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News

In this section are listed news about important publications, research projects and events.

Mesothelioma of the testis: histopathological examination essential for classification

Mesotheliomas are very aggressive tumours, almost exclusively caused by asbestos, which are very often occupational. Between 2014 and 2020, four out of five cases of testicular mesothelioma assessed at an institute were recognised as occupational diseases. The …

Patrick Nell receives doctoral award in the field of chemical biology from TU Dortmund

June 15, 2022 The Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at TU Dortmund awarded this year’s doctoral award in the field of chemical biology to Patrick Nell. The award comes with a certificate and prize money of €500. The festive award ceremony took place …

IfADo at the AOK company run 2022

A week ago, after a break of two years, the AOK company run took place again in Phoenix-West. IfADo was also at the start with around 20 runners. The 6.7-kilometre circuit could be run or walked. First to cross the finish line from IfADo were Philipp Gabrys, …

IfADo at City Cycling 2022

The researchers at IfADo took part in the city cycling event again this year and cycled a lot of kilometres. The aim of the initiative is to cycle as much as possible, both professionally and privately. This year, 428 teams cycled a total of 1,106,879 …

Diversity in the working environement

For today’s Diversity Day, all employees were invited to a joint lunch break. Under the motto „Let’s get together to Meet & Eat – Come for the food, stay for the interdisciplinary exchange“, many colleagues brought along typical national food and shared it …

State parliament member Volkan Baran visits IfADo

Volkan Baran, member of the Dortmund state parliament, visited IfADo together with Jens Peick, member of the Dortmund federal parliament, to learn about the institute’s research activities. Prof. Dr. Hengstler, head of the Department of Toxicology, gave – …
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Leonie Fleige wins GEBIN Early Career Research Award 2022

At this year’s conference of the German Endocrine-Brain-Immune-Network (GEBIN), Leonie Fleige, PhD student in the Department of Immunology, was awarded the GEBIN Early Career Research Award 2022. At the meeting, Leonie Fleige presented her work on sex-specific …

High interest in the paper on chronotypes and their influence on brain physiology

The research group led by Ali Salehinejad and Michael Nitsche published the paper „Cognitive functions and underlying parameters of human brain physiology are associated with chronotype“ in Nature Communications in summer 2021.

Hugo Geiger Award for Dr. Jessica Schwarz

Every year, the Free State of Bavaria and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft award the Hugo Geiger Prize to honour young scientists for outstanding doctoral achievements in the field of applied research. This year, the third place goes to Jessica Schwarz for her …