The physiological process of aging is an elementary part of life. The processes responsible for the aging process and the effect they have is one of the key focuses of biomedical research. Dr. Yvonne Begus-Nahrmann researches molecular mechanisms in stem cells and their role in aging and tumor development at the Göttingen University Medical Center. Signal proteins such as p53 and p21 appear to play an important role in this context. To investigate these proteins in specific cell types, the cells are isolated from organ tissue with the aid of laser microdissection.
This webinar is for any biologist interested in learning about how cells balance resources and make the decision between redirecting resources and initiating death. It will be a great opportunity to learn how the experts are studying these processes and how you can monitor and image each process.
Laser microdissection and laser micromanipulation are suitable for gaining a differentiated insight into the function of genes and proteins, and are used for a wide range of applications in neurobiology and immunology as well as in the developmental and cell biology of animal and plant organisms.
Laser dissection is used in a large number of research fields, e.g. neurology, cancer research, plant analysis. Here, user report on the research results they have attained by using laser microdissection.
The comprehension of stem cell biology and its molecular basis is now acquiring paramount importance in cancer research. The need to look at a single, possibly living, cell makes fluorescence microscopy and confocal microscopy invaluable allies in the study of stem cells.
Sequencing of the human genome stimulated a radical change in the approach to biomedical research. The comprehension of the mechanisms regulating life gained a scale-up in throughput to speed up the retrieval of data for a global vision of a system of incomparable complexity.
Cancer Research
