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International scientific exchange at the ECTS by Andy Göbel, Universitätsklinikum der Technischen Universität Dresden Several µBone scientists attended this year’s European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) congress to meet the [...]
FORTiTher: New research alliance of the Bavarian Research Foundation
Two million Euro to study diagnostic methods in cancer for the individualization of treatment strategies. The Foundation Council and the Board of Trustees of the Bavarian Research foundation decided [...]
For the second time the UKE cancer researcher Prof. Dr. Klaus Pantel won the EU ERC Advanced Grant
Scientist studies the formation of secondary tumors in breast and prostate cancer For the second time around Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Pantel of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) [...]
How breast cancer cells use their „feet“ to form bone metastases
"Ilker, could you please pass the staining reagent to me? I will stain the breast cancer cells and then we both can have a look on it at the [...]
Three research teams are united to investigate the role of osteocytes
by Regina Puts and Kay Raum, Charité Berlin; Björn Busse, Katharina Jähn and Kathrin Mletzko, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf; Martina Rauner and Stefanie Thiele, Universitätsklinikum Dresden Not only it is a [...]
Why do certain Multiple Myeloma cells survive cancer treatments and leave their site where they originate?
by Hannah Manz and Andreas Brandl, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg What is our area of research? We intend to elucidate direct cell-cell interactions of Multiple Myeloma (MM) clones and their surrounding [...]
Elucidating the interaction between plasma cells and osteoclasts in multiple myeloma
by Prof. Dr. Dr. Sonja Loges and Dr. Isabel Ben Batalla – II. Medical Clinic and Institute of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) The aim of our [...]
First Dresden µbone Conference – focus on bone colonization by tumor cells
The first µbone (Microbone) conference took place in Dresden on February 11-12, 2019. An interactive program of lectures, posters and workshops with 70 scientists from Germany's top institutions in [...]
Science drives my personal life
by Aline Bozec, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen Related Articles Back to overview
Which mechanism initiate bone metastasis?
by Prof. Anna Dubrovska and Dr. Claudia Peitzsch, OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Dresden; Prof. Mechthild Krause - Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden and Prof. [...]
EMBO Young Investigator Award for Hind Medyouf
Dr. Hind Medyouf, a group leader at the Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy and member of the µBone consortium, has been awarded the prestigious European Molecular Biology [...]
“What can we do to stop the cancer cells from waking up?”
by Michael Amling and Thorsten Schinke, University Medical Center HamburgWe are true experts in bone biology and our primary vision is to establish better treatment options for osteoporosis and other [...]
