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SFB1551 Annual Retreat 2025 – A Celebration of Science and Collaboration From 4 to 6 of November, the SFB1551 community came together for its Annual Retreat, a three-day event filled with inspiring discussions, new ideas, and valuable scientific exchange. More...

Another SFB1551 paper is out!  Congratulations to Eric Schumbera, Dorothee Dormann, Andreas Walther and Miguel Andrade on their recent publication in BMC Genomics: “Computational investigation of the sequence context of arginine/glycine-rich motifs in the human proteome”. In this paper, the...

Another SFB1551 paper is out!  SFB1551 Group leader, Andreas Walther and Postdoctoral reseracher Weixiang Chen & collaborators have developed a synthetic DNA protonucleus (PN) platform that enables localized transcription of RNA kissing loops, which subsequently condense into diverse and controllable...

The recent Sustainability Symposium at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) brought together guest speakers, researchers, and students to share valuable perspectives on how to make scientific research more sustainable. We extend our gratitude to Prof. Dr. Sebastian Seiffert for emphasizing...

The GBM Compact and SPP2191 International Symposium, held as a satellite meeting, took place between th 16th and the 19th September. The symposium focused on the molecular mechanisms and physiological roles of phase separation in biology. While membrane-less organelles such...

We are very pleased to welcome Andrej Berg as a new Data Steward in SFB1551. Andrej has a background in computational biology and scientific data solutions, with experience in molecular simulations, machine learning, and research data management. In his new...

We are delighted to share that one of our SFB1551 group leaders, Michael te Vrugt (JGU Physics), has been featured in Nachrichten aus der Chemie. Last May Michael took part in Pint of Science, an international science outreach initiative, where...

“Polymers: The Hidden Heroes of Life”   It is great to see that our science outreach book chapter has just been published in the Springer Nature Series “Science for a Better Tomorrow – Curious 2024 Insights”! This publication is the...

Another SFB1551 paper is out!  A comprehensive update from the international biocondensate community—featuring SFB1551 spokespersons Dorothee Dormann and Edward Lemke—has just been published in Nature Communications 🫧🧬🧪🔬 “Current practices in the study of biomolecular condensates: a community comment“ Abstract The...

Another SFB1551 paper is out!  Congratulations to Kumar Gaurav, Lukas Stelzl and Rene Ketting from SFB1551 on their latest paper “Multi-scale Simulations of MUT-16 Scaffold Protein Phase Separation and Client Recognition,” just published in the Biophysical Journal! Abstract Phase separation of...