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ZA-NExUS_2: ‘Sustainable Agricultural Policy – Conserving Nature, Protecting the Environment: Follow-Up Study’

Feindt, Peter H., Prof. Dr. (Agricultural and Food Policy)

Duration of project: 12/2017 - 03/2020

The ZA-NExUS_2 project operationalises the concepts of a ‘Future-oriented social contract for agriculture’ and a ‘New architecture for agriculture policy’, which have been developed during the ZA-NExUS project. This follow-up study also explores thei ...

Your Emotional City! A transdisciplinary, citizen science investigation of urban spaces

Fingerhut, Joerg, Prof. Dr. (Department of Philosophy)

Duration of project: 07/2021 - 06/2022

Winter School Ethics and Neuroscience 2018

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of project: 02/2018 - 12/2024

The Winter School Ethics and Neuroscience 2018 is an one week event with around 120 participants. The program consists of lectures, discussions, self-studies and presentations as well as a keynote lecture.

Willow Extracts for Plant Protection

Ulrichs, Christian, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.; Dr. rer. agr. (Urban Plant Ecophysiology)

Duration of project: 04/2017 - 11/2018

Dieses Projekt legt den Fokus auf die Testung der Eignung von Extrakten aus der Rinde von Sa-lix spp. als Pflanzenstärkungs- bzw. Pflanzenschutzmittel. Das Rindenextrakt der salicylatreichen Spezies Salix daphnoides soll bzgl. seines Abwehrpotentials ...

What Animals Want: A Pilot Study With Rats

Gygax Hillmann, Lorenz Frank, PD Dr. (Animal Husbandry)

Duration of project: 10/2019 - 09/2021

This pilot study and larger follow-up projects will enhance our understanding when animals seek what kind of resources. At the same time, we learn about the specific needs of the species studied, the rat. An experimental situation will be set up, whi ...

West African Wild Silks Techniques: Preserving Marka-Dafing’s Heritage of Knowledge

Bauer, Kathrin, (Faculty Management)

Duration of project: 02/2020 - 07/2022

For centuries, indigenous wild silks have been traded across West Africa and used in Marka-Dafing’s textile production in the Mouhoun regions of Western Burkina Faso. Over the past twenty years, the precious materials that are used by women for weavi ...

Vocational Education Towards Climate-Adaptive Management of Urban Green Spaces

Aenis, Thomas, Dr. (Agricultural Consulting and Communication Studies)

Duration of project: 11/2017 - 12/2019

The objective of the project on “Vocational Education for climate-adapted green spaces” is to support educational institutions and teachers in education, training and further education in the field of landscape gardening: to integrate climate change ...

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 ...

Using a mobile phone-based multimedia technology to support maternal health in rural southwestern Uganda

Pinkwart, Niels, Prof. Dr. (Computing and Society and Didactics of Informatics)

Duration of project: 02/2018 - 12/2020

US-German Research Proposal: Collaborative Research: Field Potentials in the Auditory System

Kempter, Richard, Prof. Dr. (Computational Neuroscience)

Duration of project: 09/2017 - 08/2019

Extracellular field potentials are typically generated by various neuronal sources, making their interpretation difficult. They are, however, clinically important, with applications ranging from diagnostics to brain-computer interfaces. In the audito ...

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 ...

Uncovering Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Psychosis Using the Oculomotor System

Rolfs, Martin, Prof. Dr. (General Psychology - Active Perception and Cognition)

Duration of project: 09/2017 - 07/2021

Disturbances in a sense of self are a hallmark of schizophrenia. These disturbances can be characterized by a distorted sense of agency – the subjective sense that I cause the actions I produce. Agency distortions are manifest in many psychotic sympt ...

TWAS Malaria

Matuschewski, Kai, Prof. Dr. (Molecular Parasitology)

Duration of project: 07/2017 - 09/2017

Internationale wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit zwischen DFG und TWAS ( The World Academy of Sciences) zur Förderung eines maximal dreimonatigen Gastaufenthalts.

Three-armed, Randomized Controlled Study to Assess the Effects of FASTER and SCOTT Trainings for Adults with High-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Dziobek-Ferber, Isabel, Prof. Dr. (Clinical Psychology of Social Interaction)

Duration of project: 10/2019 - 03/2025

The Freiburg Asperger Specific Therapy for Adult Patients (FASTER) is a published manualized group psychotherapy program for adults with high-functioning ASD. It aims to improve social responsiveness, social competence, and dysfunctional stress copin ...

