Children's university on the biochemistry of cartilage and bone

The interplay between cartilage and bone forms the basis for the stability and movement of our body. Their intimate relationship is evident in the joints, where a division of labor is important: Who absorbs the force that acts on the knee when playing soccer? Our bones are a dynamic tissue that is constantly being built up and broken down, cartilage is a durable tissue, and we can strengthen both through healthy eating and exercise. What keeps us fit for exercise?

Dr. Anne-Helen Lutter is Faculty Officer for Research Affairs in the Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg - a joint faculty of the University of Potsdam, the Brandenburg Medical School and the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

Pupils* in grades three to six are cordially invited to attend the Children's University lecture "Why we shrink in old age - The biochemistry of cartilage and bone" from the comfort of their sofa at home. After the required registration by e-mail, they will be sent the link to access the lecture.

This lecture of the Children's University for participants at the central campus Cottbus starts on Thursday, January 13, at 3 and 5:15 p.m. and lasts 45 minutes. Registrations and inquiries can be made at the e-mail address heike.postelt(at)b-tu.de or by calling 03573 85-280.

On Saturday, 15 January, at 11 o'clock begins this lecture for the participants of the child university at the Campus Senftenberg. For this registrationand/or further inquiries under the email address kinderuni(at)b-tu.de as well as under telephone 03573 85-335 take place.

Background Children's lectures are intended to arouse interest in solving scientific and other questions at an early age, to give children the opportunity to experience the flair of a university. The BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg provides solutions to scientific phenomena of everyday life in a child-friendly, exciting way and thus creates formative experiences and experiences that are intended in particular to reduce the inhibition threshold to a university.

For more information on the Children's and Pupils' University and other BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg offerings for children and pupils: www.b-tu.de/unileben/kinder-und-schueler