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Researchers uncover how a key RNA-processing factor safeguards proper brain development.
Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often accompanied by developmental delay. An international research team led by Dr. Tran Tuoc from the Department of Human Genetics at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, has discovered a previously unknown genetic cause for this condition. Mutations in the EXOSC10 gene – a central component of the RNA degradation complex (“exosome”) – cause primary microcephaly.
Der Biopsychologe der Ruhr-Universität gilt nicht nur als herausragender Forscher. Er engagiert sich auch sehr für seine Studierenden.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Onur Güntürkün vom Lehrstuhl für Biopsychologie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum ist Professor des Jahres 2025. Der Preis wurde ihm am 27. Oktober zuerkannt. Die hochkarätig besetzte Jury unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Ulrich Radtke würdigt mit der Ehrung Güntürküns „herausragendes Engagement als Hochschullehrer und Mentor“.
People with ataxia often experience stress-induced motor incoordination. Researchers have now discovered which receptor is responsible for this.
Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, identified a receptor that plays a crucial role in stress-induced motor incoordination associated with ataxias. These hereditary motor disorders have long been linked to the neurotransmitter norepinephrine.
In 2025, the International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN), in cooperation with the Research Department of Neuroscience (RDN), invited the public to the 14th Brain Day at Ruhr University Bochum.
Around 450 guests accepted the invitation and experienced a varied program of lectures and activities aimed at all those interested in science. Numerous hands-on activities and an exhibition of children's drawings from our school competitions enriched the breaks between lectures. As in previous years, many self-help groups offered information and advice in discussions with visitors.
Manchmal erzählen die Großeltern die gleichen alten Geschichten immer und immer wieder, Oma vergisst, die Herdplatte auszuschalten, und Opa nennt Dich „Friedrich“ und wird wütend, wenn Du nicht reagierst. Sind das schon Anzeichen von Demenz?
Was verändert sich, wenn Menschen an Demenz erkranken? Die International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN) ruft Bochumer Schüler*innen der Klassen 6, 7 und 8 zum Schreibwettbewerb auf.
The highly acknowledged VR Summit returns for its third edition, uniting global experts and innovators in extended reality (XR), neuroscience, psychology, education and clinical practice.
Previous events brought world‑renowned XR researchers and innovators to Bochum, placing the city on the map of cutting‑edge research and innovation in immersive technologies.This year’s program extends over four days, featuring the VRS Hackathon (18–19 October 2025) followed by the VR Summit (20–21 October 2025).
Researchers ask physicians to consider anti-IgLON5 disease if certain symptoms are present, as the only promising approach is early treatment.
It often starts with restless sleep. Mobility, swallowing, and speaking disorders are also typical. Yet a range of other symptoms make it difficult to diagnose anti-IgLON5 disease. Left untreated, this rare autoimmune disease leads to severe disabilities in just a few years and is often fatal.
Einblicke in eine faszinierende Welt - darum geht es einmal pro Jahr an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, wenn die Neurowissenschaftler*innen zum BRAIN DAY ins Veranstaltungszentrum einladen.
Ein Tag im Zeichen der Bochumer Neurowissenschaften mit Vorträgen, Informationen und Mitmachaktionen. Alle Besucher*innen sind eingeladen zu schauen, zu hören, zu fühlen, nachzufragen und mitzumachen. Auch im Jahr 2025 arbeitet das Organisations-Team des BRAIN DAY's wieder daran, für seine Gäste ein spannendes Angebot zusammenzustellen.
For animals, sleeping on their left side is not about comfort. It is a survival strategy.
Cats prefer to sleep on their left side. This is the conclusion drawn by an international research team that analyzed several hundred YouTube videos of sleeping cats. The researchers see this bias as an evolutionary advantage because it favors hunting and escape behavior after waking up. The team from the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy), Ruhr University Bochum, Medical School Hamburg and other partners in Germany, Canada, Switzerland and Turkey report on the study in the journal Current Biology.
Physicians from Bochum have used a cancer treatment method to treat severe autoimmune diseases.
A team of physicians from Bochum are the first to successfully use CAR T-cell therapy to treat two patients with a autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system. This treatment modifies endogenous immune cells such that they can specifically target and eliminate B lymphocytes, which are here the origin of autoimmunity. This is the world’s first clinical report in the use of CAR T-cell therapy to treat a serious autoimmune neuropathy.
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