Research Groups at the MPI

External Scientific Members | Former Research Groups

Wolfgang Baumeister

Molecular Structural Biology

Cryo-Electron Tomography, Electron Microscopical Structure Research, Protein and Cell Structure, Protein Degradation

Karsten Borgwardt

Machine Learning and Systems Biology

Machine Learning, Systems Biology, Computational Biology, Personalized Medicine, Biomarker Discovery

Georg Borner

Systems Biology of Membrane Trafficking

Proteomic Microscope, Membrane Trafficking, AP-4 Mediated Protein Transport, Quantitative Mass Spectrometry, Dynamic Organellar Maps

John Briggs

Cell and Virus Structure

Structural Biology, Cryo-Electron Tomography, Viruses, Membrane trafficking

Elena Conti

Structural Cell Biology

Structural Studies, RNA Transport, RNA Surveillance, RNA Degradation

Jürgen Cox

Computational Systems Biochemistry

Systems Biology, Proteomics, Mass Spectrometry, Bioinformatics

Karl Duderstadt

Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Machines

DNA Replication Dynamics, Structural Biology, Single-Molecule Imaging, Biophysics

Reinhard Fässler

Molecular Medicine

Integrin, Adhesion Signalling, Mouse Genetics

Günther Gerisch

Cell Dynamics

Phagocytosis, cytokinesis, cell motility, actin dynamics

Franz-Ulrich Hartl

Cellular Biochemistry

Molecular Chaperones, Protein Folding, Proteostasis, Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Manajit Hayer-Hartl

Chaperonin-assisted Protein Folding

Protein Folding and Assembly, Rubisco, GroEL and GroES, Mass Spectrometry

Amelie Heuer-Jungemann

DNA Hybridnanomaterials

DNA Nanotechnology, DNA-Silica Hybridnanomaterials, Bionanotechnology, Biophysics

Robert Huber

Structure Research

Structural Biology, Methods of Protein Crystallography, Protein Degradation, Medicinal Chemistry

Matthias Mann

Proteomics and Signal Transduction

Mass Spectrometry, Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Cancer

Jürg Müller

Chromatin Biology

Genetics and Biochemistry of Chromatin, Transcription, Histone Modifications, Drosophila Development

Peter Murray

Immunoregulation

Immunity, Macrophage: T cell cross-talk, Self-Tolerance, Amino Acid metabolism

Danny Nedialkova

Mechanisms of Protein Biogenesis

Molecular Cell Biology, Protein Biogenesis, Translation regulation, Systems Biology

Boris Pfander

DNA Replication & Genome Integrity

DNA Replication, Checkpoints, DNA damage, Posttranslational Modifications, Yeast

Jürgen Plitzko

CryoEM Technology

Cryo-Electron Tomography, Focused Ion Beam Milling, correlated light microscopy, in situ Structural Biology, visual Proteomics

Brenda Schulman

Molecular Machines and Signaling

Structural Biology, Ubiquitin Proteasome System, Ubiquitin-like Proteins

Petra Schwille

Cellular and Molecular Biophysics

Biophysics, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Single Molecule, Synthetic Biology

Kikuë Tachibana

Totipotency

Mechanistic Cell Biology, Genomics and Biochemistry of Chromatin Reprogramming, Transcription, Mouse Genetics

Wolfgang Zachariae

Chromosome Biology

Cell division, Meiosis

Research Groups at the MPI

Wolfgang BaumeisterMolecular Structural Biology

Karsten BorgwardtMachine Learning and Systems Biology

Georg BornerSystems Biology of Membrane Trafficking

John BriggsCell and Virus Structure

Elena ContiStructural Cell Biology

Jürgen CoxComputational Systems Biochemistry

Karl DuderstadtStructure and Dynamics of Molecular Machines

Reinhard FässlerMolecular Medicine

Günther GerischCell Dynamics

Franz-Ulrich HartlCellular Biochemistry

Manajit Hayer-HartlChaperonin-assisted Protein Folding

Amelie Heuer-JungemannDNA Hybridnanomaterials

Robert HuberStructure Research

Matthias MannProteomics and Signal Transduction

Jürg MüllerChromatin Biology

Peter MurrayImmunoregulation

Danny NedialkovaMechanisms of Protein Biogenesis

Boris PfanderDNA Replication & Genome Integrity

Jürgen PlitzkoCryoEM Technology

Brenda SchulmanMolecular Machines and Signaling

Petra SchwilleCellular and Molecular Biophysics

Kikuë TachibanaTotipotency

Wolfgang ZachariaeChromosome Biology