Members

Dr. rer. nat. Ute Becherer (Physiology, +49(0)6841-16-26476)

Imaging techniques, TIRF-microscopy, Image analysis, Patch-Clamp, Membrane capacity Measurements

Prof. Dr. Ingolf Bernhardt (Biophysics, +49(0)681-302-6689)
Ion transport, Carrier-mediated transport, Red blood cells, Membrane potential, Cell aggregation

Prof. Dr. med. Michael Böhm (Internal Medicine, +49(0)6841-16-23372)

International multicenter contolled studies, Experimental pharmacology, Intracellular ion homeostasis, Myocardial stem cells, Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC), Interventional cardiologycells

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Boehm (Experimental Pharmacology, +49(0)6841-16-26438)

Molecular Neurogenetics, Neuroendocrinology, Control of Reproduction, Puberty, Development of Neuronal Circuits, Gonadotropic cells of the Pituitary, TRP channels

Dr. Ivan Bogeski (Biophysics, +49(0)6841-16-26452)
Calcium signaling, Redox homeostasis, Immune response, Dermatology, Mitochondria

Prof. Dr. Dieter Bruns (Physiology, +49(0)6841-16-26495, 26494)
Exocytosis, Neurotransmitter, Calcium signals, Membrane fusion, UV-blitz-photolysis

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Adolfo Cavalié (Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, +49(0)6841-16-26438, 26151)
Neurophysiology, Neuropharmacology, Electrophysiology, Ion channels

Dr. rer. nat. Johanna Dudek (Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, +49(0)6841-16-26046)
Protein synthesis, Protein transport, Protein translocase, Molecular chaperones, Ribosomal ligands

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jutta Engel (Biophysics, +49(0)6841-16-26212, 26202)
Physiology of hearing, Calcium channels, Calcium-dependant potassium channels, Exocytosis, Endocytosis, Deafness

Dr. Matthias Engel (Pharmacy, +49(0)681-302-64369)
Drug design, -synthesis, Proteinkinase inhibitors and activators, Oncology, Metabolic diseases

Prof. Dr. Robert Ernst (Medizinische Biochemie & Molekularbiologie, +49(0)6841 16-47875 )
Molecular Membrane Biology - Sensing and signaling

Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Faßbender (Neurology and Psychiatry, +49(0)6841-16-24103)
Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Multiple sclerosis

Prof. Dr. med. Veit Flockerzi (Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, +49(0)6841-16-26400)

Pharmacotherapy, Ion channels, Model systems for drug characterisation

Prof. Dr. Friedrich Grässer (Virology, +49(0)6841-16-23940, 23983)
Molecular Virology, Tumor Biology, microRNA, miRNA, Oncogenesis, Protein methylation

Prof. Dr. Matthias Hannig (Dentistry, Stomatology and Orthodontics, +49(0)6841-16-24960)
Proteinadsorption, Bacterial adherence, Biofilm, Dental restauration materials, Enzyme activity, Intraoral in-situ tests

Dr. rer. nat. Martin Jung (Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, +49(0)6841-16-26322, 26522)
Protein analysis, Polyclonale antibodies, Cell organelles, Membrane proteins, Protein translocase

Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jung (Urology and Paediatric Urology, +49(0)6841-16-24749)
Prostate cancer, Molecular cytogenetics, Microarray analysis, 3D-cell culture models, Tumor stem cells

Dr. rer. nat. Lars Kästner (Anatomy and Cell Biology, +49(0)6841-16-26107)
Calcium signaling, Cardiac arrhythmia, Fluorescent proteins, Förster resonance energiy transfer (FRET), "living cell"-Imaging

Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Kiemer (Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Biology, +49(0)681-302-57301)

Atherosclerosis, Protein kinases, Toll-like rececptors cytokine, Insulin receptor, Transcription factors

Prof. Dr. Karsten Kruse (Theoretical Physics, +49(0)681-302-2763)
Model development, Self organisation, Cytoskeleton, Molecular motors

Prof. Dr. Frank Lammert (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, Diabetology and Dietary Medicine, +49(0)6841-16-23201)
Cholestase, Experimental genetics, Fibrogenesis, Hepatology, Organ fibrosis, Transport proteins

Prof. Dr. C. Roy D. Lancaster (Biophysics, +49(0)6841-16-26235)
Membrane proteins, Electron- and proton transfer, Bioenergetics, Inhibitors, Membrane transport

Dr. Matthias W. Laschke (Surgery Clinical Experimental Surgery, +49(0)6841-16-26554)
Angiogenesis, Endometriosis, Transplantation, Tissue Engineering, Stem cells

Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Laufs (Cardiology, Angiology, Intensive Medicine, +49(0)6841-16-21331)
Endothelium function, Metabolism of lipids, Clinical studies, Atherogenesis, Cellular ageing processes, Myocardial hypertrophy

Prof. Dr. Trese Leinders-Zufall (Physiology, +49(0)6841-16-26450)
Olfactory system, Signal transduction, Signal modulation and -integration Ion channels, Second messenger molecules, Neural messengers

Prof. Dr. Dr.Thomas Lengauer (Computer Science, +49(0)681-9325-300)
Prediction of protein structures, Active component screening, Computational Epigenetics, Analysis of mRNA expression data, HIV resistence/Hepatitis C Virus, Neural degenerative diseases

