Scientific Areas of Responsibility

Main Contact
2.11-03	Cell Biology

Deputy Contact
2.11-05	General Genetics and Functional Genome Biology
2.11-06	Developmental Biology

Coordinated Programmes (scientific matters)

Exzellenzcluster
2030	Cologne Cluster of Excellence on Aging and Aging-associated Diseases
2067	Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells (MBExC)
2189	CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies

Graduiertenkolleg
2243	Understanding Ubiquitylation: From Molecular Mechanisms To Disease
2364	MOMbrane: The multifaceted functions and dynamics of the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM)
2415	Mechanobiology in Epithelial 3D Tissue Constructs
2737	STRESSistance: Molecular Mechanisms to Preserve the Functionality of Membranes and Compartments during Stress Conditions
3085	Regulation of Protein Complexes at Membrane Interfaces in Pathophysiology - Short title: Regulation of Membrane Proteins (RTG-ReMPro)
3112	EpiSignal - Crosstalk of intracellular signaling pathways and chromatin modification networks

SFB/Transregio
353	Regulation of cell death decisions

Sonderforschungsbereich
1177	Molecular and Functional Characterization of Selective Autophagy
1218	Mitochondrial regulation of cellular function
1328	Adenine Nucleotides in Immunity and Inflammation
1348	Dynamic cellular interfaces: formation and function
1430	Molecular Mechanisms of Cell State Transitions

Coordinated Programmes (procedural matters)

Forschungsgruppe
2625	Mechanisms of Lysosomal Homeostasis
2743	Mechanical Stress Protection
2800	Chromosome Instability: Cross-talk of DNA replication stress and mitotic dysfunction
2848	Nanoscale Architecture and Heterogeneity of the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane
2953	Sialic Acid as Regulator in Development and Immunity
5775	Macrophage Niche Network Dynamics - Defining macrophages as choreographers of tissue development and function
5815	Structural and functional lipid droplet heterogeneity

Schwerpunktprogramm
1782	Epithelial intercellular junctions as dynamic hubs to integrate forces, signals and cell behaviour
2306	Ferroptosis: from Molecular Basics to Clinical Applications
2493	Heterotypic Cell-Cell Interactions in Epithelial Tissues (HetCCI)