Social insects are an ideal system to study the potential role of social network plasticity in disease defense. Ants are among the four species that evolved to live under obligatory eusociality; a system in which the different morphological and/or behavioral castes of a superorganism exert highly specified functions and coordinate their actions comparable to the cells of an organism’s body.
As we human beings had to experience in 2020, living under crowded conditions accelerates the spread of infectious diseases. Ants have developed fascinating collective defense strategies to overcome the threat of pathogen spread within living communities of high density and low genetic diversity.
Utilization of the physiological proteasomal degradation process to eliminate proteins of interest. Proximity-inducing compounds such as so-called PROTACs initiate targeted degradation, e.g. via the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). CelerisTx design novel proximity-inducing compounds by active machine learning approaches. https://celeristx.com/pics/
The vagus nerve (CNX) regulates various body functions, including stress and relaxation responses. It extends from the brainstem to the abdomen, thus innervating several organs. Research suggests that its stimulation can modulate pain perception by activating inhibitory pathways and inhibiting inflammation. Its involvement in the parasympathetic nervous system contributes to its analgesic effects, offering potential for novel pain management therapies. In this context the auricular branch of the vagus nerve holds significant potential in therapeutic options for non-invasive pain modulation.
Graphic created for AURIMOD GmbH I Vienna
SCIENCE4ALL was the core idea behind a patient engaging project realized at the LBI for Lung Vascular Research in cooperation with the Medical University of Graz.
Patients/citizens were invited to an interactive training program about basic research on lung fibrosis. Along the project a glossary was established together with this poster to help explain most frequent scientific terminology associated with the research.
From dull brown to bright blue. Ries C., et al. (2008) Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie, Supplement 13:127-134
