Focal Points at the IfB
Neurobiology and
Computational Biology
- Neural representation of prior experience
- neuronal plasticity
- neural adaptation
- research units
Quantitative Biology
in Space and Time
- Precision genetics of localized, dynamic processes
- Quantifying the topology of molecules, cells, individuals
- Modeling of dynamic spatio-temporal processes
Biophysics and
Optobiology
- Optobiology
- Structure-function analysis of macromolecular complexes
- Mathematical models meet molecules
Infection Biology
- Pathogen / host cross-talk and co-evolution
- Mechanisms of pathogen spread and persistence
- Preclinical drug and vaccine development
Evolution
and
Paleobiology
- phylogenetics and trait evolution
- morphology and imaging
- computational modeling of form and function