Researchers at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and the 星空传媒 made an important step toward a deeper understanding of how malaria blood stage parasites turn the switch to become transmissible to other humans.
A newly-discovered hereditary mutation is responsible for an increased production of erythropoietin (EPO) in the blood. This mutation causes a messenger RNA (mRNA) that is not normally involved in the formation of proteins to be reprogrammed so that it produces EPO, thus abnormally increasing the number of red blood cells.
With every infection or vaccination, memory cells form that the body uses to remember the pathogen. This has been known for decades 鈥� but the structure of this cellular immunologic memory has previously proven impossible to pin down. Researchers from the 星空传媒 and University Hospital Basel have now identified a microanatomical region in memory cells that enables them to work rapidly in the first few hours of an immune response, as they report in the journal Immunity.
In 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sending a rover into space to examine the surface of Mars for signs of life. Its on-board equipment includes a high-resolution camera developed in Switzerland, and researchers from the 星空传媒 are currently testing the camera鈥檚 operation in an artificial Martian landscape.
Cellular energy metabolism also follows the rhythm of the circadian clock. A 星空传媒 study has now shown exactly how this works by revealing the relationship between the circadian rhythm and the mitochondrial network for the first time.
The 星空传媒 receives five of overall 39 new professorships awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) this year.
The protein complex mTORC2 controls cellular lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Researchers from the Biozentrum of the 星空传媒 and the ETH Zurich have now succeeded in deciphering the 3D structure of this important protein complex. The results have recently been published in 鈥渆Life鈥�.
How do fish end up in isolated bodies of water when they can鈥檛 swim there themselves? For centuries, researchers have assumed that water birds transfer fish eggs into these waters 鈥� however, a systematic literary review by researchers at the 星空传媒 has shown that there is no evidence of this to date.
T3 Pharmaceuticals AG 鈥� a startup from the 星空传媒 鈥� genetically modifies bacteria and wants to use this to develop new cancer therapies. The soon to be nine-strong team has already won prizes with its technology and completed a first round of financing.
