Moreover, I find bones fascinating, because they are very complex. At the beginning, I always thought the immune system only consisted of B cells and T cells – namely those cells that induce an immune response. However, osteoclasts and other cells associated with bones are also part of the immune system. Like other
New Partnership with the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
immune cells, they are developed in the bone marrow and react to inflammations and disturbances.
How do you like to spend your time outside the institute? Weber: I like to meet friends and I do lots of sports. My favourite activity is to go bouldering – if the weather allows it, I love to climb outside. I need to overcome my
In August 2021, for the first time, a pharmacy student from Italy was a guest at ISAS. Anna Percio was studying at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) in Rome.
fears and be ready to test my limits when I go climbing – just like in my research. When doing imaging work in
The 22-year-old spent two months of her
the lab, I also need to tackle challenges and be willing to
lecture-free time in the ERC-Sulfaging to get to
venture into something new.
know the research work at ISAS. “We are very
(The interview was conducted by CMP.) Bioimaging Research Group Prof Dr Anika Grüneboom T: +49 (0)231 1392-239 E: anika.grueneboom@isas.de
happy about this partnership and about being able to offer our students this exchange,” said Prof Andrea Urbani, Director of the Department of Basic Biotechnological Sciences, Intensivological and Perioperative Clinics, who visited Percio in Dortmund and got a first-hand impression of the exchange.
New insights into biochemistry at ISAS Percio began the forth and therefore second last year of her studies in October. In the Italian capital, more than 250 km away from her hometown Avellino, she was following the example of her mother and grandmother, who are both pharmacists. Since the 22-year-old was not only interested in the health economic aspects of pharmacology, but also in the analytical methods from the field
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