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Interview & Opinion

22 June 2022

A cell protein like a bull in a china shop

Interview: Alois Pumhösel

If the protein legumain is not in its proper place in the human cell, the likely result is cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular biologist and START prize winner Elfriede Dall from the University of Salzburg is investigating how this protein functions outside of its usual environment.    Continue reading “A cell protein like a bull in a china shop”

On the road

16 August 2021

It’s live or let die for proteins – Stockholm in the pandemic

By Verena Kohler

Perfectly balanced processes in cells keep our organism healthy. With increasing age, this balance can be disturbed and there is a decline of communication within the cell. The biochemist and Schrödinger Fellow Verena Kohler seeks to understand what exactly happens during cell ageing. She has found the perfect research environment for this endeavour at Stockholm […] Continue reading “It’s live or let die for proteins – Stockholm in the pandemic”

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