Institute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology
The Institute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology is the only zoological institute with an endocrinological focus in Germany to investigate the hormonal control mechanisms in stress, environmental and aging-related diseases with a focus on the immune system,metabolism and bone integrity, the and modification of the function of RAS GTPases.
As part of the teaching of the Department of Biology (Natural Science Faculty) and the Faculty of Medicine, we impart basic knowledge of molecular and cell biology as well as physiology and endocrinology and introduce students to current research issues.
News
FEBS Letters
New Nutshell Review from Stifel et al. made it to the Cover of FEBS Letters: Novel insights into the regulation of cellular catabolic metabolism in macrophages through nuclear receptors. 596, Pages: 2617-262
Poster Award, 3rd Nuclear Receptors Conference
Click here for the poster: "Glucocorticoids coordinate macrophage metabolism through the regulation of the tricarboxylic acid cycle"
The oncogene RAS is often found in non-small cell lung tumors or other types of cancer. This "cancer gene" fuels tumor growth and, until now, could not be specifically switched off. However, researchers at the University of Ulm have now discovered a new function of the so-called glucocorticoid receptor: In interaction with RAS proteins on the cytoplasmic side of the cell membrane, the receptor can slow down tumor growth. The road to concrete therapeutic approaches is still long, but the study has already made it onto the cover of the scientific journal "Science Signaling".
Director
Prof. Dr. Jan Tuckermann
Phone: +49 731 50 32600
Fax: +49 731 50 32609
Helmholtzstr. 8/1
Room: 3.34
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Student office hours:
every tuesday from
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm
Vice Director
- Prof. PD Maja Vujić Spasić, PhD
- Phone: +49 731 50 32635
- Fax: +49 731 50 32609
Helmholtzstr. 8/1 - Room: 3.35
Secretary
Sybille Smith
Phone: +49 731 50 32601
Fax.: +49 731 50 32609
Helmholtzstr. 8/1
Room: 3.33
Student office hours:
Monday + Wednesday
09:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Address
Ulm University
Institute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology
Helmholtzstrasse 8/1
89081 Ulm
Germany
