The Magazine of the Austrian Science Fund FWF

Main navigation

  • Menu
    • Projects
    • Videos
    • On the road
    • Portrait
    • Interview & Opinion
  • Culture & Society
  • Nature & Technology
  • Biology & Medicine

Languages

  • Deutsch

Meta navigation

  • About us
  • Twitter
  • Write a email

Tag: Pharmacy

Projects

4 July 2022

How we age and what helps us along with that

During a research stay at ETH Zurich, the biochemist Corina Madreiter-Sokolowski investigated the role played by mitochondria, the centres of energy production in the cells. There she tested ingredients from red wine and green tea for their life-prolonging potential in a cellular ageing model and in nematode worms. Back in Graz, she is now exploring […] Continue reading “How we age and what helps us along with that”

Projects

22 March 2021

Important jigsaw piece for the therapy of rare genetic diseases discovered

Many human cell types have a precise calcium uptake mechanism. One gene in which part of the blueprint for these so-called calcium channels is encoded is also partly to blame for a rare human developmental disorder that triggers epilepsy and autism. A research group from Innsbruck is exploring these links and working on a potential […] Continue reading “Important jigsaw piece for the therapy of rare genetic diseases discovered”

On the road

26 June 2019

Grüezi, Hoi and Salü – Greetings from Zurich!

By Corina Madreiter-Sokolowski

Armed with a Schrödinger fellowship and her cat, Corina Madreiter-Sokolowski moved to Switzerland. At ETH Zurich, the pharmacist investigates ageing processes at molecular level. The research environment of this top-notch university made the young scientist realise the importance of networking and exchanges, as she reveals in her report for scilog. Continue reading “Grüezi, Hoi and Salü – Greetings from Zurich!”

Site informations

Links

  • scilog
  • About us / Contact
  • Projects
  • News and Media Relations
  • On the road
  • Service
  • Portrait
  • Acknowledgements
  • Interview & Opinion
  • Privacy Policy
  • Web Accessibility

Subscribe to scilog

Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Haus der Forschung
Sensengasse 1, 1090 Vienna, Austria
E-Mail: office(at)fwf.ac.at
Telefon: +43-1-505 67 40