Quantitative Biology in Space and Time


Molecular Cell Biology
Head: Prof. Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray


Plant Physiology
Head: Prof. Bernhard Grimm


Optobiology
Head: Prof. Marina Mikhaylova


Structural Biology and Biochemistry
Head: Prof. Holger Dobbek


Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
Head: Prof. Kerstin Kaufmann


Cellular Biophysics
Head: Prof. Andrew Plested
In the Cellular Biophysics group, we study glutamate receptors and other components of fast synaptic transmission.


RNA Biology and Posttranscriptional Regulation
Head: Prof. Markus Landthaler
The Landthaler lab is interested in system-wide understanding of posttranscriptional regulation in mammalian cells in response to changes in their immediate environment.


Theoretical Biophysics
Head: Prof. Edda Klipp


Experimental Biophysics
Head: Prof. Peter Hegemann
Our research group studies the structure-function relation of sensory photoreceptors from algae, fungi and bacteria.


Cellular Microbiology
Head: Prof. Arturo Zychlinsky
Chromatin evolved to have an immune function in eukaryotes. Neutrophils, the most abundant white blood cell in humans, expel modified chromatin, called Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) to fight infections and regulate the immune system. Our department is taking various approaches to figure out the mechanism of NET formation.


Molecular parasitology
Head: Prof. Kai Matuschewski


Molecular Genetics
Head: Prof. Christian Schmitz-Linneweber



Computational regulatory genomics
Head: Prof. Uwe Ohler



Comparative Zoology
Head: Prof. John Nyakatura



Microbiology
Head: Prof. Thomas Eitinger



Collective Information Processing
Head: Prof. Pawel Romanczuk
We investigate the interplay of self-organization and function in complex biological systems by combining mathematical modeling and analysis of experimental data. Our main research focus are mechanisms and functional benefits of collective behavior from cellular ensembles to animal groups. Further topics include modeling of stochastic motility and spatially-explicit evolutionary games.


Molecular Microbiology
Head: Prof. Marc Erhardt


General Microbiology
Head: Prof. Regine Hengge