At the MFPL, fostering talent is imperative. The five new professorships will encourage the researchers to continue their excellent research at the institute, and to pass on their knowledge to university students, the future generation of scientists.
The professorships perfectly reflect the great variety of topics researched here at the MFPL.
Verena Jantsch is now Professor of Eukaryote Genetics, focusing her research on meiosis, a specialized form of cell division.
Sascha Martens studies autophagy, the cell’s own recycling mechanism. He is now Professor of Membrane Biochemistry.
Isabella Moll investigates ribosome heterogeneity in bacteria and is now Professor of Molecular Bacteriology.
Kristin Tessmar-Raible, now Professor of Chronobiology, focuses her work on lunar periodicity and inner brain photoreceptors.
Bojan Zagrovic is appointed Professor of Molecular Biophysics, directing his research towards understanding the structure, dynamics and interactions of biomolecules.
Dissecting the turgor sensing mechanisms in the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
Pikobodies: What does it take to bioengineer NLR immune receptor-nanobody fusions
scRNA and phylogenetics
Gene regulatory mechanisms governing human development, evolution and variation
Regulation of Cerebral Cortex Morphogenesis by Migrating Cells
Phage therapy for treating bacterial infections: a double-edged sword
Suckers and segments of the octopus arm
Using the house mouse radiation to study the rapid evolution of genes and genetic processes
CRISPR jumps ahead: mechanistic insights into CRISPR-associated transposons
SLiMs and SHelMs: Decoding how short linear and helical motifs direct PPP specificity to direct signaling
Title to be announced
Enigmatic evolutionary origin and multipotency of the neural crest cells - major drivers of vertebrate evolution
Visualising mitotic chromosomes and nuclear dynamics by correlative light and electron microscopy
Engineered nanocarriers for imaging of small proteins by CryoEM
Bacterial cell envelope homeostasis at the (post)transcriptional level
Title to be announced
Hydrologic extremes alter mechanisms and pathways of carbon export from mountainous floodplain soils
Dissecting post-transcriptional gene expression regulation in humans and viruses
Polyploidy and rediploidisation in stressful times
Prdm9 control of meiotic synapsis of homologs in intersubspecific hybrids
Title to be announced
RNA virus from museum specimens
Programmed DNA double-strand breaks during meiosis: Mechanism and evolution
Title to be announced