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Help for stressed-out cells in a crisis
Biologists discover a new function of mitochondria as the "patron saints" of protein folding
31-Jan-2022
According to a team of researchers at the University of Münster, mitochondria provide unexpected help for cells in a crisis by respiring away harmful substances. A current study produced by the Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of Plants (IBBP) shows three things: that this mechanism can be ...
"Hand in hand in hand": three catalysts solve chemical problem
Research team develops new strategy to create molecular compounds without multi-step syntheses
14-Jan-2022
For organic synthesis, i.e. for the production of carbon-based compounds, it is important to develop synthesis processes by which the desired product can be obtained in good yield. At the same time, the processes should be sustainable: for example, they should use environmentally friendly and ...
Chemists succeed in synthesis of aminoalcohols by utilizing light
New method for generating the least accessible form of vicinal aminoalcohols
06-Jan-2021
Whether in beta-blockers to treat high blood pressure or in natural products: So-called vicinal aminoalcohols are high-quality organic compounds that are found in many everyday products. However, their production is difficult. For a long time, chemists are trying to develop efficient methods of ...
Understanding the progress of viral infections
Viral expression model created that can be used to simulate and analyse a large number of viral infections – including the one with SARS-CoV-2
13-Oct-2020
It is only 120 millionths of a millimetre in size but can bring entire countries to a standstill: the Corona virus. Even if it were to disappear one day, viral infections will still be among the most frequent and difficult-to-treat diseases in humans. Even decades of research have only produced a ...
Watching changes in plant metabolism – live
Researchers use a new method of in vivo biosensor technology
17-Aug-2020
Almost all life on Earth, in particular our food and our health, depend on metabolism in plants. In order to understand how these metabolic processes function, researchers at the Institute of the Biology and Biotechnology of Plants at the University of Münster with the participation of the ...
Long-standing problem in organic chemistry solved
Chemists develop a bioinspired strategy for the controlled synthesis of polyenes
20-Jul-2020
They occur in nature, are reactive and play a role in many biological processes: polyenes. It is no wonder that chemists have for a long time been interested in efficiently constructing these compounds – not least in order to be able to use them for future biomedical applications. However, such ...
Researchers create a photographic film of a molecular switch
Following the motion of a light-responsive molecule
22-Jun-2020
Molecular switches – they are the molecular counterparts of electrical switches and play an important role in many processes in nature. Such molecules can reversibly interconvert between two or more states and thereby control molecular processes. In living organisms, for example, they play a role ...
Triggered by light, a novel way to switch on an enzyme
Researchers identify enzyme which becomes catalytically active by light
28-May-2020
In living cells, enzymes drive biochemical metabolic processes enabling reactions to take place efficiently. It is this very ability which allows them to be used as catalysts in biotechnology, for example to create chemical products such as pharmaceutics. Researchers now identified an enzyme ...
Artificial ‘candy canes’ block viruses
Synthetic glycomimetics attach to the viruses’ binding sites, which viruses normally use to attach to sugars on the cell surface
22-Apr-2020
Synthetic chains of molecules containing different sugars can inhibit viruses effectively. The extent to which such molecules could be used as antiviral drugs is illustrated by a team of researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and University of Münster (WWU) in the February ...
Chemists allow boron atoms to migrate
Researchers present carbon-carbon couplings in which the semi-metal boron is retained
21-Jan-2020
Organic molecules with atoms of the semi-metal boron are among the most important building blocks for synthesis products that are needed to produce drugs and agricultural chemicals. However, during the usual chemical reactions used in industry, the valuable boron unit, which can replace another ...
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