Full Professor for Biomimetic Chemistry, TU Dortmund, since November 2020 “Bottom-up approaches in origins of life research and synthetic biology” The bottom-up generation of chemical systems with life-like properties is a key objective of synthetic biology and origin of life research. In his talk, Prof. Dr. Mutschler will present his research, which focuses on the assembly …

“Can we ever treat Alzheimer’s disease?“ In his lecture, the Professor will explain the pathology of Alzheimer's disease and the hypothesis of the amyloid cascade. With this basis, he will further describe amyloid-based therapeutic approaches, their clinical issues and finally he will address neuroinflammation as a new therapeutic target.   Download Flyer here

“T cells on the attack against cancer and infection“ In this lecture, Prof. Dustin will introduce the "immunological synapse", the specialized junction between immune cells and their targets. Thereby, he will discuss three recent examples concerning 1. molecular dynamics in the context of cancer immunotherapy; 2. the inhibition of the immunological synapse by plasmodium; 3. …