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We were delighted to welcome Ralph Metzler, Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Potsdam to our Seminar Series on March 14th. The lecture entitled “Long-range dependent processes in disordered systems” started with an historical perspective on the origin...

SFB1551 IRTG Winter School Our SFB1551 students gathered for the IRTG Winter School in Bad Dürkheim from 4 to 7 March. It was great having polymer & life scientists together, networking & enjoying science! Looking forward to our next event!...

New Center for Synthetic Genomics Edward Lemke, SFB1551 spokesperson, represents the UniMainz on the Board of Directors of the new Carl Zeiss Foundation Center for Synthetic Genomics Heidelberg. The CZS Center SynGen will also fund a junior research group to join...

On February 22nd we welcomed Konstanze Winklhofer, from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, for the SFB1551 Seminar Series. In her presentation, entitled “Linear polyubiquitin as a regulator of phase transitions in signaling and protein quality control”, Konstanze gave an overview on the role...

Can Yildirim’s Award-Winning Project at Jugend forscht Competition On the 16th of February, Can Yildirim took center stage at the Jugend forscht competition hosted by JGU, presenting a project that would earn him the highest accolade in the biology category....

Invited speaker Andela Šarić, from IST Austria, joined us on February 6th for the SFB1551 Seminar Series. In her presentation, entitled “The original curve: one becomes two & two become one”, Andela approached two crucial biological phenomena involving biological membranes:...

On February 1st 2024, some PhD students and Postdocs from the SFB1551 attended the workshop on “Navigating Challenging Conversations within hierarchies. – How can I get my message across?” by Heather Hofmeister. This half-day workshop was jointly organised by GenEvo,...

On January 31st 2024, Edward Lemke was invited to present the SFB1551 at the Day of the Faculty. Among more than 150 members of faculty and students who attended the event in the Alte Mensa, Edward engaged the audience in...

In this first SFB1551 Seminar Series session of the year, Dorothee Dormann followed up on the experimental methods used to study aggregation-prone RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). These proteins are known to pathologically aggregate and condensate in the cytoplasm and are hallmark...

Dorothee Dormann, our Vice-Spokesperson, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. The grant, being one of the EU’s most highly endowed funding measures at a worth of €2 million, will be used to further her research on protein aggregates that...