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  • HEK-293T cells infected with Chlamydia trachomatis expressing chlamydial deubiquitinase Cdu1-FLAG
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New Chemical Tool Developed for Infection Research

08/29/2024
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Researchers from Würzburg and Berlin present a new molecule for visualising the sphingomyelin metabolism. This offers prospects for innovative therapeutic approaches in infection research.

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Chlamydia Can Settle in the Intestine

08/23/2024
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Chlamydiae are sexually transmitted pathogens that can apparently survive in the human gut for a long time. Researchers from Würzburg and Berlin report this in the journal PLOS Pathogens.

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New Collaborative Research Centre for JMU

11/25/2022

A new collaborative research centre is being launched in Würzburg. It investigates critical decision processes that determine the outcome of human infection.

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Novel Organoid Models: Illuminating Path to Cervical Cancers

01/18/2021
Image of human cervix tissue and organoids derived from ectocervical stratified squamous (green) and endocervical columnar (red) epithelial stem cells.

How do tumours develop in the cervix? Many new details are now known about this question. This is also thanks to Dr. Cindrilla Chumduri from the Biocentre at the University of Würzburg.

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Cell Membranes in Super Resolution

12/02/2020
Sphingolipid expansion microscopy (ExM) of tenfold expanded cells infected with chlamydia. The bacterial membranes are marked green; the inner and outer membranes of the bacteria can be distinguished (c). Under (a) confocal laser scanning and under (b) structured illumination microscopy (SIM). Scale bars: 10 and 2 microns in the small white rectangles respectively.

For the first time ever, expansion microscopy allows the imaging of even the finest details of cell membranes. This offers new insights into bacterial and viral infection processes.

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