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SPP 1879 - Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in Bacteria / Coordination

Hengge, Regine, Prof. Dr. (Microbiology)

Duration of Project: 09/2019 - 08/2022

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

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

Hengge, Regine, Prof. Dr. (Microbiology)

Duration of Project: 09/2016 - 08/2020

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 ...

SPP 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 ...

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

Tschowri, Natalia, Dr. rer. nat. (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 ...

SPP 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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

Summer School Food Berlin – Sustainable Diets

Lucius, Richard, Prof. Dr. (Senior Professor and Professors retired)

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 ...

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 - 02/2021

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 - 02/2021

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 ...

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 ...

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 - 08/2022

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

Benesh, Daniel, Dr. (Molecular Parasitology)

Duration of Project: 05/2019 - 04/2022

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

VA: The Future of Theoretical Biology

Schreiber, Susanne, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Computational Neurophysiology)

Duration of Project: 05/2017 - 12/2017

International Symposium on current topics in and the future of Theoretical Biology.

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 ...

West African wild silks techniques: Preserving Marka-Dafing’s heritage of knowledge

Schäffner, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. (Cluster of Excellence 'Matters of Activity')

Duration of Project: 02/2020 - 07/2022

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...