Tasks and Responsibilities

Scientific Areas of Responsibility

204-01   Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms
204-02   Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology

Scientific Areas of Responsibility (Deputy Contact)

204-03   Medical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology
204-04   Virology
204-05   Immunology

Coordinated Programmes (procedural matters)

Priority Programmes

1879	Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in Bacteria
2002	Small Proteins in Prokaryotes, an Unexplored World
2141	Much more than defence: the multiple functions and facets of CRISPR-Cas

Research Units

1530	Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation: Organisms, Biochemistry, and (Eco-)physiology
2327	VIROCARB: Glycans Controlling Non-Enveloped Virus Infections
2406	Proteogenomics of Marine Polysaccharide Utilization (POMPU)
2816	The Autotrophy-Heterotrophy Switch in Cyanobacteria: Coherent Decision-Making at Multiple Regulatory Layers

Coordinated Programmes (scientific matters)

CRC/Transregios

51	Ecology, Physiology and Molecular Biology of the Roseobacter clade: Towards a Systems Biology Understanding of a Globally Important Clade of Marine Bacteria
124	Pathogenic fungi and their human host: Networks of interaction - FungiNet -
174	Spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial cells

Clusters of Excellence (ExStra)

2051	Balance of the Microverse

Collaborative Research Centres

900	Chronic Infections: Microbial Persistence and its Control
987	Microbial Diversity in Environmental Signal Response
1127	Chemical Mediators in complex Biosystems

Research Training Groups

1708	Molecular principles of bacterial survival strategies
2341	Microbial Substrate Conversion (MiCon)