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Another SFB1551 paper is out!  Congratulations to Rodrigo Dillenburg, Anastasia Lopatina, Hao Ruan, Martin Girard and Edward Lemke on their recent publication on Advanced Science: “A Phosphorylation-Induced Micellization Switch in the Low-Complexity Domain of TDP-43”. Abstract Phase separation (PS) of...

Another SFB1551 paper is out!  Congratulations to Sabrina Giofrè and Edward Lemke on their recent publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society: “Bis-Tetrazine Fluorogenic (Silicon)-Rhodamine Dyes for Live-Cell Labeling”. Abstract Fluorogenic click dyes are valuable tools for biorthogonal labeling,...

ERC advanced grants awarded to Edward Lemke and Andreas Walther Congratulations to SFB 1551 group leaders Edward Lemke and Andreas Walther at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) on being awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants. With funding of...

SFB1551 First International Symposium in Mainz From March 4–6, 2026, the Collaborative Research Centre SFB1551 – Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function hosted its First International Symposium at the Gonsberg Lounge in Mainz. The three-day meeting brought together researchers from around...

Another SFB1551 paper is out!  Congratulations to SFB1551 members Hao Ruan, Rodrigo Dillenburg, Elnaz Hosseini, Sina Wittmann, Martin Girard and Edward Lemke on their recent publication in Nature Communications: “Differential conformational expansion of NUP98-HOXA9 oncoprotein from nanosized assemblies to macrophases”....

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 Miao Xie & 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...