Category: News

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)...

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...

  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...

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...