Rudolf Virchow Center
| Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine at the University of Würzburg | |
|---|---|
| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg |
| Consist: | since 2001 |
| Seat of the wearer: | Wurzburg |
| Facility location: | Wurzburg |
| Immediately before: | Martin Lohse (founding spokesman) |
| Type of research: | Biomedicine |
| Subjects: | Natural sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Biology , medicine |
| Management: | Caroline Kisker and Bernhard Nieswandt (Board of Directors and Spokesman) |
| Employee: | about 150 |
| Homepage: | [1] |
The Rudolf Virchow -Zentrum ( RVZ ) is a research center for experimental biomedicine and heard as a central institution for the University of Würzburg . In January 2002 it was launched as one of three pilot projects approved in summer 2001 with which the German Research Foundation (DFG) supports national centers of excellence . At the same time, the Rudolf Virchow Center is a central facility of the University of Würzburg. Its headquarters are located in the former surgical clinic on the premises of the Würzburg University Hospital . This was rebuilt and restored in 2009 for the purposes of the Rudolf Virchow Center.
research
The center was named after Rudolf Virchow , who worked in Würzburg, among others . The pathologist who developed his cellular pathology in Würzburg and Berlin was one of the first to recognize the cell as the basic unit of life - and thus also of disease and health. His successors are still studying smaller components of life, individual proteins . Research at the Rudolf Virchow Center focuses on so-called key proteins . These are proteins that are particularly important for the function of cells and thus for health and disease.
The focus is on four fields of research:
(1) Protein structure and function
(2) Proteins and cellular signaling pathways
(3) Nucleic acid- binding proteins
(4) Proteins in cell-cell interactions and motility.
Although each group has its own research focus, many projects are carried out in collaboration and thus enable an interdisciplinary approach.
Bio-Imaging Center
The Bio-Imaging Center, which was founded at the end of 2005, is closely connected to the Rudolf Virchow Center. The aim is to develop and establish new imaging methods for key proteins. The groups are funded by the Bavarian State and the University of Würzburg.
Promotion of young talent
The center also has a teaching and training area. Schoolchildren from the age of eight up to high school graduation can gain their first laboratory experience here. A biomedicine course in cooperation with the Faculties of Biology and Medicine is intended to prepare Bachelor and Master graduates for basic research at the border between these two disciplines. And all doctoral students at the Rudolf Virchow Center are part of the Virchow Graduate Program, precursors and meanwhile part of the Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS).
The Public Science Center, its own department for public relations, advocates dialogue between science and society.
literature
- Martin J. Lohse : Presentation of the Rudolf Virchow Center. (Lecture at the inauguration on January 17, 2002) Würzburg medical history reports 21, 2002, pp. 574–577
Individual evidence
- ↑ DFG overview research centers. Retrieved September 13, 2012 .
- ↑ Central facilities of the University of Würzburg. Retrieved September 13, 2012 .
- ^ Ernst Werner Kohl: Virchow in Würzburg. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1976 (= Würzburg medical historical research. Volume 6). ISBN 3-921456-05-3 .
- ^ Website of the Rudolf Virchow Center: Research Groups. Retrieved December 4, 2019 .
- ^ Imaging / Rudolf Virchow Center. Retrieved December 4, 2019 .
- ^ Website of the Rudolf Virchow Center: School laboratories. Retrieved December 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Biomedicine course on the website of the University of Würzburg. Retrieved September 13, 2012 .
- ↑ Virchow graduate program on the Graduate School or Life Sciences website. Retrieved September 13, 2012 .
- ^ Graduate School of Life Sciences Würzburg. Retrieved December 4, 2019 .
- ^ The Rudolf Virchow Center . vbc2017.de. Retrieved December 10, 2019.