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ERC Consolidator Grants for outstanding Scientific Work

We congratulate Professor Peter Kühnen (Charité – University Hospital Berlin) and PD Timo Müller (Helmholtz-German Research Centre for Environmental Health) for receiving a Consolidator Grant each from the European Research Council. This highly prestigious grant honours groundbreaking research in Europe and thus awards our CRC/TR members Peter Kühnen and Timo Müller for their excellent work at scientific frontiers.
 
Find the current press releases from both universities here:
 
 

Research Data Management in Medical and Biomedical Sciences

Did you ever search for your own data and lose track of your documentation? Did you ever fail to reproduce someone elses research? Wouldn’t it be nice if your data would be well organized right from the beginning of a project? Good research data management can make the difference! In this workshop, we give insights how to manage and document data throughout data collection, analysis, publication, long-term storage, archiving, and how to prepare your data for reuse.
On 20 and 22 June 2022 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm) the INF project and the Research Data Services (RDS) of the University of Duisburg-Essen (https://www.uni-due.de/rds/) will jointly offer in cooperation with the ZB MED (https://www.zbmed.de/) a workshop on Research Data Management (RDM) in Medical and Biomedical Sciences in the CRC/TR 296 LOCOTACT. The workshop will provide a general introduction to the basics of RDM in addition to best practices, subject-specific requirements, and examples from the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI).
The two-day workshop will take place online and is intended for all-qualification-level (bio-)medical researchers, especially for PhD/MD students of the CRC/TR 296 LOCOTACT, postdocs and PIs are also welcome to join. The course will be taught in English. 
 
Registration: until 30.05.2022 via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with subject: RDM workshop

LOCOTACT Lectures - Miguel López

We thank Prof. Miguel López for his fantastic talk entitled “Obesity Wars: A new hope, hypothalamic AMPK targeting”.
 
Prof. López gave insights in his work and his stunning findings about hypothalamic AMPK targeting in the context of obesity treatment. His research group “NeurObesity” is based in the Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain.
 
We are curious about his future investigations and wish him a successful research year 2022.

Karl-Oberdisse-Preis 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Steffen Mayerl (LOCOTACT PI) who has been awarded with the Karl-Oberdisse-Preis 2022!
The "Karl Oberdisse Prize" of the North Rhine-Westphalian Society of Endocrinology and Diabetology is awarded for the best clinical or experimental work in the field of endocrinology and diabetology, which has been developed to a substantial extent in North Rhine-Westphalia by a physician or scientist.

LOCOTACT Lectures - Matthias Gunzer

We thank Prof. Matthias Gunzer for his delightful talk about “Neutrophils in sterile and infectious inflammation“ with stunning images of biological structures and processes.
Prof. Gunzer demonstrated the impressive imaging possibilities his Lab and Team provides.
We enjoyed the fruitful discussion afterwards and are happy to welcome him in the future for further insights in his work.

Berliner Forschungspreis 2021 "Alternativen zu Tierversuchen"

Congratulations to Caroline Frädrich (LOCOTACT member), Dr. Kostja Renko & Prof. Dr. Josef Köhrle (LOCOTACT PI), who have been awarded with the 2021 Research Award "Alternatives to Animal Testing" of the State of Berlin to promote the development of replacement and supplementary methods in accordance with the 3R principles for their project "Etablierung einer versatilen High Throughput Screening-Plattform zur Identifizierung endokriner Disruptoren auf Basis der Sandell-Kolthoff-Reaktion".
The award ceremony will take place on December 9 at 10 am and can be accessed via the following link.
Please find more information about the Berlin Research Award and the award ceremony here.
Congratulations to the entire team for this prestigious award!!!

iRTG Workshop

Finally, the PhD and MD students had the opportunity to meet in person.
Jeremiah Hendren gave an excellent 1.5-day workshop on "Academic Writing" with plenty of time for participants to work in small groups on their own writing.
Also invited was Sebastian Hönes, who spoke about mouse models in TH research on the one hand, and shared some experiences and thoughts on career options and work-life balance on the other.
Antonia Mondorf, spokesperson of the YARE board, took the opportunity to introduce YARE and its activities.

Society for Endocrinology (SFE/BES) Awards 2021

Congratulations to the LOCOTACT PIs Prof. Heike Heuer and Dr. Steffen Mayerl who have been awarded at this year's conference of the British Society for Endocrinology (SFE/BES 2021) in Edinburgh.
Prof. Heike Heuer received the prestigious Pitt-Rivers Medal for outstanding research contributions in the field of thyroid diseases.
Dr. Steffen Mayerl received the award for the "Best Oral - Thyroid" presentation during the conference. His group is investigating the relationship between thyroid hormone transport and epileptic seizures in patients with MCT8 deficiency. Read more

European Hormone Medal 2022

The European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) honors Senior Professor Dr. Josef Köhrle, LOCOTACT PI, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Charité - University Hospital Berlin, with the European Hormone Medal 2022. This is awarded to an international scientist who has made significant research contributions in the field of basic or clinical endocrinology.
He receives this award for basic research in the field of endocrinology and for his commitment to the promotion of young endocrinologists.
The award ceremony will follow the plenary lecture "Great impact in low quantities - thyroid hormones, trace elements and endocrine disruptors" at the European Congress of Endocrinology, ECE 2022 in Milan. read more
Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Josef Köhrle!

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