Natural sciences - 7 News by RUB from Germany

Natural sciences - 7 News by RUB from Germany

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How to live 400 years

Genome of the longest-lived vertebrate decoded: It is huge and has special repair capabilities

12-Sep-2024 - The Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus), an elusive dweller of the depths of the northern Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean, is the world’s longest-living vertebrate, with an estimated lifespan of about 400 years. An international team of scientists has mapped the Greenland Shark’s genome for ...

natural sciences genetics DNA repair
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No More Stressing Out over Structural Formulas

Oh dear, chemical formulas! With just a few simple tips, students can prevent stress and ruining their grade in a biology test

01-Jul-2024 - Structural formulas are a source of dread for many students, but they’re an essential tool in biology lessons. A joint study by biology didactics expert Dr. Nina Minkley from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and chemistry didactics expert Dr. Sascha Bernholt from the Leibniz Institute for Science ...

natural sciences biology chemistry
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Sustainable raw materials for a green chemical industry

Launch of the BEFuel project: From exhaust gases and wastewater to e-fuels and high-quality chemicals

29-Jan-2024 - How can e-fuels and biosurfactants for industry be produced from exhaust gases and wastewater? An interdisciplinary consortium coordinated by Fraunhofer UMSICHT is addressing this question in the newly launched BEFuel project. The focus is on coupled bioelectrochemical production – i.e. the ...

natural sciences bioelectrochemistry biodiesel
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Wastewater treatment plants as drivers for the energy transition

Technical add-on module can, in principle, turn any wastewater treatment plant into a CO2 sink and decentralized methane production plant

21-Sep-2023 - By implementing an innovative technology, any wastewater treatment plant would be able to produce methane from carbon dioxide in an environmentally friendly way. If some microorganisms present in wastewater treatment plants are additionally supplied with hydrogen and carbon dioxide, they produce ...

natural sciences electrochemistry bacteria
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Proteomic profiling reveals innovation potential of new antibiotics

Research team intends to use proteomics to accelerate the development of new drugs

21-Oct-2020 - The fight against bacterial infections, especially those caused by resistant pathogens, is in full swing with the search for new antibiotic agents. The aim is to identify substances that attack the pathogens in a truly novel way. The team at the Center for Systems-Based Antibiotic Research ...

natural sciences proteomics antibiotics
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Novel optogenetic tool

Switching specific G-protein-coupled signalling pathways on and off

12-Apr-2016 - Blue on, yellow off: using different-coloured light, researchers are able to switch signalling pathways in the brain on and off. Researchers in Bochum have utilised light-sensitive proteins from nerve cells of the eye – so-called melanopsins – to switch on specific signalling pathways in brain ...

natural sciences optogenetics brain
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“Two in One” enzyme: unusually flexible Scientists from the RUB have solved the structure of a viral protein

The Journal of Biological Chemistry has ranked this documentation as “Paper of the Week.”

09-Oct-2008 - A virus that infects the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus can produce specific pigments more effectively than its host can. It requires only one enzyme, in contrast to the host Prochlorococcus, which needs two enzymes. The virus makes use of phycoerythrobilin synthase, a “two in one” enzyme. ...

natural sciences chemistry molecular biology

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