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Recent changes at Genentech have brought a wider debate into sharp focus. As the company makes AI increasingly central to its research strategy, several internationally renowned scientists have been let go as part of a broader restructuring and shift in priorities. In a new Comment in Nature Cell Biology, SFB1177 Speaker Ivan Dikic and Henning Walczak from UCL Cancer Institute and University of Cologne ask what such changes could mean for the future of scientific discovery. T

28 Oct 2026 15:00h »The mitochondrial kinase PINK1 regulates cholesterol homeostasis affecting dopaminergic neuron functionality via the dopamine transporter« Julia Fitzgerald Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research University of Tübingen Location: University Hospital Goethe University Seminarroom, IBCII, Bldg. 75 Abstract: Cholesterol is a key lipid enriched in neuronal membranes and essential for signaling and synaptic transmission. An imbalance in cholesterol

08 Oct 2026 14:00h »Confronting the Superbug Era: Opportunities and Challenges in Novel Antibiotic Discovery« Man-Wah Tan Location: Fraunhofer-Institut für Translationale Medizin und Pharmakologie ITMP Sandhöfer Allee 1 Seminarroom

31. Aug 2026 18:00h »Keeping mitochondria in shape: a matter of life and death« Luca Scorrano University of Padova, and Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine Padova, Italy Location: University Hospital Goethe University Building 22, Lecture Hall 2

Short video statements from researchers and guests of SFB 1177 and PROXIDRUGS Zukunftscluster. This video series brings together short statements from researchers and guests of SFB 1177 and PROXIDRUGS Zukunftscluster on topics shaping research today — from scientific challenges and collaboration to career development and current perspectives in biomedicine. Featuring researchers from different institutions and disciplines, the series highlights personal insights into scientif

In a study published in Nature Communications, a team of SFB 1177 scientists uncovered a previously unknown regulatory mechanism of selective autophagy. The researchers demonstrate that the autophagy receptor IRGQ functions not only as a cargo receptor, but also as an autophagy initiation hub by bringing together GABARAPL2, LC3B and the autophagy machinery to promote ATG8 lipidation and autophagic flux. The study further proposes that the IRGQ-GABARAPL2 complex acts as a scaf

11 Jun 2026 14:00h »Lipids go Viral: the Function of Lipids and Lipid Droplets in Flavivirus Infection« Eva Herker Marburg University Location: University Hospital Goethe University Seminarroom, IBCII, Bldg. 75

29 Apr 2026 16:00h »Protein targeting to lipid droplets & the importance of interorganelle communication« Bianca Schrul Saarland University Location: University Hospital Goethe University Seminarroom, IBCII, Bldg. 75

23. Apr 2026 16:00h »How cells control lipid damage: epigenetic regulation of membrane integrity« Gisou van der Goot EPFL Location: University Hospital Goethe University Building 22, Lecture Hall 2

19 Feb 2026 15:00h »Remodeling of the endoplasmic reticulum during mitosis« Anne Schaitz Heidelberg University Location: University Hospital Goethe University Seminarroom, IBCII, Bldg. 75