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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 ...

RTG 2046/1: Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems (SP A02)

Gupta, Nishith, Dr. (Molecular Parasitology)

Duration of project: 04/2015 - 09/2019

With a steady increase due to drug resistance, global warming and increasing international travel, parasitic diseases are distributed world-wide in human and animal populations. The RTG aims to install a cutting edge and integrative curriculum to edu ...

RTG 1772/2: Computational Systems Biology

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

Duration of project: 08/2015 - 01/2020

Biology has turned into a quantitative, information-driven science. Like physics in the first half of the twentieth century, biology now generates very challenging questions and masses of data that drive the development of theory and technology. Ther ...

RTG 1589/2: Sensory Computation in Neural Systems

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

Duration of project: 01/2016 - 12/2019

The scientific program is focused on sensory processing and perception. Since perception is task dependent (“perception serves a purpose”), sensory processing is connected to cognitive functions (decision making, memory function, planning, and even m ...

Roots in the Biopore Sheath

Kautz, Timo, Prof. Dr. (Plant Cultivation)

Duration of project: 01/2019 - 06/2021

The objective of this study is to quantify root growth and metabolic activity of roots in the biopore sheath. This zone of soil is of particular interest because it provides elevated nutrient concentrations and can be easily accessed by roots from th ...

RG 2936: Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa (SP 09)

Grethe, Harald, Prof. Dr. (International Agricultural Trade and Development)

Duration of project: 03/2020 - 08/2024

Computable general equilibrium models (CGEs) are used to gain an understanding of economy-wide implications of exogenous shocks to national economies such as climate, policy or world market price change. Climate change impacts on health through a var ...

RG 2841/1: A Comprehensive Repository of Regulatory Elements and Their Variations in Human Disease (SP 05)

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

Duration of project: 03/2020 - 09/2023

Though the introduction of whole exome sequencing (WES) has enabled the molecular diagnosis rate for patients with rare genetic disorders to rise considerably, it has levelled at a maximum of 50%. WES is limited to the coding regions, meaning that it ...

RG 2569: Agricultural Land Markets – Efficiency and Regulation

Odening, Martin, Prof. Dr. agr. habil. (Agricultural Farm Management)

Duration of project: 08/2020 - 07/2024

The research unit FORLand is motivated by the observation of a pronounced price surge in agricultural land markets in many parts of the world in the aftermath of the financial crisis. It has been conjectured that the high liquidity in financial marke ...

RG 2569/2: Efficiency of Agricultural Land Markets – The Role of Liquidity and Competition (SP02)

Ritter, Matthias, Prof. Dr. (Quantitative Agricultural Economics especially Applied Econometrics)

Duration of project: 07/2021 - 07/2024

Subproject 2 investigates price formation on agricultural land markets considering the interplay of (incomplete) competition, structural change, and market liquidity. The core question is: Are observed land transactions and prices the outcome of an e ...

RG 2569/2: Efficiency of Agricultural Land Markets – The Role of Liquidity and Competition (SP 02)

Odening, Martin, Prof. Dr. agr. habil. (Agricultural Farm Management)

Duration of project: 08/2020 - 07/2024

Subproject 2 investigates price formation on agricultural land markets considering the interplay of (incomplete) competition, structural change, and market liquidity. The core question is: Are observed land transactions and prices the outcome of an e ...

RG 2569/1: Market Integration and Border Effects in Agricultural Land Markets (SP 02)

Odening, Martin, Prof. Dr. agr. habil. (Agricultural Farm Management)

Duration of project: 08/2017 - 04/2022

This subproject contributes to the overall objective of the research unit by empirically studying spatial price diffusion of agricultural land markets. We borrow the notion of spatial market integration from commodity price analysis and question whet ...

RG 2569/1: Market Integration and Border Effects in Agricultural Land Markets (SP 02)

Ritter, Matthias, Prof. Dr. (Quantitative Agricultural Economics especially Applied Econometrics)

Duration of project: 08/2017 - 04/2022

This subproject contributes to the overall objective of the research unit by empirically studying spatial price diffusion of agricultural land markets. We borrow the notion of spatial market integration from commodity price analysis and question whet ...

