Gregor Weiss researches processes between cells using cryo-electron tomography.
Gregor Weiss researches processes between cells using cryo-electron tomography. Gregor Weiss used state-of-the-art microscopy to show how the body prevents bladder infections. He now wants to make this method from basic research usable for the analysis of patient samples - and has received the Lopez-Loreta Prize for it. Gregor Weiss researches how bacteria and human cells interact. Such interactions are relevant, for example, when it comes to urinary tract infections. When gut bacteria enter the urinary tract from the outside, they attach themselves to the cells of the urethra, ureter or bladder with their hair-like appendages, the pili, and trigger painful inflammation. Weiss is a structural biologist.
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