Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the PZB in Bonn
The Scientific Advisory Board of the Pharma-Zentrum-Bonn (PZB) met with the Board members in Bonn. The speaker Prof. Alexander Pfeifer and the vice speaker Prof. Christa. E. Müller presented the center, its tasks and goals.They also presented the successfully acquired projects and the associated graduate school BIGS-DrugS.Afterwards the participants discussed in two groups possible ideas for a successful future of the Center.
DFG Research Training Group RTG 2873 "Tools and Drugs for the Future"
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is establishing the new Research Training Group RTG 2873 "Tools and Agents of the Future - Innovative Methods and New Modalities in Medicinal Chemistry" at the University of Bonn.
New PZB Member
By decision of the Center Council, Prof. Thomas Becker, Prof. Henning Hintsche and Prof. Yongguo Li have been accepted as full members of the Pharma Center. Congratulations!
Nature publication by PZB speaker Prof. Dr. A. Pfeifer
Apoptotic brown adipocytes enhance energy expenditure via extracellular inosine
General-Anzeiger Bonn: Schlafmittel für Killerzellen enttarnt
Article in German by Martin Wein. Please fill free to read below.
New Collaboration Research Center (CRC) for PZB Member and Speaker Prof. Dr. Alexander Pfeifer
The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) TRR 333 Brown and Beige Fat – Organ Crosstalk, Signaling and Energetics (BATenergy) is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) since 2022 and investigates metabolism/diabetes and focuses on brown adipose tissue. THe CRC is an association of the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn, the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Helmholtz Center Munich. The speaker is PZB member and spokesman of the center Prof. Dr. Alexander Pfeifer.