RG 2569/1: Agricultural Land Markets – Efficiency and Regulation (SP 07)

Lakes, Tobia, Prof. Dr. (Applied GIScience)

Duration of project: 10/2017 - 01/2021

Agricultural land markets in Germany have changed substantially in the last decade, with rapidly increasing land sales and land rental prices. As a result, the spatial configuration of agricultural land use has changed, with a trend towards a higher ...

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

Duration of project: 02/2021 - 01/2024

The activation of AMPA-type glutamate receptors at excitatory synapses is a fundamental event in the nervous system, essential for complex thought. The molecular mechanisms govern cation permeability in AMPA receptors (including that of the critical ...

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 ...

RG 1346/1: Cellular and Synaptic Analysis of Rodent Social Facial Touch (SP 09)

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

Duration of project: 02/2013 - 01/2016

The exquisite topographic representation of the whiskers in the barrel cortex and the fact that whiskers can be easily accessed for manipulation or stimulation has greatly contributed to the success of this model system. The quantitatively controlled ...

Representing and Attending to the Temporal Structure of Visual Events in Working Memory

Heuer, Anna, Dr. rer. nat. (General Psychology - Active Perception and Cognition)

Duration of project: 09/2018 - 11/2021

Visual events can be characterized by their spatiotemporal structure, for instance by the points in space and time at which they occur, by their spatial distribution and temporal duration. The representation of temporal structure is, however, not nea ...

Regulation of Kinetochore Function in Yeast by Modification of the Core Region of the Centromeric Nucleosome

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

Duration of project: 02/2020 - 07/2023

Centromeres are the regions of the chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled, and they establish a physical link between the centromeric chromatin and the microtubule for chromosome segregation in mitosis. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, centromeric ...

Reconstructing the Evolution of Transcription Factor DNA Binding Specificity Across Living Species and Their Common Ancestors

Muino Acuna, Jose Maria, Dr. Ph.D. (Systems Biology of Gene Regulation (S))

Duration of project: 11/2018 - 02/2022

Transcription factors (TFs) are major regulators of developmental processes and environmental adaptation in plants and animals. They achieve their function by binding to a specific set of DNA regions. However, it is not well understood how their DNA- ...

Rearing Beneficial Insects for Stored Product Pest Management to Improve Food Security in Ghana

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

Duration of project: 01/2017 - 12/2019

The current population of Ghana is 25 million and over 60% of them live in urban areas, indicating that increasing quantities of food will have to be moved over long distances to supply the growing urban demand. Post-harvest losses (PHL) are economic ...

Quantifying Liver Perfusion-Function Relationship in Complex Resection - A Systems Medicine Approach (QuaLiPerF)

König, Matthias, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)

Duration of project: 07/2021 - 06/2025

Complex, extended liver resections (ePHx) pose a high risk of postoperative liver failure, especially in case of preexisting liver disease. We aim to improve our mechanistic understanding of the interplay between hepatic perfusion and function to an ...

Quality Management in Assembly of Bacterial Type III Secretion Systems – A Comparative Analysis of the Construction of Flagella and Injectisomes

Erhardt, Marc, Prof. Dr. (Molecular Microbiology)

Duration of project: 10/2019 - 03/2023

Protein export via type III secretion systems (T3SS) is essential for the self-assembly of bacterial flagella as well as for construction and function of virulence-associated injectisomes of many Gram-negative pathogens, including Salmonella enterica ...

Prospective Coding by Cortical Pyramidal Neurons

Larkum, Matthew, Prof. Dr. (Neuronal Plasticity)

Duration of project: 02/2015 - 05/2018

This Lead Agency proposal is a continuation of the personal SNF-grant of W. Senn on the theory of dendritic computation. In the running project period a key insight has been achieved by suggesting that learning on the level of a neuron implies the pr ...

Progress in phenological modelling on the basis of metabolomic approaches

Chmielewski, Frank-M., Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. (Agriculture and Plant Cultivation)

Duration of project: 07/2014 - 12/2017

Modelling of phenological stages, such as the flowering of fruit trees, is based on temperature sums for many decades, describing both the chilling and the forcing requirements of woody plants until the beginning of flowering. These approaches go bac ...

Profiling as Method to Identify Relevant Metabolites for Phenological Modelling

Chmielewski, Frank-Michael, Prof. Dr. (Plant Cultivation)

Duration of project: 01/2020 - 12/2022

After decades of active research on dormancy of woody plants and the subdivision of this phase into para-, endo- and ecodormancy, these phases are still not adequately considered in phenological models. Semi-mechanistic models are still used to descr ...

