Welcome to the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn
We are 1 of 7 faculties of the University of Bonn and affiliated to the transdisciplinary research area Life and Health. We maintain extensive partnerships with institutions of the Helmholtz Association, the Max Planck Society, and national and international research associations in the life sciences.
We are committed to outstanding, nationally and internationally visible translational research from basic sciences to patient care, as well as to teaching and training students closely linked to science to become competent and empathetic physicians.
Both tasks are fulfilled in close cooperation with the University Hospital and with respect for our employees.
What are the researchers of the Clusters of Excellence at the University of Bonn actually working on? They provide an up-close look on August 22 at 8 p.m. in the Arkadenhof of the University Main Building. At the Excellence Slam, scientists from the clusters will present their research in short talks in a generally understandable and humorous way. At the end, the audience votes - and the most popular slam wins. The free event takes place one day after the finale of the Bonn Silent Film Festival and uses the festival's stage in the courtyard of the Baroque Palace. Please note: The event and the slams will be held in German.
The transport of substances across the membrane into the cell is linked to specific membrane transport proteins. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn, in collaboration with an international team, have now succeeded in elucidating the molecular structure of a completely new class of such membrane transporters. In addition to the Bonn scientists, researchers from the University of York were also involved. The study has now been published in the journal Nature Communications.
In the Middle Ages, every city had its own system of measurement. Even today, you can sometimes find iron rods in marketplaces that determined the length measurement valid for the city at that time. In science, however, there is no room for such uncertainties, and no matter what method you use to measure the length of a molecule, for example, the answer should always be the same. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich have now investigated whether this is true for two methods that are very often used to measure distances in protein molecules - for example, to find out how such molecules move. The study has now appeared in the journal Nature Communications.
In severe Covid-19 patients, the metabolism produces insufficient amounts of certain energy-rich compounds called ketone bodies. However, these energy carriers are needed by two important cell types in the immune system in order to fight the virus effectively. Perhaps this finding explains why some people fall ill so much more severely than others. A study led by the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn at least points in this direction. The results have now been published in the journal Nature. They also give hope for new therapies.
External Events
18.08.2022
Firmenlauf
18.08.2022 | 18:00
Wenn die Niere nicht mehr richtig arbeitet - Nierentransplantation und dann?
24.08.2022
1. Sommersymposium des Zentrums für seltene Erkrankungen
07.-08.09.2022
DZNE-Nature Conference: AI, Neuroscience and Hardware
08.09.2022 | 17:00
POSTDOC Day 2022 "We need to talk! - Science & Communication"
10.09.2022 | 9:00
CIO-Krebs-Informationstag 2022
22.09.2022 | 18:00
Myome: kleine Knoten mit großer Wirkung - Aktuelle Therapiekonzepte
20.10.2022 | 18:00
Wenn die Nase zu ist oder die Haut juckt: aktuelle Therapiekonzepte bei Allergien
17.11.2022 | 18:00
Zahnunfall - was jetzt?
19.11.2022 | 10:00
Bonner Hochschultage - Tag der Naturwissenschaften und Medizin
22./23.11.2022
Cluster Science Days
24.11.2022 | 18:00
Wenn das Herz keine Kraft mehr hat - Behandlung der Herzinsuffizienz von Vorbeugung bis Kunstherz
15.12.2022 | 18:00
Augen-Check: Früherkennung und rechtzeitige Behandlung für gutes Sehen