Category: News

On July 8th, we welcomed guest speaker Christian Schlieker, an expert in nuclear compartmentalization and the development of novel methodologies to study the interplay of membrane dynamics, liquid-liquid phase separation, and protein quality control. In his talk, titled “(Dis)connecting Aberrant...

On July 1st, SFB1551 had the pleasure of hosting a double lecture featuring guest speakers Tanja Mittag and Kresten Lindorff-Larsen. The event was well-attended, with a full house eagerly awaiting Tanja’s presentation on “Driving Forces for Phase Separation, Material Properties,...

Helle Ulrich (SFB1551 – Project R02) has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). She will receive EUR 2.5 million over the next five years to support her research on how a small regulatory protein called...

On June 20th, we welcomed our guest speaker, Professor Matthias Ballauf. Affiliated to Freie Universität Berlin, Prof. Ballauff is no stranger to Mainz, having been a student at Mainz University. It was wonderful to see some of his former collaborators...

Today, Master students successfully completed the 2-week practical (A-Module) of the “Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function” Master Module. This Module, currently in its first edition, was designed by the SFB1551 spokespersons, Dorothee Dormann and Edward Lemke.  The A-Module practical sessions...

The article from “Forschung & Lehre” discusses the growing trend of shared research infrastructures, known as Core Facilities, at universities. These facilities centralize expensive and complex equipment, making them accessible to multiple researchers and external partners. This model promotes efficient...

On June 6th 2024, a group of PIs and advanced Postdocs from the SFB1551 attended the workshop on “Communication competencies in intercultural, intergenerational and diverse teams” by Heather Hofmeister. This half-day workshop, collaboratively organized by GenEvo, 4R, SFB1361, and SFB1551,...

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 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...

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)...