Media Interest in our Research

Laboratory for Molecular Psychosomatics

 

 

General Topics

  • Prof. Reber as guest at  ARD "NRD-Visite" Online-Interview: "Warum Gärtnern wie eine Therapie wirkt" - "Old Friends: Mycobacterium vaccae" on the 15th of April 2025. Visite | 15.04.2025
  • Prof. Reber as guest at ARTE Saloon Live-Talk: "Können Mikroben alles?". The program was live-streamed on the 27th of November 2024, but is also accessible via YouTube-ARTE Saloon.
  • Dr. med. Gerrit Keferstein (Medical Director of the MOJO Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Hennef, Germany) interviews Prof. Reber about "The long-term consequences of reduced contact to immunoregulatory microorganisms (i.e. "Old Friends") for the immune system and psychosomatic health." The interview was published in Dr. Keferstein's  BLOG "IMMUN-SIGNATUR" on the 18th of March 2021. The Interview-Video is also accessible via YouTube. 
  • "Stuttgarter Zeitung" interviews Prof. Reber about "The microbiome-gut-brain communication pathways". The interview was published in the printed and online edition of the newspaper on the 23rd of September 2019.

Langgartner D.*, Weimer K.* et al., 2025, Brain, Behavior and Immunity

“Pawsitive impact: How pet contact ameliorates adult inflammatory stress responses in individuals raised in an urban environment”

 

Desmond LW. et al., 2025 Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

“Protective effects of Mycobacterium vaccae ATCC 15483 against "Western"-​style diet-​induced weight gain and visceral adiposity in adolescent mice”

  • press release "University of Ulm" 
  • Fox5 New York - channel interviews M.Sc. Luke Desmond about the recently published "Brain, Behavior, and Immunity" - study on the role of protective effects of Mycobacterium vaccae against "Western-style" diet-induced weight gain with the topic  “Is a weigt loss vaccine on the way?” in the news of wednesday, 22 of january 2025.

 

 

 

Tschaffon-Müller MEA.*, Kempter E.* et al., 2023 Nature Communications

"Neutrophil-derived catecholamines mediate negative stress effects on bone"

  • press release "University of Ulm"
  •  "SWR4 Schwaben Radio" interviews Prof. Reber and Prof. Haffner-Luntzer (Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics) about the recently published "Nature Communications" study on the role of neutrophils in mediating the negative effects of stress on bone metabolism and fracture healing. The interview was broadcasted in "SWR4 -Ulm" on Tuesday the 04th of July 2023.
  • "SWR Television" is visiting the Reber-​Lab and the Department of Orthopedic Trauma, Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery at Ulm University Medical Center (PD. Dr. Konrad Schütze) to record a television coverage about the negative effects of stress on bone metabolism and fracture healing on the 5th of December 2023. The TV program was broadcasted in the show "Doc Fischer" on "SWR" on Wednesday the 13th of December 2023 (start at min 27:28).

Haffner-Luntzer M.*, Foertsch S.* et al., 2019 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA

"Chronic psychosocial stress compromises the immune response and endochondral ossification during bone fracture healing via β-AR signaling"

Böbel T.*, Hackl S.* et al., 2018 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA

"Less immune activation following social stress in rural vs. urban participants raised with regular or no animal contact, respectively."

 

Reber S. O. et al., 2016 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA

"Immunization with a heat-killed preparation of the environmental bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae promotes stress resilience in mice."

 

Perani CV et al., 2015 Nature Scientific Reports

"High fat diet prevents adaptive peripartum-associated adrenal gland plasticity and anxiolysis."