Tiny particles in blood, urine and other bodily fluids can provide clues about cancer and other diseases. At University Hospital Essen, Prof Dr. Basant Kumar Thakur researches how the cellular signals can be used for early diagnosis that is as minimally invasive as possible.

How can we gain a better overview of healthcare situations in future? What is available, and where? A collaborative project in which IKIM is playing a key role is developing AtheneKI, which can simulate and analyse crises. IKIM is receiving 2.4 million euros for the project.

What a coup: With the Ironman 70.3 in Duisburg sold out, UDE professor Joachim Prinz spontaneously decided to take on the full distance in Sweden instead. After 10 hours and 9 minutes, it was official: He had once again qualified for the legendary Ironman Hawaii.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has accepted Assistant Professor Dr Lisa Becker into its prestigious Emmy Noether Programme. Supported with around €1.4 million, Becker will investigate how blood vessels influence the immune response against malignant melanoma.

Oral history opens up new avenues: to history as experienced first-hand, set against the backdrop of political, social and economic developments of the time. For 26 Bachelor’s students at the UDE, it provides a window into the perspectives of the ‘children sent away’.

After a stressful day, many people turn to video games, social media or shopping apps for relief. But what makes this behaviour problematic? A UDE study of 900 adults shows that temptation, rather than stress itself, is the key factor driving problematic internet use.

An international consortium led by the UDE combines brain imaging data from 16 studies and 409 participants to show that different placebo induction methods engage distinct neural mechanisms.

Lucie Niedereichholz and Alexander Hielscher have spent three years training as joiners at the UDE’s woodworking workshop. They are now completing their training with their final projects, which have received excellent reviews.

How can materials in gas turbines be used for longer? And what role did anxiety play in the emergence of colonial systems of knowledge? These are the research questions addressed by the two projects receiving funding in the 41st round of the UDE Postdoc Seed Fundings scheme.