Prof. Dr. Peter Lipp (Anatomy and Cell Biology, +49(0)6841-16-26103)
Cardiological basic research, Cardiac arrhythmia, Pharmacological therapies, "Single cell" models

Prof. Dr. Eckart Meese (Human Genetics, +49(0)6841-16-26038)
Gene amplification, Pulmonic-/brain tumors, Immunogenic antigenes, Diagnostic tumor marker, Human endogenic Retroviruses

Prof. Dr. med. Michael D. Menger (Surgery, +49(0)6841-16-26551)
Microvascular dysfunction, Angiogenesis/Angiointegration, Apoptonecrosis/Necrapoptosis, Trauma/Sepsis, Tissue-Engineering, Transplantation

Jun. Prof. Dr. David Mick (ZHMB Junior Group Medical Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Proteinlocalization in cilia

Jun. Prof. Dr. Ralf Mohrmann (ZHMB Junior Group Physiology, +49(0)6841-16-26470)
Exocytosis, SNARE proteins, Synaptic transcription, Hormone secretion, Membrane fusion

Prof. Dr. Mathias Montenarh (Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, +49(0)6841-16-26501, 26502)
Protein-Protein-Interaction, Proteintransport, Regulation of transkription, Splicing, Apoptosis

Prof. Dr. Barbara Niemeyer (Biophysics, +49(0)6841-16-26453, 26465)
TRP ion channels, Assembling of proteins, Structure/function analysis, Membrane proteins, Interaction partner

Dr. Christine Peinelt (Biophysics, +49(0)6841-16-26453)
TRP ion channels, Assembling of proteins, Structure/function analysis, Membrane proteins, Interaction partner

Dr. rer. nat. Stephan Philipp Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, +49(0)6841-16-26152, 26197)
Cation channels, TRP proteins, Calcium signals, -storage, Plasmamembrane proteins

Prof. Dr. Jens Rettig (Physiology, +49(0)6841-16-26485)

Exocytosis, Recycling of vesicles, SNARE-complex, Botulism, Alzheimer`s disease, Immunological synapse

Prof. Dr. Heiko Rieger (Theoretical Physics, +49(0)681-302-3969, 2324)

Tumor growth, Angiogenesis, Vascular remodeling, T-cell polarization, CRAC channels

Prof. Dr. Claudia Rübe (Molecular Radiobiology, +49(0)6841-16-34614)
DNA damage, DNA double strand breaks, Radiation qualities, Tissuespecific stem cells, Ionising radiation, Genomic Integrity

Prof. Dr. Gabriel Schlenstedt (Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, +49(0)6841-16-26544)

Protein transport, Nucleocytoplasmatic transport, Transport receptors, Nucleus pore complex

Prof. Dr. Manfred Schmitt (Molecular and Cell Biology, +49(0)681-302-4712)

A/B-toxins, Receptor-endocytosis, Proteine-ubiquitination, -targeting und -secretion, Cell cyclus regulation,
Recombinant virus particles, Vaccine development, Antimycotics

Prof. Dr. med. Frank Schmitz (Anatomy and Cell Biology, +49(0)6841-16-26012)
Synapse, Photoreceptor, Cytoskeleton, Exocytosis/Endocytosis, Neurodegeneration

Jun. Prof. Dr. Bianca Schrul (Medizinische Biochemie & Molekularbiologie, +49(0)6841 16-47872)
Biogenesis and Function of Lipid Droplets

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martina Sester (Internal Medicine, +49(0)6841-16-23557, 23512)
Immunology, Transplantation, Agent-specific immune defense, Immunmonitoring, T cell diagnostics

Prof. Dr. Gerald Thiel (Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, +49(0)6841-16-26504, 26506)
Signal transduction, Proteinkinase/-phosphatase, Transcriptionfactors, Programmed cell death, Neural stem cells

Prof. Dr. Martin van der Laan (Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, +49(0)6841-16-26590)
Mitochondria, Membrane proteins, Proteintranslocation, presequence translocase, Ca2+ homeostasis

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Veith (Anorganic Chemistry, +49(0)681-302-3415)
Nano-/microstructures, Nanocomposite, CVD/PVD, Laser/Optics, Biomaterials, Anorganic chemistry, Structural chemistry

Prof. Dr. Christian Wagner (Technical Physics, +49(0)681-3216)
Drop formation of compound liquids, Rheology, Visco-elastic turbulence, Texturing, Non-equilibrium turnover, Cell-cell-adhesion of red blood cells

Prof. Dr. Jörn Walter (Biosciences, +49(0)681-302-2364)

Epigenomics, Reprogramming in stem cells, Genomic Imprinting

Prof. Dr. Verena Wolf (Computer Science, +49(0)681-302-5586)

Numerical approximation algorithms for Markov chains, Stochastic Models of biochemical reaction networks, Efficient simulation of multiscale problems

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Richard Zimmermann (Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, +49(0)6841-16-26510, 26511)

Protein biogenesis, Protein transport, Membrane proteins, Molecular chaperones, Pathology of protein transport, Ribosomes

Prof. Dr. Frank Zufall (Physiology, +49(0)6841-16-26450)
G protein coupled receptors, Cation channels, TRP channels, Calcium regulation, Hormone regulation, Social behavior