Category: News

On April 25th, we had the pleasure of welcoming Tassula Proikas-Cezanne, Proikas-Cezanne, from Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, to our Seminar Series. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of WIPI-mediated autophagy in health, disease, and longevity. In her talk, entitled...

We are thrilled to announce that Carla Schmidt and Jasper Michels just joined the SFB1551 as fully funded members with project R15 entitled “Unraveling multivalent interactions in the pre-synapse”   “We aim at unravelling the architecture of the active zone and,...

On April 11th, we welcomed Jörg Höhfeld from Universität Bonn. During his talk, entitled “Maintaining the Proteome Under Mechanical Stress – From Mechanism to Pathology”, Jörg focused on how mechanical stress affects protein function and integrity. Cells are constantly subjected...

Check out the new article from Edward Lemke on “Intrinsic disorder: A term to define the specific physicochemical characteristic of protein conformational heterogeneity” “In his commentary in this issue of Molecular Cell, Struhl reasons that the term “intrinsically disordered regions” represents a...

Can Yildirim, awarded the Best Biology project in the Rhineland-Palatinate at Jugend forscht Competition After undergoing successful evaluation in Mainz, Can has now obtained the highest recognition from the jury in the 59th Rhineland-Palatinate state Jugend forscht competition. Can Yildirim developed his...

Jasper Michels receives the Best Speaker Award! Jasper Michels, Group Leader at the Molecular Electronics Division of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and Associate PI in the SFB1551 won the Best Speaker Award at the recent IRTG Winter...

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...