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The Code𝛘 Annual Retreat 2025 took place at the University of Münster on February 24th and 25th, 2025, hosted by Prof. Bruno Moerschbacher. Over two days, Code𝛘 PhD students and Postdocs presented their initial research findings and engaged in valuable…

On Friday, October 4th, 2024, Prof. Hans Merzendorfer, coordinator of the Code𝛘 Programme, was pleased to welcome Prof. Francisco M. Goycoolea, Code𝛘 advisory board member and Mercator fellow, along with Prof. Bruno Moerschbacher, Code𝛘 Programme Committee member, during their visit…

Our satellite symposium, entitled “Chitinous Structures in Ecdysozoan Species,” took place on Monday, 9th September, as part of the 116th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG) at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart. The event attracted prominent researchers from…

Our 2024 Code𝛘 Summer School was hosted by the Center for Molecular Bioengineering (B CUBE) at TU Dresden from August 12th to 14th, 2024, under the supervision of Dr. Luca Bertinetti, a senior scientist at B CUBE and a member…

We are excited to announce Dr. Kelvin Anggara’s recent publication in Science, representing a significant breakthrough in glycoconjugate analysis. Dr. Anggara’s work introduces a novel approach utilizing low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy for single-molecule analysis of glycoconjugates. This technique enables the direct…

Prof. Hans Merzendorfer’s team recently completed a two-day on-site training focused on the newly installed Creoptix WAVEsystem in his lab. Hosted at the University of Siegen on February 15th and 16th, the sessions were conducted by experts from the company…

Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) richtet ab 2023 acht neue Schwerpunktprogramme ein. Einer dieser überregionalen und interdisziplinären Forschungs-Verbünde wird von Prof. Dr. Hans Merzendorfer vom Institut für Biologie der Universität Siegen koordiniert. Die Substanz „Chitin“ ist vielen Menschen von Insekten-Panzern oder…