Research Departments

Molecular Structural Biology / Wolfgang Baumeister
Structural analysis of biological macromolecules by means of electron microscopic methods and electron tomography of cellular structures
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Structural Cell Biology / Elena Conti
Structural studies and molecular mechanisms of RNA transport, surveillance and degradation
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Molecular Medicine / Reinhard Fässler
Integrin-mediated cell adhesion
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Membrane and Neurophysics / Peter Fromherz
Neuronal membrane systems and their construction; self organisation of membranes; simple neuronal networks; neuron-silicon interface
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Cellular Biochemistry / F.-Ulrich Hartl
Analysis of protein folding using cell biological, biochemical, and biophysical methods
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Molecular Cell Biology / Stefan Jentsch
Function of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins, protein degradation and targeting, DNA transactions (replication, repair, recombination).
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Proteomics and Signal Transduction / Matthias Mann
Proteomics and signal transduction, structures in the nucleus, secreted proteins and novel neuroreceptors, mass spectrometry combined with new tools in bioinformatics
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Membrane Biochemistry / Dieter Oesterhelt
Structure, function and biosynthesis of retinal proteins; light-energy conversion and bioenergetics of photosynthetic organisms
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Molecular Biology / Axel Ullrich
Structure, biochemistry, and biology of tyrosine kinases receptors; influencs of signalling pathways on cancer development and diabetes II; Her2; EGF; VEGF;
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