PROCOPE 2020 "Brain Roads. Interactive Visualization of the Brain, involving Neurosurgery"

Schäffner, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. (Matters of Activity)

Duration of project: 01/2020 - 12/2021

Neurosurgical practices are progressively guided by tomographic scanning technologies with increasing anatomical details, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These tomographic image technologies enable presurgical analysis and planning, as well ...

Price Formation in Land Market Auctions: Analysis of Differences Between Farmers and Non-Agricultural Investors

Odening, Martin, Prof. Dr. agr. habil. (Agricultural Farm Management)

Duration of project: 01/2019 - 12/2019

Das Ziel dieses Projekts ist die Analyse von Auktionen in landwirtschaftlichen Bodenmärkten in Deutschland mit besonderem Augenmerk auf der Wettbewerbsposition aktiver Landwirte im Vergleich zu Nichtlandwirten. Dafür soll zunächst die Relevanz versch ...

Presubicular Bursting and Visual Anchoring of the Head Direction Signal

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

Duration of project: 04/2019 - 03/2022

Knowing where we are, where we have come from and where we are going is crucial to behaviour. Our sense of orientation derives from combining multiple types of sensory information with our memory of known places, and it is closely linked to networks ...

PP 2205: Weakly Nonlinear Interactions in an Electrosensory Cocktail Party Problem

Lindner, Benjamin, Prof. Dr. (Theoretical Physics / Theory of Complex Systems and Neurophysics)

Duration of project: 05/2020 - 09/2023

The cocktail party problem emphasizes the amazing capabilities of the auditory system to separate one source of acoustic information from many other jamming signals. Particularly challenging for neural systems is the detection of faint signals close ...

PP 1926: Development and Application of RoCK, a Novel Rhodopsin Cyclase/ K+ Channel-Based Optogenetic Tool for Silencing of Excitable Cells

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

Duration of project: 07/2019 - 04/2024

Optogenetics enables manipulation of biological processes with light at unprecendented spatio-temporal resolution to control the behaviour of cells, networks, or even whole animals. In contrast to the performance of excitatory rhodopsins, the effecti ...

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 1879: Sensory Mechanisms of c-di-GMP Signaling in E. coli Biofilm Formation

Hengge, Regine, Prof. Dr. (Microbiology)

Duration of project: 09/2016 - 02/2020

Bacterial biofilms colonize diverse surfaces and are highly resistant against antibiotics or host immune systems. In these biofilms, cells are embedded in a self-produced protective matrix of extracellular biopolymers. Major biofilm matrix components ...

PP 1879: Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in Bacteria/Coordination Project

Hengge, Regine, Prof. Dr. (Microbiology)

Duration of project: 09/2016 - 08/2021

The overall goal of SPP 1879 over the next six years is to built a tightly collaborating and internationally radiating scientific community in the highly dynamic field of bacterial nucleotide second messenger signalling. Achieving this goal not only ...

PP 1879: Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in Bacteria/Coordination Fund

Hengge, Regine, Prof. Dr. (Microbiology)

Duration of project: 09/2019 - 06/2023

The DFG priority programme SPP 1879 is a research consortium studying bacterial second messenger signalling that currently funds 18 research projects at German universities and other research institutions. By including representatives of all clades o ...

PP 1710/2: Thiol-Based Redox Control of Tetrapyrrole Metabolism: Posttranslational Control of Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis Enzymes by NADPH-Dependent Thioredoxin Reductase C (NTRC) and Thioredoxins

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

Duration of project: 07/2017 - 01/2021

Plants effectively coordinate the photosynthesis dependent production of energy and reducing equivalents with the activity of metabolic pathways. As the redox state of chloroplasts changes in dependency to photosynthesis activities, it is proposed th ...

PP 1665: Optogenetic Dissection of the Developing Prefrontal-Hippocampal Circuitry That Gates Mnemonic and Executive Maturation

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

Duration of project: 09/2013 - 12/2021

Processing and integration of information within neuronal networks accounts for mnemonic and executive abilities. The relevance of these functional interactions is exemplified in the case of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus (HP). Entrainme ...

