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World Tuberculosis Day: A Closer Look at the Challenges in Eradicating TB

Hanna Kurlanda-Witek

World Tuberculosis Day: A Closer Look at the Challenges in Eradicating TB

24 March is the annual World Tuberculosis Day, announced by the WHO. TB is the world’s leading cause of death from infectious disease.

Women in Research #LINO23: Maria Bartosova

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Maria Bartosova

We are closing the #LINO23 "Women in Research" series with Maria Bartosova whose research helps children suffering from chronic kidney diseases.

Women in Research #LINO23: Cornelia Schwayer

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Cornelia Schwayer

Cornelia Schwayer studies the intestinal organoid, a self-organizing system that forms a complex tissue from a single cell, to understand how organs regenerate.

Women in Research #LINO23: Alexia Cosby

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Alexia Cosby

As a chemist, Alexia Cosby is inspired by the ability to build intricate, complicated compounds from scratch which have incredible powers to image, treat, and irradicate various cancers and diseases.

Women in Research #LINO23: Märit Jensen

Märit Jensen

Women in Research #LINO23: Märit Jensen

Märit Jensen, Lindau Alumna 2023, focuses on imaging-based clinical stroke research and the study of brain reorganisation after stroke and cerebrovascular diseases.

Women in Research #LINO23: Alexandrina Vasilichi

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Alexandrina Vasilichi

Alexandrina Vasilichi investigates the computational mechanisms by which interoceptive signals control affective expectations and affective learning processes.

Der Nobelpreis für Physiologie/Medizin 2023: Ein neuer Blick auf Impfstoffe

Hanna Kurlanda-Witek

Der Nobelpreis für Physiologie/Medizin 2023: Ein neuer Blick auf Impfstoffe

Der Nobelpreis für Physiologie oder Medizin 2023 geht an Katalin Karikó und Drew Weissman, die die Grundlage für die Erfindung von mRNA-Impfstoffen gelegt haben. Ihre Forschung ermöglichte es, COVID-19-Impfstoffe schnell zu entwickeln.

Women in Research #LINO23: Chryso Th. Pallari

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Chryso Th. Pallari

Lindau Alumna Chryso Th. Pallari is conducting research in the fields of epidemiology, infectious diseases, and public health.

#LINO23 Alumna Shatarupa Bhattacharya: Enthusiasm and Motivation Matter

Shatarupa Bhattacharya

#LINO23 Alumna Shatarupa Bhattacharya: Enthusiasm and Motivation Matter

Shatarupa Bhattacharya focuses on the genetic disorder thalassemia as well as on blood-borne infectious diseases such as malaria and toxoplasmosis. She shared her #LINO23 experiences and reviewed her career as a female scientist from India.

Women in Research #LINO23: Greta Zaborskyte

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Greta Zaborskyte

Greta studies how the critically important bacterial pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae, evolves inside human hosts during colonisation and infection and explores it can improve its biofilm formation.

Women in Research #LINO23: Julia Gensheimer

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Julia Gensheimer

Julia Gensheimer studies T cell development from hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells at UCLA. She hopes the findings will influence regenerative medicine and therapies for age-related diseases.

Women in Research #LINO23: Avi Aizenman

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Avi Aizenman

Our eyes are constantly moving, allowing us to process the world around us. Avi studies the eye movements we make as we move around our natural world and in environments like virtual reality. She is one of the "Women in Research" portrayed in the blog series by Ulrike Böhm.