RESIST visits CSSB
On August 29, researchers from the Center for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) gave a warm welcome to seven members of the Cluster of Excellence RESIST who came to visit. The guests, first, received general information about CSSB in the lecture hall from Prof. Kay Grünewald, the Scientific Director, who is also a RESIST researcher. Afterwards, the research of all 18 CSSB (associated) research groups was presented in an interesting and descriptive way by the respective group leaders in short, impulse lectures. Prof. Blanche Schwappach-Pignataro, Chair of the CSSB Council and Dean of the Medical Faculty at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, then presented the new Cluster of Excellence initiative "Gateways to Health“ which, revolves around pathogens that shape global life.
Prof. Schulz, the RESIST spokesman,continued the program with a presentation of the Cluster of Excellence RESIST. He emphasized that RESIST brings together several institutions; MHH, TWINCORE, TiHo, HZI, CSSB and the University of Lübeck. "RESIST has also laid the foundation for a for a better connection between the MHH, CSSB and the University of Lübeck. Building on this, it was possible to establish the joint new research training group "VISualization and imaging of virus InfectION (VISION)", which focuses on dynamic imaging and structural virology," he said.
The RESIST spokesman also reported on the Hanover-Glasgow Infection Strategy (HAGIS) project, in which RESIST working groups from Hanover and Hamburg are collaborating with the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) are working towards a joint international graduate college. Graduate college. Furthermore, Prof. Schulz stated that the new MHH professorship at the CSSB, the financial support of which was recently approved by the state of recently approved, will deepen the relationship between the MHH and the CSSB. In addition, he noted that further joint projects are being planned.
RESIST – Research to help the most vulnerable
The Cluster of Excellence RESISIT strives for a better protection of particularly susceptible people from infections. RESIST consists of more than 50 research groups from six different partner institutions (MHH, HZI, TWINCORE, TiHo, CSSB and CCI) working on 23 different projects that not only focus on the human immune system and genetics, but also investigate a dozen pathogenic viruses and bacteria. RESIST aims to pave the way to better prevention, diagnosis and therapy – for example for newborn babies, the elderly, people with congenital immunodeficiency as well as those whose immune system is suppressed for therapeutic reasons. Part of RESIST are physicians who perform clinical work and who are very familiar with the situation of the patients, but also researchers who perform basic research in the lab. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) is funding RESIST under the Germany’s Excellence Strategy from 2019 to 2025 with around 32 million euros.
Strengthened Collaboration
"We are happy to have had guests from RESIST visit CSSB,” notes Kay Grünewald “and we are looking forward to strengthening the interactions with RESIST colleagues, to explore future joint projects and to midterm welcome a further group from MHH at CSSB.”
It is possible - particularly for MHH researchers - to use the four CSSB core facilities for their own scientific work and also to participate in the necessary training courses beforehand. The Bosse group is happy to receive guests of the MHH at CSSB. If you are interested, please contact Prof. Dr. Jens Bosse, e-mail: jens.bosse@cssb-hamburg.de
German Version of this news story: https://www.resist-cluster.de/resist-zu-besuch-im-cssb/
