Phytoplasma are a type of bacteria that live within the cells and cause devastating diseases with damaging effects. For example, in many cases plants infected with phytoplasma are no longer able to…
The FLI signed the German Diversity Charter in 2013.
As an international research institute many co-workers from different countries all over the world, with different cultural backgrounds are…
Equal opportunities and the compatibility of work and family life are crucial elements for a state-of-the-art personnel policy and successful and prospective research at FLI. For many years, we…
International research team led by pharmacists of the University of Jena uncovers molecular regulation mechanism: toxic substance found in Staphylococcus aureus does not just damage cells, but also…
Neuronal critical periods are limited phases of lifetime during which the plasticity of neural connections is at its maximum and the development of the brain is adapted to the environment.…
Interdisciplinary research team of Friedrich Schiller University Jena, the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute and Jena University Hospital receives 4.5 million euros in funding from…
Schwannomas are tumors of the peripheral nervous system, which often occur in the genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 2. The research group of Prof. Dr. Helen Morrison at the Leibniz Institute on…
XpandHSC – functional blood stem cells
XpandHSC: Ex vivo expansion of functional human hematopoietic stem cells to improve therapy
Challenge
One important limiting factor for successful clinical…