A new SFB1551 paper is out! Congrats to Dorothee Dormann & Edward Lemke
Check out the new article from Dorothee Dormann and Edward Lemke on “Adding intrinsically disordered proteins to biological ageing clocks” just published on Nature Cell Biology. AbstractResearch into how the young and old differ, and which biomarkers reflect the...
Congrats to Sina Wittmann, the winner of the ‘Win a Labbot’ contest
Congrats to Sina Wittmann, the winner of the ‘Win a Labbot’ contest at this year’s ‘Cellular Mechanisms Driven by Phase Separation’ Symposium at EMBL Heidelberg! Out of 25 high-quality submissions, Sina’s proposal stood out as the Labbot seems to have...
SFB1551 @ EMBO | EMBL Symposium Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation
This week, SFB1551 researchers took part of the EMBO | EMBL Symposium on Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation organized by our own SFB1551 spokesperson Dorothee Dormann (JGU/IMB) along with Simon Alberti (Dresden University of Technology), Sara Cuylen-Häring (EMBL Heidelberg)...
A new SFB1551 paper is out! Congrats to Andreas Walther
Check out the new article from Andreas Walther on “DNA-empowered synthetic cells as minimalistic life forms” just published on Nature Reviews Chemistry. AbstractCells, the fundamental units of life, orchestrate intricate functions — motility, adaptation, replication, communication, and self-organization within tissues. Originating...
SFB1551 “Scientist for a day” outreach event
Just last week the SFB1551 welcomed students and teachers from the International Class and Gifted Education at Otto Schott Gymnasium for a 2-day immersive scientific experience! Throughout these couple of days, the students were given an introduction and hands-on...
SFB1551 is hiring!
After recently joining the SFB1551 as fully funded member, Carla Schmidt (JGU) has just opened a PhD position within project R15 entitled “Unraveling multivalent interactions in the pre-synapse”. Job announcement The group of Carla Schmidt is part of the...
SFB1551 Seminar Series – Sina Wittmann
On May 2nd, Sina Wittmann, group leader at the IMB, delivered a Methods Talk aimed at the network’s postgraduates, entitled “Protein Condensation in the Presence of Nucleic Acids.” Sina Wittmann’s research focuses on the role of protein condensation in gene...
SFB1551 Seminar Series – Tassula Proikas-Cezanne
On April 25th, we had the pleasure of welcoming Tassula Proikas-Cezanne, Proikas-Cezanne, from Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, to our Seminar Series. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of WIPI-mediated autophagy in health, disease, and longevity. In her talk, entitled...