TRA Life and Health

The TRA Life and Health provides a space for deepening our understanding of life across theoretical boundaries - studying everything from the tiniest molecules to the interaction of different organisms within ecosystems. Researchers from the fields of medicine, life sciences, pharmacy, nutrition research, mathematics and computer science are together studying - amongst others - organoids to better understand specific diseases or deploying artificial intelligence as a tool for neuroscience.

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Asthma: New Mechanism of Action Curbs Inflammatory Response

A team from the University of Bonn and the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB) has discovered a previously unknown mechanism of action for a synthetic peptide that mitigates excessive inflammatory responses in allergic asthma. This mechanism specifically inhibits a key inflammatory switch in the immune system and opens up new avenues for treating chronic inflammatory diseases. The findings have now been published in the journal Advanced Science.

Precision Therapy for Autoimmune Disease on the Horizon

Interferon alpha is an inflammatory mediator that can cause Sjögren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease. This is revealed in a recent study carried out by the University Hospital Bonn together with the University of Bonn, the University of Edinburgh and Newcastle University. Their findings, which have been published in the journal “Lancet Rheumatology,” could make it easier in the medium term to develop drugs to fight this chronic condition.

Colorectal Cancer Prevention: AI Does Not Automatically Lead to Better Outcomes

People with Lynch syndrome, the most common hereditary predisposition to colorectal cancer, are at a significantly increased risk of developing colorectal cancer. Many affected individuals therefore undergo a colonoscopy every one to two years, starting in young adulthood. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn, in collaboration with the University of Leipzig and Amsterdam UMC, investigated whether artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the detection of precancerous lesions in these high-risk patients. The result: In specialized centers, the additional AI support did not provide any significant benefit. The findings have now been published in the journal The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

Hunting for New Angles

New research questions often arise where different methods, mindsets and subject-specific cultures meet, and it is these kinds of encounter that Professor Elvira Mass and Professor Tatjana Tchumatchenko want to make happen in a targeted way in future. The two researchers have been picked as Henriette Herz Scouts by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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As a member of the TRA, you can access funding opportunities, take part in events and build new networks.

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TRA members benefit from regular sponsorship offers and opportunities for networking beyond the boundaries of the specialist field. We look forward to meeting you!

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Who are our members and what are their research topics?

Our members are professors and group leaders of the University of Bonn and cooperating Bonn institutions from medicine, life sciences, pharmacy, nutrition research, mathematics, computer science and other fields.

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Meet our Researchers

Inter- and transdisciplinary research actively pursued at the University of Bonn and is promoted across faculty boundaries. The faces of TRA Life and Health are our Hertz Chair, our Argelander professors and the numerous committed scientists, such as the members of our steering committee.

Prof. Dr. Tatjana Tchumatchenko

Neuroscientist Tatjana Tchumatchenko is the new co-speaker for TRA Life and Health.

Doctoral Student

Theresa Eulgem

As an early-stage scientist, I highly value the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of innovative research emerging from transdisciplinary collaborations.

Prof. Dr. Dirk Baumjohann

Within TRA Life and Health, Dirk Baumjohann combines basic immunological research with clinical translational issues.

Argelander Professorship for Organoids and Chemical Biology

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Elena Reckzeh

Elena Reckzeh combines chemical biology with organoid research to further develop the area of 'Construction' in TRA Life and Health's research profile.

Jun-Prof. Dr. Marie-Christine Simon

Marie-Christine Simon complements the transdisciplinary research of the microbiome-gut-brain axis and personalized nutrition in the TRA Life and Health.

Doctoral Student

Annalena Liesen

"I joined the TRA Life and Health as a scientific staff representative on the steering committee to experience and promote the exchange between different areas of the life sciences."

Argelander Professorship for Organoid Biology

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ana Ivonne Vazquez-Armendariz

Ana Ivonne Vazquez-Armendariz adds a new area of focus to TRA Life and Health's research profile 'Construction & Deconstruction of Life' with her expertise on lung organoids.

Hertz Chair for Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience

Prof. Dr. Dr. Dominik Bach

Dominik Bach establishs a new focus at the interface between neuroscience, psychiatry and computer science in TRA Life and Health.

Contact

Meike Brömer

m.broemer@uni-bonn.de

tra3@uni-bonn.de

+49 228 73 54470

TRA manager | Strategic Development and Quality Assurance Unit

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