Protein acetylation inhibits effects of growth factors

Deadline: 31 January 2010

Using high-resolution NMR spectroscopy, the Schwalbe group could characterize the unfolded state of the human prion protein in its SS-oxidized and -reduced state

The cryo EM expert plans to use the 1.7 Million Euro grant money from the ERC to expand his interdisciplinary research group of biologists, physicists and biochemists.

CEF Adjunct Investigator and his collaborators identify binding sites of a eukaryotic RNA helicase on pre-ribosomal RNA

Genetic defects affect the energy metabolism of mitochondria

The FMLS director is awarded the prize for his work on a novel ubiquitin receptor

Scientists of the CEF together with the company Carl Zeiss have developed a prototype of a new electron microscope, which provides higher contrast with biological samples

CEF Investigator Ernst Stelzer has been elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Ernst Stelzer wins award for his achievements in the visual representation of the behavior of cells during vertebrate embryogenesis

CEF Adjunct Investigator awarded prize for his work on the function of RNA helicases in the biogenesis of ribosomes

Deadline for applications: 21 September 2009

Why neural stem cells divide and differentiate

The Cluster is delighted to announce that Ernst Stelzer has accepted the CEF Professorship in Advanced Light Microscopy

Bioactivity-guided mapping and navigation of chemical space

Harald Schwalbe and colleagues report new findings about the human protein complex Hsp90-Cdc37 in the journal "Angewandte Chemie"

CEF exhibition stall at the Goethe University’s summer fair

The latest research results on macromolecular complexes were exchanged at the International CEF Symposium, which took place on 5.-6. June 2009 on Niederrad Campus in Frankfurt

Increasing the lifespan of organisms by improving mitochondrial quality control of proteins

One of the world's leading expert in ribosome structure analysis is awarded with the Rolf-Sammet-Professorship 2009

The CEF congratulates Ernst Bamberg to receiving the Wissenschaftspreis of the Stifterverband. Arend Oetker, the President of the Stifterverband, presented the award to Ernst Bamberg on 18 June 2009 in Mainz.

Important discovery about the morphology of mitochondria membranes by Andreas Reichert and colleagues

The CEF Building will provide 3000 m² of laboratory and office space on the Riedberg Campus.

Jens Bredenbeck and colleagues illustrate the potential of extending 2D-IR spectroscopy to the investigation of surface molecular dynamics

Recent research results published in "Journal of Clinical Oncology" and "Blood"

The new Scottish Institute for Cell Signalling invites Ivan Dikic to become Chairman of its Scientific Advisory Group

The introduction session for the CEF Explorer took place on 1 April 2009 on the Riedberg Campus

Ivan Dikic and colleagues report discovery of a new signalling pathway in the journal Cell

A team of scientists led by Robert Tampé report their latest finding in PNAS

Ivan Dikic and colleagues report a role for NBR1 in autophagosomal degradation of ubiquitinated substrates

Recent conference in Frankfurt highlights promising progress in the field of biological membranes and membrane proteins

Adjunct Investigator Jens Bredenbeck receives ADUC prize of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)

A collaboration between scientists in Switzerland, the US and Frankfurt shows surprising properties of certain human T-cells

Find out more about the CEF and its research by watching this DFG-produced short film of the Cluster

The CEF Assembly elected Harald Schwalbe to follow into Werner Müller-Esterl's footsteps from February 2009

The Assembly of the Cluster has elected Ivan Dikic as the first director of the new CEF Institute