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W1 professorships advertised in mass spectrometry, membrane/lipid biochemistry and RNA regulation in higher eukaryotes

Deadline extended up to 14 January 2013

The European Research Council has awarded again starting grants to young CEF scientists

CEF invites applications from researchers in Frankfurt for CEF Adjunct Investigatorships

Review of methods using light to explore spatial and temporal control of important processes

F1000 recommended study describes modulation of structure and dynamics by disulfide bond formation

BMLS scientists developed specific Ubiquitin biosensors for in vivo application

Multi-million Euro grant to expand groundbreaking research on macromolecular complexes in Frankfurt

Alteration of the gear ratio of an ATP synthase by introducing mutations in its amino acid sequence

Nano-Rezeptoren erkennen selektiv einzelne Moleküle

New photoactivatable capturing tag based on GST-GSH interaction

Nationales NMR-Netzwerk auf den Weg gebracht

Josef Buchmann sponsors FMLS

Research into genetic quality control in oocytes received major financial boost

Support for method that enhances sensitivity of NMR spectroscopy by some orders of magnitude

Guiding tail-anchored membrane proteins to their destination

FMLS Vice Director and Professor at the Institute of Biophysical Chemistry elected as one of 46 new members

August 2011. After only two years of construction time, the new FMLS building has now been finished. Seven groups from a wide range of disciplines have moved in already, creating a vibrant scientific atmosphere. The building ...

Christian Behrends receives Emmy Noether fellowship

New conditioning paradigm in zebrafish larvae reveals associative learning mediated by cerebellar neurons

New Collaborative Research Center on RNA function approved by the DFG

Phosphorylation of the autophagy receptor optineurin restricts salmonella growth

Direct visualization and quantification of spatiotemporal dynamics in living cells

Understanding of structural determinants of amyloid formation in disease-related point mutations of human lysozyme.

Determination of the Conformation of the 2'OH Group in RNA by NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations

Pulsed EPR spectroscopy allows mapping of the structure of nucleic acids

Key conformational and structural parameters involved in thiostrepton targeting the ribosome identified

New principle paves way to clinical use of light-gated channels

The world’s smallest wedding rings

New results on molecular mechanisms of neuronal migration

A new signaling pathway of the immune system is elucidated

DNA damage in oocytes induces switch of quality control factor from dimer to tetramer

Optogenetics sheds light on old mystery

Versatile regulatory regime proposed for the control of heat stress response

Engineering encodable Lanthanide-binding tags into loop regions of proteins

Ancestral role and mechanistic principles of twin-ATPase ABCE1 in ribosome recycling

The Bruker Lectureship is awarded by the ESR Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry for major contributions to the application of ESR spectroscopy in chemical or biological systems.

The journal Nature Method chose optogenetics for its capacity to control cell function with light

Ernst Bamberg, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann receive Karl Heinz Beckurts Award

The dynamics involved in many membrane protein processes will be investigated by the Membrane Protein Structural Dynamics Consortium

New technique for high-throughput analysis of membrane proteins

Microscopic rotary mechanism of ion translocation in the Fo complex of ATP synthases

Public symposium at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Riedberg Campus

Frankfurt scientists decode transport protein in the cell membrane

Ivan Dikic becomes a member of the Leopoldina

Symposium to celebrate 25 years of the Rolf Sammet Guest Professorship at the Goethe University

Biocenter, Campus Riedberg, 24 August

NEW DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 29 AUGUST 2010

Fast, high-contrast imaging of animal development by scanned light sheet-based structured illumination microscopy

The electron supply system and the proton pumping mechanism of this C-family cbb3 oxidase differ substantially from those of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidases

Jens Bredenbeck appointed to W3 professorship in Frankfurt

Molecular architecture of complex I suggests proton pumping by conformational coupling via a long helical transmission-element

Cryo EM reveals acyl carrier protein (ACP) in several alternative locations next to the catalytic domains

New method to detect changes in protein synthesis and to evaluate the fate of proteins synthesized in different cellular compartments.

New options for studies of large RNA-protein-complexes

Crucial cysteinyl residue identified by group of Robert Tampé

Researchers at the Goethe University in Frankfurt have solved the structure of the C-terminal domain of presenilin

Nature letter: When drugs could permanently disrupt the pathological formation of blood vessels

Cultured cells in microfluidic chambers enable systematic experiments at the synapse

Erin Schuman and colleagues report new findings in the journal Nature

Heisenberg Professor Alexander Gottschalk is one of the pioneers of optogenetics, a new area of research in neurobiology

Robert Tampé and colleagues report how "light switches" can be used to control biomolecular interactions

The Wiley Prize will be awarded to Ernst Bamberg, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discovery of a family of light activated ion channels

Croatia's President awards Ivan Dikic the Order of Duke Branimir with Ribbon

The ERC grant will provide Ivan Dikic with 2.5 Mio Euro to establish a multidisciplinary research program

The prize is awarded for her research into ephrins and Eph receptors and their significance in the plasticity of the brain and the development of blood vessels