GRK 1167: Cell-cell Communication in Neural and Immune Systems: Topological Organisation of Signal Transduction

细胞间的通讯是多细胞生物必不可少的生物学功能。细胞间通讯的各种基本机制在系统发育过程中进化而来，这些机制受到器官、组织和细胞类型特异性适应的影响。研究训练组的目标是研究和比较免疫系统和神经系统中细胞通讯和信号转导的分子机制，并通过跨学科教育使该计划的学生具备在这两个生物学领域进行顶级研究的资格。该方案以马格德堡建立的两个主要生物医学研究领域的科学潜力为基础，即免疫学和神经科学，这两个领域在国际上都得到高度认可。该方案包括来自奥托·冯·格里克大学医学院和自然科学系以及莱布尼茨神经生物学研究所的科学家。

Communication between cells is an essential biological function in multi-cellular organisms. Various basic mechanisms of cell-cell communication have evolved during phylogenesis, which were subject to organ-, tissue and cell type-specific adaptation. It is the aim of the Research Training Group to study and compare molecular mechanisms of cellular communication and signal transduction in the immune and the nervous systems, and to qualify students of the programme for top-level research by interdisciplinary education in both biological fields. The programme is based on the scientific potential of the two major biomedical research areas established in Magdeburg, i.e. Immunology and Neurosciences, which both are highly recognised at the international level. The programme includes scientists from the faculties of Medicine and Natural Sciences of the Otto von Guericke University and from the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology.