How does a laboratory discovery become tangible help for patients? In a guest contribution, anesthesiologist and intensive care specialist Prof. Jan Rossaint describes how translational research can bridge this gap. In Münster, interdisciplinary collaborations bring together basic research, clinical practice and data science in order to implement new therapies more rapidly and safely, with a stronger focus on patients.
Translational research takes place worldwide in several sequential phases. Nuclear medicine specialist Professor Philipp Backhaus is primarily involved in the early phases of translation, specialising in the imaging and therapy of tumours and inflammation. For several months, his team has been contributing to the development of the drug “OncoACP3”, which aims to improve the examination of prostate cancer.
The beginning of new life is medically highly complex. As a clinician scientist, Dr Janice Jeschke bridges clinic and laboratory: she investigates the molecular processes of fertilisation and implantation and feeds clinical observations directly into research. This is how translational research emerges, helping us to better understand female infertility.
Approximately 60 junior researchers and mentors from the natural sciences and medicine came together at this year’s career forum organised by the clinician scientist programme ‘CareerS’ and the medical scientist programme ‘InFlame’. The two days were marked by lively scientific exchange and valuable insight into personal career development.
In our videos, scientists provide multifaceted insight into their research and everyday work. They talk about current research questions, their new findings and how these findings were generated. They also talk about their personal motivations, the experiences they have had while on their career path and the framework of the scientific system. The videos are in either English or German and many of them have subtitles available in both languages.
