.

Photo: Modified from Silvester et al, 2021

31 March 2021|Forschung

DNA Origami Signposts

Researchers from Centre for Structural Systems Biology’s Grünewald group (Heinrich Pette Institute / Universität Hamburg) in collaboration with researchers at the University of Oxford, recently developed a method to pinpoint individual protein structures using DNA origami nanostructures and electron cryotomography...

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26 March 2021|Forschung

The health of the Baltic Sea is below standard – but there’s hope for improvement

An international research team with participation of Universität Hamburg has developed an index that can be used to assess the condition of the Baltic Sea. But how does this "Baltic Health Index" (BHI) work? And which grade does the Baltic Sea currently achieve?

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23 March 2021|MIN-en

Call accepted

Prof. Dr. Tim Wehling has accepted the call to the W3 professorship "Computational Theory of Condensed Matter" at the Cluster of Excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter" and in the Department of Physics. The theoretical physicist previously conducted research at the interdisciplinary Bremen Center for Computational...

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10 March 2021|Forschung

Perspectives of synchrotron radiation in biology

What could be done with X-rays, in particular synchrotron radiation, for biologically motivated experiments? What are the opportunities and perspectives for the future? An international team of scientists including many researchers from Universität Hamburg and the Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter”...

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