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Highlights about our research, team members and events
New joint ATTACK publication
Congratulations to the authors! The scientists involved in the study were able to identify a natural mechanism that could play a role in fighting cancer. (Picture of Dr. Hsin-Fang Chang und PD Dr. E Krause: © Hsin Fang Chang) Li X, Schirra C, Wirkner ML, Tu SM, Lin...
New joint publication
Congratulations to the authors, in particular to the members of our ATTACK team! Alawar N, Schirra C, Rasuli R, Fecher-Trost C, Weins L, Meyer MR, Flockerzi V, Keller A, Dustin ML, Rettig J, Becherer U (2026) T-cell-derived exosomes from multi core granules exhibit...
Fourth ATTACK Symposium in Toulouse
The fourth face-to-face meeting of our consortium took place in Toulouse, France, in October 2025. In addition to inspiring talk sessions and poster presentations by our members, we also had the honor of welcoming several guest speakers in person (Wolfgang Schamel /...
Third ATTACK Symposium a success
From September 15-18, 2024, our third symposium took place at the Certosa di Pontignano in Siena, Italy. We would like to cordially thank all participants, our PIs and team members, and especially our external guest scientists Oskar Staufer (Leibniz Institute,...
Second ATTACK Symposium successfully held in Freinsheim/Germany
The second joint symposium of the ATTACK consortium was held October 22-25, 20223 in the Landhotel Altes Wasserwerk in Freinsheim, Germany. After the registration of participants and a conference dinner on Sunday evening, the meeting proceeded with several talk- and...
Ph.D. Position available in the Department of Cellular Neurophysiologie at Saarland University (Germany)
Who we are: We are an ambitious and successful group studying the cellular mechanisms of exocytosis using high-end microscopy techniques. We offer exiting research, state of the art equipment, and an international environment. We are part of the ATTACK consortium...
First ATTACK Symposium successfully held in Oxford/UK
From October 28-29, 2022, our first Symposium took place at the The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (KIR) at the University of Oxford. We would like to sincerely thank all participants, especially our external guest scientists Kiera L Clayton (Dept. of Pathology,...
Visit of ATTACK PIs in Homburg
Two of our PIs (Salvatore Valitutti and Michael Dustin) visited the Saarland University in June 2022 as invited speakers within the frame of the symposium of the Collaborative Research Center 894 on cutting edge concepts in calcium signaling. During their stays in...
Interview of Chiara Cassioli on her ATTACK project
In her ATTACK-related project, our team member Chiara Cassioli (postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Cosima Baldari at the University of Siena) is trying to figure out what trafficking pathways are responsible for the biogenesis and the release of SupraMolecular...
New insights into the body’s own defense against tumor cells
240,000 people die of cancer in Germany every year. It is therefore of great importance to investigate the body’s own defense strategies against cancer cells in order to enable new therapies. Our international research team from Homburg, Oxford, Siena and Toulouse as...