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Using the Sunlight for Biocyatalysis – Development of Photo-Bioelectrode-Structures for Synthesis Isolation, Stabilization, Modification and Assembly of Photosystems and Its Components in Hybrid-Assemblies for Photo-Biocatalysis

Zouni, Athina, PD Dr. (Honorary Chairs / Professors by Special Appointment / Part-Time Lecturers)

Duration of project: 08/2013 - 10/2017

The aim of the Tamdem-project is to develop light-activated electrode devices for biocatalytical purposes. Therefore photosystems or components should be combined with electrodes for an efficient photo-electron transfer. By coupling various enzyme sy ...

Usage of Solar Energy for the Bioelectrocatalysis – Photobiohybrid Eletrodes for the Light-Driven Synthesis of Valuable Substances (II, SP B)

Zouni, Athina, PD Dr. (Honorary Chairs / Professors by Special Appointment / Part-Time Lecturers)

Duration of project: 02/2018 - 01/2021

The aims of the Tandem-project are light-triggered electrodes for efficient energy conversion. In the frame of the prolonged period of work it is planned to increase the efficiency of photobio-electrodes and also to couple them with enzymatic convers ...

Taking snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation: simultaneous X-ray spectroscopy and crystallography

Zouni, Athina, Dr. (Experimental Biophysics)

Duration of project: 11/2013 - 10/2016

The objective of this project is to study the overall protein structure and dynamics, as well as the chemical structure and dynamics of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of the Photosystem II membrane bound protein, that catalyses the light-driven wa ...

Singlet Molecular Oxygen and Photodynamic Effects (PDE)

Röder, Beate, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. (Experimental Physics / Photobiophysics)

Duration of project: 05/2017 - 07/2017

The 2nd Chinese-German Workshop on Singlet Oxygen and Photodynamic Effects will be held on 30th March until 2nd June 2017, in Berlin the capital of Germany, which is a completely independent meeting. The aim is to provide a bilateral scientific and t ...

Single-Shot Spectrometer for Time-Resolved Simultaneous Vis- and IR Measurements

Hegemann, Peter, Prof. Dr. (Head of Department)

Duration of project: 07/2016 - 12/2019

The aim of this project is the set-up of a novel end-station at the IRIS-beamline of BESSY II for simultaneous, microsecond time-resolved infra-red- and UV/Vis-spectroscopy of non-cyclic systems. The station will be used for first experiments in the ...

RG 2518/1: Combining Experiment, Simulation and Machine Learning to Elucidate the Activation of Glutamate Receptor Complexes (SP 08)

Plested, Andrew, Prof. Ph.D. (Cellular Biophysics)

Duration of project: 10/2020 - 09/2023

Markov state models (MSMs) are universal frameworks to encode the switching kinetics of biomolecular machines with multiple states. MSMs have been used to interpret the multi-state nature of experimental single-molecule recordings of ion channels and ...

PP 1926/1: Development and Application of Novel Optogenetic Tools in Specific Intracellular Compartments

Hegemann, Peter, Prof. Dr. (Experimental Biophysics)

Duration of project: 09/2016 - 01/2019

The aim of this work is the development of novel optogenetic tools that allow investigations on subcellular compartments. In the first project, we will combine proton and chloride channels or chloride pumps with targeting motives for synaptic vesicle ...

PP 1617: Phenotypic Heterogeneity and Sociobiology of Bacterial Populations

Hengge, Regine, Prof. Dr. (Microbiology)

Duration of project: 07/2015 - 12/2019

Bakterielle Biofilme zeigen räumliche physiologische Differenzierung, die Nährstoff- und/oder Sauerstoffgradienten folgt. Fluoreszenz- und EM-Analysen von Kryoschnitten durch Makrokoloniebiofilme von E. coli zeigen eine klare Stratifizierung mit wach ...

Mechanism of metal-specific ECF transporters

Eitinger, Thomas, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Microbiology)

Duration of project: 04/2017 - 09/2020

Energy-coupling factor (ECF) transporters represent a large subgroup of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters and are involved in micronutrient uptake in prokaryotes. Substrates comprise water-soluble vitamins and the transition metal ions Co2+ ...

Functional in vivo Studies of Algal Sensory Photoreceptors

Hegemann, Peter, Prof. Dr. (Experimental Biophysics)

Duration of project: 06/2019 - 10/2021

Channelrhodopsins, that we originally discovered in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and described as a light-gated ion channels, revolutionized the field of neuroscience over the past decade by enabling neuroscientists to specifically activa ...