New research alliance studies the biology of immune cells

The Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, which includes the Institute f
The Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, which includes the Institute for Experimental Pathology, is located in the university dermatology clinic. © WWU - Medizinische Fakultät
The Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, which includes the Institute for Experimental Pathology, is located in the university dermatology clinic. WWU - Medizinische Fakultät A new boost for top-level research: the German Research Foundation (DFG) is setting up a new Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio (CRC/TRR) at the University of Münster. The research alliance, entitled "Neutrophils: Origin, Fate & Function" will be devoted to conducting research into special cells in the immune system. From July on it is to receive funding amounting to around 11.5 million euros, initially for four years. The alliance's spokesperson is Prof. Oliver Söhnlein from the Institute of Experimental Pathology within the Faculty of Medicine at Münster University. The CRC/TRR will bring together researchers from three applicant universities - the University of Münster, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich and the University of Duisburg-Essen - as well as two associated institutions: the Technical University of Dresden and the Leibnitz Institute of Analytical Sciences in Dortmund. "With this new multi-center research alliance," says Prof. Monika Stoll, Vice-Rector for Research at Münster University, "the researchers involved will be pooling their expertise in the field of neutrophils.
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