Facilities
State-of-the-art laboratory units will be made available to all the research groups such as metabolic laboratory, neuroendocrinological and neurophysiological laboratories as well as a Metabolic Core Unit in which body composition and energy expenditure of human subjects can be determined.
Interdisciplinary and Translational Cooperation
In particular, the CBBM promotes cooperation among the participating institutions, the development of research-related infrastructure and joint efforts in grant proposals.
The Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM)
is an interdisciplinary institution at the University of Lübeck. It promotes research in the area of mutual interactions among the brain, behavior and metabolism as well as its applications in experimental and clinical medicine.
Researchers and students of the CBBM show their solidarity with the brave women and men in Iran fighting for their freedom. We call on the German government to stand up for the respect of human rights in Iran.
New Publication within the Transregio TRR296 LocoTact
Thyroid hormones regulate a plethora of metabolic pathways and are important for brain development. A lack of the hormone after birth due to congenital hypothyroidism can cause severe developmental delays in brain development. This occurs in around 1 in 3600 newborns. Now the research groups of Prof. Dr. Malte Spielmann and Prof. Dr. Jens Mittag from the Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM) at the University of Lübeck have identified the cell types that are most heavily affected. The results have been published in the prestigious journal “Development”.
The published work was performed in the framework of the DFG funded TRR296 “LocoTact” to decipher the local actions of thyroid hormones, which in addition to the University of Lübeck also includes the Universitätsklinikum Essen and the Charité Berlin.