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2025

23.12.2025, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Presseinformation
Teamwork in the inner ear - our hearing is based on organised grouping of proteins


Researchers at the Göttingen Campus have succeeded for the first time in analysing the tiny synapses in the inner ear - the contact points between the sensory hair cells and the auditory nerve cells - at the molecular level. They were able to show that ion channels and other synaptic proteins, which are essential for hearing, are organised in specific patterns. This arrangement ensures optimised transmission of auditory information to the brain. These findings could contribute to the development of therapies for hearing disorders with synaptic causes. The results have been published in the journal "Science Advances".

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23.12.2025, Pressemitteilung UMG
Early Childhood Deafness - Researchers at the Göttingen Campus Decipher the Structure and Function of a Central Auditory Protein


Researchers in Göttingen have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin - a protein that plays a crucial role in the hearing process. If otoferlin is missing or its function is impaired, this causes a common form of early childhood deafness. The results published in the journal "Science Advances" mark a milestone after more than two decades of research on otoferlin at the Göttingen Campus and contribute to optimising the first gene therapies for the treatment of deafness.

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23.12.2025, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Presseinformation
Audiovisuelles Kunstprojekt lässt das „Hören mit Licht“ erleben


Göttinger Forschende haben unter Federführung der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (UMG) gemeinsam mit Audiolog*innen und Künstler*innen aus Film und Musik das Klangerlebnis mit einem optogenetischen Cochlea-Implantat in Bild und Ton überführt. Das Musikvideo vermittelt auf künstlerische Weise die Wiederherstellung des „Hörens mit Licht“, einer Technologie, die gegenüber klassischen Cochlea-Implantaten ein verbessertes Hörerlebnis verspricht.

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2024

23.12.2025, UMG Pressemitteilungen
Sinnes- und Bewegungseinschränkungen wieder herstellen. Neuer Göttinger Sonderforschungsbereich untersucht Ursachen für bessere Therapien


Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) bewilligt neuen Sonderforschungsbereich an der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (UMG) mit mehr als zwölf Millionen Euro.

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23.12.2025, DFG Pressemitteilung Nr. 47
DFG to Fund Seven New Collaborative Research Centres


Topics range from material transitions to the rewetting of moors and immune regulation in the liver / €92 million for the first funding period

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