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The Right Timing of Treatment Keeps Resistant Cells in Check
The development of treatment resistance is one of the key challenges in modern cancer and antibiotic therapy. New therapeutic approaches aim to curb the spread of resistance through the targeted timing of treatment cycles. Researchers at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM) have now…
Award-Winning Cell Research: Leonhard Möckl Receives the Life Sciences Bridge Award
Leonhard Möckl, research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) and professor at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), uses super-resolution microscopy to investigate the physiological significance of a specific sugar structure on cell surfaces –…
The bridge connecting physics and medicine now has a name: The Jochen-Guck Bridge has been inaugurated
The bridge connecting the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM) and the Center for Personalized Medicine and Research (CESAR) on the North Campus of the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (UKER) has been named the Jochen-Guck Bridge since September 22, 2026. It is named after the Max Planck…
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