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On the importance of presentation skills in scientific careers and why you should invest in them
Andy Göbel, group leader and presentation trainer Developing excellent presentation skills is becoming increasingly important in science. This is not surprising given the number of talks you listen to [...]
Our way to cancer research and the µbone consortium
Arwin Groenewoud and Felix Engel, UK Erlangen Traditionally, we are working on heart development and regeneration as well as cardiac tissue engineering, focusing on methods to get cardiomyocytes to [...]
New publication by µBONE researchers!
We proudly present the new article “CXCR4 positive circulating tumor cells as a potential prognostic biomarker in patients with metastatic prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy” by Daria Klusa et [...]
A new start after crisis mode
Stefanie Conrad, TU Dresden The past three years have been extraordinarily challenging for researchers, physicians, and in particular for patients. To look into the future with greater confidence, new [...]
AUTOMATION IN SCIENCE (from a PhD student view)
Xuan-Than Le-Phuoc, Bone Lab Dresden BioNTech, one of the leading companies in vaccine production, buying the London AI startup InstaDeep, has emphasized the role of programming – one of [...]
Congratulations to Alexander Schäffer from Frankfurt!
It was already a couple of months ago but we are proud to share that Alexander Schäffer, PhD student in the lab of Hind Medyouf (PI of our µBone [...]
The other side of the medal
We are focusing on the disease of Multiple Myeloma (MM), the most common form of bone marrow (BM) cancer in the US and Europe. This cancer is characterized by [...]
New publication by µBone researchers! MERTK blockade supports bone formation and restricts bone metastasis
Osteoblasts are specialized cells in our bones which are important for bone mineralization. A team of researchers from DKFZ-Hector Cancer Institute at the University Medical Center Mannheim* and University [...]
3 Questions to Dr. Abdullah Alajati
Dr. Abdullah Alajati is one of the Project Leaders of our µBone Project (1) “Deciphering the role of CDCP1 for priming the bone metastatic niche in prostate cancer“ and [...]
Congratulations to Yasmin Antonelli from Heidelberg!
We are proud to share that Yasmin Antonelli, PhD student of Aldo Leal-Egana (PI of our µBone Project 14), recently got the prize for the best PhD presentation at [...]
Carl-Gustav-Carus Förderpreis for Dr. Ielizaveta Gorodetska
Sylvia Thiele, Uniklinikum Dresden Dr. Ielizaveta Gorodetska, who is affiliated with the OncoRay at TU Dresden was honored with the “Carl-Gustav-Carus Förderpreis” of the Stiftung Hochschulmedizin. The prize was [...]
Congratulations to Giulia Furesi for defending her Ph.D. thesis with summa cum laude!
Sylvia Thiele, Uniklinikum Dresden For her doctoral studies in the osteooncology field, Giulia focused on the role of extracellular vesicles in bone-prostate cancer cell crosstalk. Her research emphasizes the [...]