PP 1665: Delineating and Testing a Microcircuit Model of Parahippocampal Phase Precession

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

Duration of project: 01/2017 - 12/2019

Throughout the hippocampal formation, the firing activity of place or grid cells and the EEG theta rhythm (~8Hz) are related: When an animal enters a cell´s firing field, the first spikes arrive at a late phase of the theta oscillation. As the animal ...

PP 1665: Delineating and Testing a Microcircuit Model of Parahippocampal Phase Precession

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

Duration of project: 11/2016 - 12/2019

Throughout the hippocampal formation, the firing activity of place or grid cells and the EEG theta rhythm (~8Hz) are related: When an animal enters a cell´s firing field, the first spikes arrive at a late phase of the theta oscillation. As the animal ...

PP 1665: Cognitive Performance As Result of Coordinated Neuronal Activity Within Developing Prefrontal-Hippocampal Circuits

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

Duration of project: 10/2016 - 02/2019

The co-activation of prefrontal and hippocampal networks in oscillatory rhythms is critical for precise information flow in mnemonic and executive tasks, yet its role for cognitive ontogeny is still unknown. This knowledge gap is mainly due to the ab ...

PP 1623: Peptide-Templated Bioconjugation with Proteins on and in Living Cells for Investigations of GPCR Transport and Cross-Reactivity

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

Duration of project: 02/2016 - 06/2019

The functional properties of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) depend on localisation, density of surface expression and their mobility in the cell membrane. Some GPCRs undergo dynamic equilibria between monomeric and dimeric forms. Microscopic ima ...

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 ...

PP 1530: An IDD Transcription Factor Involved in Sugar-Induced Flowering and Tuberization in Solanum Tuberosum

Kühn, Christina, PD Dr. rer. nat. (Plant Physiology)

Duration of project: 02/2015 - 06/2019

In potato plants (Solanum tuberosum) both flower and tuberization transitions employ similar inducing pathways. Since potato is cultivated for its underground storage organs, the time to tuberization and the tuber yield is of growing significance in ...

Potential Impact and Costs of Reducing Greeenhouse Gas Emissions in Agriculture

Kirschke, Dieter, Prof. (Agricultural and Food Policy)

Duration of project: 05/2013 - 04/2017

The project focuses on policy instruments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. Various policy options are discussed: Interventions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the farm level, incentives to use climate smart technologies as wel ...

Potential impact and costs of reducing greeenhouse gas emissions in agriculture

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

Duration of project: 05/2013 - 04/2017

The project focuses on policy instruments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. Various policy options are discussed: Interventions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the farm level, incentives to use climate smart technologies as wel ...

PolDeRbio – Policy Designs for Resilient Bioeconomies: Assessment Tool and International Evaluation (BMBF Programme Bioeconomy As Societal Change, Module 2 (2))

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

Duration of project: 08/2019 - 12/2023

PolDeRBio addresses the lack of a comprehensive policy design perspective on the development of bioeconomy policies that pay attention to the resilience of the bio-based production systems on which bioeconomies rest. The project combines a ‘new’ poli ...

Plant Nutrition meets social expectations of sustainable plant production

Engels, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Plant Nutrition)

Duration of project: 09/2019 - 09/2019

Pig welfare by behavioural complexity «Piglexity»

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

Duration of project: 07/2021 - 06/2024

Photoactive antimicrobial coatings

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

Duration of project: 04/2017 - 02/2020

Metallische und mineralische Oberflächen an Häusern und technischen Gebäuden sind aufgrund ihrer Funktion oft jahrzehntelang Witterungseinflüssen ausgesetzt und damit Angriffspunkt für die unerwünschte Ansiedlung von Bakterien, Pilzen und Algen welch ...

Optimisation of the Fatty Acid Analysis in Hair of Cattle as a Marker for Energy Supply and Animal Welfare in Dairy Cattle

Brockmann, Gudrun A., Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. (Breeding Biology and Molecular Animal Breeding)

Duration of project: 01/2017 - 07/2021

The fatty acid composition of hair mirrors the energy availability of a cow. Recently, the negative energy balance at the beginning of lactation has been associated with the percentage of de novo synthesized fatty acids in the hair. Therefore, the fa ...

Open Access publication of the article: Stakeholder analysis in support of sustainable land management: Experiences from southwest China

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

Duration of project: 11/2019 - 04/2020

Open access publication for "A comprehensive, mechanistically detailed, and executable model of the cell division cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae."

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

Duration of project: 03/2019 - 09/2019