The Roles of Grid and Place Cells and Phase Precession in Human Episodic Memory

Kempter, Richard, Prof. Dr. (Computational Neuroscience)

Duration of project: 03/2018 - 06/2021

This research project uses direct human brain recordings to characterize the neuronal signals that represent aspects of individual episodic memories. A key question is understanding how the brain supports tasks such as “Where did I leave my keys this ...

The life cycles of parasitic worms - from macro-evolutionary patterns to the genetics of adaptation

Benesh, Daniel, Dr. (Molecular Parasitology)

Duration of project: 05/2019 - 12/2022

Many parasites have complex life cycles in which they infect multiple hosts in succession before reproducing. These life cycles are perplexing, because they seem risky. As the number of consecutive hosts in a life cycle increases, so does the risk of ...

The functions of phenotypic plasticity in plant-plant interactions and canopy productivity

Chen, Tsu-Wei, Prof. Dr. (Intensive Plant Food Systems)

Duration of project: 12/2020 - 04/2024

In all agriculture systems and breeders’ fields, growing plants interact continuously with the microclimate created by their neighboring plants by adjusting their morphological and physiological characteristics. The ability of these adjustments, name ...

The functional impact of co- and post-translational N-terminal protein modifications in the chloroplast under stresses.

Grimm, Bernhard, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Prof. Dr. (Plant Physiology)

Duration of project: 01/2021 - 12/2023

Chloroplasts primarily function as bioreactors converting light into chemical energy. In addition, they also act as regulatory hub for intracellular communication and mediation of environmental impacts to regulate nuclear gene expression. Chloroplast ...

The Economics of Biogas Production

Kirschke, Dieter, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. (Agricultural Politics)

Duration of project: 01/2012 - 04/2014

The project analyses the efficiency of the Renewable Energy Sources Act and accompanying costs of CO2-reduction in the field of biogas production in Germany. The study focuses on the calculations of regional CO2-mitigation potentials and CO2-mitigati ...

The Centromeric Nucleosome in Yeast: Interaction With the Inner Kinetochore and Assembly by the Chaperone Yta7/ ATAD2

Ehrenhofer-Murray, Ann, Prof. Dr. (Molecular Cell Biology)

Duration of project: 05/2022 - 04/2025

The faithful transmission of genetic information from mother to daughter cells during mitosis requires that the sister chromatids of each chromosome are properly segregated to the daughter cells. For this, the kinetochore attaches on one side to the ...

The Axonal Code of Information Processing

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of project: 07/2014 - 12/2017

In diesem Projekt sollen die Fähigkeiten zweier experimentellen Labors zusammengeführt werden. Insbesondere sollen die hervorragenden Fähigkeiten von Herrn Gloveli in der Registrierung axonaler Signale mit unserer Expertise in In-Vivo-Präparation am ...

Technical Procedures for Closed Crop Production Systems to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change-Induced Abiotic Stress

Ulrichs, Christian, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.; Dr. rer. agr. (Urban Plant Ecophysiology)

Duration of project: 09/2018 - 12/2022

Technical Procedures for Closed Crop Production Systems to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change-Induced Abiotic Stress

Schmidt, Uwe, Prof. Dr. (Section Biological Systems Technology)

Duration of project: 09/2018 - 08/2022

One of the major challenges of the 21st century is the mitigation of global climate change, which is mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions. One contribution to this could be made by advanced and intelligently controlled greenhouse systems. Theref ...

Targeted Salix Crossing and Chemoprofiling for Improved Medicinal Potential of Willow Bark

Ulrichs, Christian, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.; Dr. rer. agr. (Urban Plant Ecophysiology)

Duration of project: 07/2017 - 08/2021

Deforestation of Salix species for fuel as renewable sources for energetic use had priority in the past. However, the mobilization of dendromass from forests is limited and therefore, short-rotation plantations (SRP) with fast-growing tree species su ...

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 ...

Take, Remember, Give Back: The Potential of Z-DNA as a Carrier of Epigenetic Memory

Ringrose, Leonie Helen, Prof. Dr. (Quantitative Biology of the Eukaryotic Cell)

Duration of project: 04/2018 - 03/2020

Take, Remember, give back: The potential of Z-DNA as a carrier of epigenetic memory. Epigenetic memory is immensely powerful in biological systems, giving stable memory of gene expression states over many cell generations, long after the initial sign ...

Sustainability-based value chains as part of the ‘Green Deal’: strategies for trust-building and transparency

Feindt, Peter H., Prof. Dr. (Agricultural and Food Policy)

Duration of project: 07/2020 - 06/2021

The project analyses selected projects and initiatives which aim to establish agrarian value chains with enhanced sustainability characteristics. Such sustainability-based value chains are widely discussed as an approach to simultaneously increase th ...

Summer School Food Berlin – Sustainable Diets

Feindt, Peter H., Prof. Dr. (Agricultural and Food Policy)

Duration of project: 01/2019 - 12/2020

Die Summer School für nachhaltige Ernährung zielt darauf ab, den Teilnehmer*innen Wissen zu vermitteln, das die zukünftige Lebensmittelproduktion und Ernährung mitgestalten wird. Eine nachhaltige Ernährung ist notwendig, damit neun Milliarden Mensche ...

Study of Anastasis in Yeast

Klipp, Edda, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. (Theoretical Biophysics)

Duration of project: 06/2019 - 12/2019

A cell is said to be dead when the plasma membrane breaks down or the cell is fragmented in an irreversible way [1]. Cells can reach this state by two mutually exclusive events: accidental cell death (ACD) or programmed cell death (PCD). ACD is the r ...

Structural, Neural and Mental Underpinnings of Rat Ticklishness

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of project: 01/2018 - 12/2020

The primary objective of this proposal is to determine the structural, neural, and mental underpinnings of rat ticklishness. Tickling, a peculiar and amusing form of social touch, has been discussed by philosophers and scientists for more than two mi ...

Structural Flexibility in the Optical Design of the Arthropod Cornea

Scholtz, Gerhard, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Comparative Zoology)

Duration of project: 11/2016 - 10/2019

The arthropod cuticle is a versatile bio-composite made of chitin fibers embedded in a protein matrix. The cuticle also forms the cornea of the arthropod compound eye – a characteristic feature of the phylum that has largely contributed to its incred ...

Structural Change in Agriculture: Interactive Programming for Policy Design in Rural Areas

Kirschke, Dieter, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. (Research Groups)

Duration of project: 07/2008 - 12/2013

The project is part of the DFG Research Group Structural Change in the Agriculural Sector. It intends to develop an interactive programming approach for policy design in rural areas. The focus is on a decision-making support tool that captures the sp ...

SPP 1879: The role of cyclic di-AMP and a novel cyclic di-nucleotide in differentiation and stress survival of Streptomyces spp.

Hengge, Regine, Prof. Dr. (Microbiology)

Duration of project: 01/2017 - 05/2020

The Gram-positive soil bacteria streptomycetes belong to nature’s most competent ‘natural product factories’ and are an important source of diverse antibiotics and other bioactive molecules for medical, veterinary and agricultural use. The production ...

SPACEBRAIN – Structure-Function Relationship in Rodent Presubiculum

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of project: 01/2017 - 12/2018

How do we know where we are and where we are going? Our sense of orientation in an environment relies on cells and circuits in specialized brain areas, in particular the hippocampus and the parahippocampal region. Despite formidable recent insight in ...

SOS_Uplands: Safe Operating Space in Mountainous Regions of SE Asia. Subproject “Transdisciplinary Processes”

Müller, Klaus, Prof. Dr. (Economics and Politics of Rural Areas)

Duration of project: 06/2017 - 05/2018

SOS-Uplands untersucht den dramatischen Wandel in den Bergregionen des südostasiatischen Festlands vor dem Hintergrund ökologischer und sozio-ökonomischer Belastungsgrenzen sowie deren möglicher Überschreitung. Ziel ist die Ermittlung von Handlungssp ...

Soil organic matter stabilization and turnover in agricultural post-fen soils

Heller, Christian, Dr. (Soils and Environmental Science)

Duration of project: 09/2016 - 10/2018

Peatland soils store huge amounts of soil organic matter (SOM) and are often drained for agricultural use. This leads to peat decomposition and substantial depletion of SOM. Shallow fen peat soils might develop into post-fen soils (PFS), which are in ...

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 ...

Sex Hormonal Control of the Rat Somatosensory Cortex

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of project: 01/2018 - 06/2021

The primary objective of this proposal is to determine the nature and extent to which sex hormones influence neuronal activity, development and behaviours mediated by the somatosensory cortex. The role of sex hormones in cortical information processi ...

Sensory Mechanisms and Local Signaling in C-Di-GMP-Mediated Signal Transduction in Escherichia coli

Hengge, Regine, Prof. Dr. (Microbiology)

Duration of project: 09/2019 - 06/2023

Signaltransduktion über sekundäre Botenstoffe beinhaltet primäre und sekundäre Signalwahrnehmung, da sowohl primäre Bedingungen – z.B. bestimmte Moleküle, Sauerstoff, Redoxsignale, Licht oder der Zustand eines Partnerproteins – die Synthese oder den ...

Rural Decisions

Kirschke, Dieter, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. (Agricultural Politics)

Duration of project: 06/2009 - 07/2012

Current political and scientific debates are focused on finding a long-term policy beneficial both for environment and economy in rural areas in the EU member states. The research project aims to methodologically reinforce these efforts and to contri ...

RTG 2473/1: Bioactive Peptides – Innovative Aspects of Synthesis and Biosynthesis

Seitz, Oliver, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry III)

Duration of project: 04/2019 - 09/2023

The Research Training Group (RTG) “Bioactive Peptides – Innovative Aspects of Synthesis and Biosynthesis” aims to provide a structured curriculum on peptide research for doctoral students. In the past years, peptide research has become of significant ...

RTG 2424/1: Computational Methods for Oncology: Towards Personalized Therapies in Cancer

Leser, Ulf, Prof. Dr.-Ing. (Knowledge Management in Bioinformatics)

Duration of project: 06/2019 - 11/2023

Recent advances in DNA sequencing and molecular profiling have triggered a major shift in cancer research. Traditional coarse-grained and phenomenological examinations and therapy decisions are replaced by individualized approaches that integrate mol ...

RTG 2386/1: Extrospection: External Access to Higher Cognitive Processes.

Pauen, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Philosophy of Spirit)

Duration of project: 10/2018 - 03/2023

Higher cognitive processes like emotions, perception, belief formation or mind-reading are of essential importance in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and psychiatry. It is quite controversial, though, to what extent these processes and particul ...

RTG 2046/2: Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems (SP C08)

Heitlinger, Emanuel, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Ecology and Evolution molecularly Parasite-Host-Interactions)

Duration of project: 10/2019 - 12/2021

There is a growing gap in training opportunities in modern parasitology in Germany and beyond. This bottleneck is in clear contrast to the worldwide distribution of parasitic diseases in human and animal populations, with a steady increase due to dru ...

RTG 2046/2: Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems (SP B01)

Matuschewski, Kai, Prof. Dr. (Molecular Parasitology II)

Duration of project: 10/2019 - 03/2024

There is a growing gap in training opportunities in modern parasitology in Germany and beyond. This bottleneck is in clear contrast to the worldwide distribution of parasitic diseases in human and animal populations, with a steady increase due to dru ...

RTG 2046/2: Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems (SP A02)

Gupta, Nishith, Dr. (Molecular Parasitology II)

Duration of project: 10/2019 - 06/2021

There is a growing gap in training opportunities in modern parasitology in Germany and beyond. This bottleneck is in clear contrast to the worldwide distribution of parasitic diseases in human and animal populations, with a steady increase due to dru ...

RTG 2046/2: Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems

Matuschewski, Kai, Prof. Dr. (Molecular Parasitology II)

Duration of project: 10/2019 - 03/2024

Parasites cause serious, health-depriving, disabling diseases affecting people and animals alike. These pathogens are globally distributed, prevalent, heterogeneous and extremely complex. There is a necessity and growing demand for interdisciplinary ...

RTG 2046/1: Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems (SP B01)

Matuschewski, Kai, Prof. Dr. (Molecular Parasitology II)

Duration of project: 05/2018 - 09/2019

Parasites cause serious, health-depriving, disabling diseases affecting people and animals alike. These pathogens are globally distributed, prevalent, heterogeneous and extremely complex. There is a necessity and growing demand for interdisciplinary ...

RTG 2046/1: Parasite Infections; From Experimental Models to Natural Systems (SP A04)

Heitlinger, Emanuel, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Ecology and Evolution molecularly Parasite-Host-Interactions)

Duration of project: 04/2015 - 09/2019

The research training group studies molecular, ecological and evolutionary aspects of parasite infections of mammals. It scrutinizes whether laboratory models of parasite infections truly mirror the processes observed in natural systems. The research ...