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Open Sesame: How B cells sense monovalent antigens
After an infection or vaccination, our body produces antibodies to reduce the length of the disease and to prevent re-infections. Antibodies are produced when the B cells, i.e. the bodily defence cells, are activated by antigen receptors on the B cells, which sense foreign molecules. However, up until now researchers were not sure how exactly this activation came about.
Network conference of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation in Freiburg from October 5-6, 2016
FRIAS welcomes the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation for its network conference from October 5-7, 2016 at the University of Freiburg.
Tracing a story of survival in Second World War London: Prof. Gabriel Gorodetsky on Ivan Maisky’s Diaries
Gabriel Gorodetsky, former FRIAS Fellow, Emeritus Professor of History at Tel Aviv University and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, has just published the German edition of his commented selection of the diaries kept by Ivan Maisky during his time as Russian ambassador to London from 1932 to 1943.
