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GRK 1715:  Molekulare Signaturen adaptiver Stressreaktionen

Fachliche Zuordnung Medizin
Förderung Förderung von 2012 bis 2021
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 177710919
 
Erstellungsjahr 2022

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

"All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous" - the famous dictum of Paracelsus is of formidable relevance in modern medicine and biology. Organisms are perpetually facing noxious insults but exhibit surprising diverse reaction patterns. Depending on the strength, frequency and quality of the stress stimuli biological individuals may react with increased vitality, future stress resistance or with injury and degeneration. Whereas a multitude of such specific stress responses has been observed in diverse biological systems the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. Our Research Training Group explored specific signalling reactions controlling the ambivalent reaction patterns of cells and organisms to stressful challenges. Adaptive responses to defined stress stimuli were analysed in a dose- and time-resolved manner. In the first funding period the results of our RTG significantly added to the understanding of the molecular reaction patterns of biological systems towards dose-dependent effects of stress. In the second funding period investigations of the dynamics of adaptive stress responses were considerably intensified. Specific use of advanced animal models of selected diseases allowed efficient exploitation of the results in prophylaxis and treatment of modern medicine. These efforts contributed to strengthening the collaborative research projects on Sepsis and Ageing within the research focus “Life” at in Jena. In conjunction with research groups from the Medical Faculty and the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the FSU and of the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) the RTG fostered cross-disciplinary PhD research projects in this innovative field of life sciences. As a main goal, the RTG aimed to provide young scientists with insight into the intimate interrelationship between fundamental biological phenomena such as life and death, disease and recovery and the underlying complex molecular processes. The wide spectrum of cellular and organismic models used by the participating groups afforded a deeper understanding of the dynamic reaction patterns of biological systems challenged by external insults. In order to reach these goals, the study programme of the RTG offered a multifaceted series of lectures, meetings, seminars and workshops as well as placements in laboratories of international cooperation partners. The RTG is affiliated with the Jena School of Molecular Medicine (JSMM), a certified member of the FSU Jena Graduate Academy.

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