Ulrichs, Christian, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.; Dr. rer. agr. (Urban Plant Ecophysiology)
Duration of Project: 09/2017 - 02/2018
Our vision of an agricultural system in the future is based on the idea of food production in cross-linked, communicating and standardized containers, so called CUBES (closed urban modular energy- & resource-efficient agricultural systems). CUBES for ... |
Odening, Martin, Prof. Dr. agr. habil. (Agricultural Farm Management)
Duration of Project: 11/2019 - 04/2022
Financer: Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung |
Das Ziel des Forschungsvorhabens besteht in wissenschaftlicher Entscheidungshilfe zur Bewertung von Entschädigungsmöglichkeiten für Betriebe beim Auftreten von Quarantäneschadorganismen. Für zehn Quarantäneschadorganismen werden Schadensausmaßanalyse ... |
Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)
Duration of Project: 01/2019 - 12/2021
Im Projekt werden die neurobiologischen Grundlagen der Kognition untersucht. Dazu werden fortgeschrittene elektrophysiologische, optische und anatomische Techniken eingesetzt, Eine besondere Betonung liegt in der Ausbildung von Doktoranden der Max-Pl ... |
Schmidt, Uwe, Prof. Dr. (Section Biological Systems Technology)
Duration of Project: 11/2019 - 10/2020
Kultivierung von un- und schwerkultivierbaren Mikroorganismen aus verschiedenen Lebensräumen - TP C |
Krahe, Rüdiger, Prof. Dr. (Behavioral Physiology)
Duration of Project: 03/2016 - 10/2017
Financer: DFG-Exzellenzinitiative: Cluster |
Sensory systems provide a wealth of information about the environment and the body to the animal. From this wealth of information, the brain extracts information that is relevant for making behavioural decisions, e.g., in the context of foraging or c ... |
Hackbarth, Steffen, Dr. rer. nat. (Experimental Physics / Photobiophysics)
Duration of Project: 11/2018 - 10/2020
Financer: Sonstige Stiftungen |
Subject of the planned work is the optical, time-resolved detection of singlet oxygen phosphorescence, the extremely weak emission of the central protagonist of photodynamic tumor therapy (PDT). Three subtasks are to be solved within the project.
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Ulrichs, Christian, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.; Dr. rer. agr. (Urban Plant Ecophysiology)
Duration of Project: 11/2019 - 03/2023
Financer: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung |
Die Humboldt-Universität führt in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Globalvorhaben Ernährungssiche-rung und Resilienzsteigerung (GV ESRS) der GIZ begleitende Anwendungsforschung für das Länderpaket Madagaskar des GV ESRS durch. Das Forschungsprojekt wird in en ... |
Ulrichs, Christian, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.; Dr. rer. agr. (Urban Plant Ecophysiology)
Duration of Project: 07/2020 - 02/2024
Financer: Bundesministerium für Verbraucherschutz, Ernährung und Landwirtschaft |
Das Eschentriebsterben wurde in Europa erstmalig 1992 in Polen und kurz darauf auch in Litauen, Lettland und Estland festgestellt. Sich über Osteuropa ausbreitend, erreichte der Pilz im Jahr 2002 Deutschland. Zeitgleich wurden erste Funde aus Schwede ... |
Schmidt, Uwe, Prof. Dr. (Section Biological Systems Technology)
Duration of Project: 03/2019 - 02/2024
Ziel und Innovation des Vorhabens ist die smarte Vernetzung intensiver agrarischer Produktionssysteme am Beispiel Fisch, Pflanze und Insekt (CUBES) zu einem Gesamtsystem (CUBES Circle) mit weitgehend geschlossenen Energie- und Stoffkreisläufen. Durch E ... |
Schmidt, Uwe, Prof. Dr. (Section Biological Systems Technology)
Duration of Project: 08/2018 - 12/2020
Financer: Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank |
Die im "Fakultätentag Agrarwissenschaften und Ökotrophologie" kooperierenden Universitäten sowie die im "Fachbereichstag der Fachhochschulen im Agrarbereich" zusammengeschlossenen Fachhochschulen erarbeiten in einem Gemeinschaftsvorhaben unter aktive ... |
Miranda Trujillo, Luis Carlos, Dr. (Section Biological Systems Technology)
Duration of Project: 10/2019 - 09/2021
This project aims at a closer cooperation between the Biosystems Engineering Group of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HUB) and the BioRobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), Pisa, Italy. The international collaboration will e ... |
Romanczuk, Pawel, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)
Duration of Project: 08/2020 - 07/2023
Financer: DFG-Exzellenzinitiative: Cluster |
The project investigates collective decision making in spatially distributed systems inspired by the behavior of biological collectives. Here, we are particularly interested in the ability of agents to change their social decision behavior and their ... |
Klipp, Edda, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. (Theoretical Biophysics)
Duration of Project: 02/2018 - 07/2018
Financer: Sonstige Stiftungen |
The aim of the Advanced Lecture Course on Systems Biology is to bring in contact young researchers from different areas to the field of systems biology. Around 30 teachers present their knowledge to around 120 predocs and young scientists in talks, p ... |
Klipp, Edda, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. (Theoretical Biophysics)
Duration of Project: 03/2020 - 03/2020
Der Advanced Lecture Course in Systems Biology hat zum Ziel, jungen Forschern aus unterschiedlichen Fachgebieten das Feld der Systembiologie näer zu bringen. Ca 30 Lehrende präsentieren ihr Wissen ca. 120 Doktoranden und Doktorandinnen sowie jungen W ... |
Odening, Martin, Prof. Dr. agr. habil. (Agricultural Farm Management)
Duration of Project: 08/2020 - 07/2023
Financer: DFG: Forschergruppen |
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 ma ... |
Feindt, Peter H., Prof. Dr. (Agricultural and Food Policy)
Duration of Project: 03/2019 - 02/2024
The transdisciplinary cooperation project "GreenGrass" aims to bring ruminants back to pasture. For this purpose, new ways of sustainable, efficient and contemporary pasture farming must be developed. The consortium therefore develops and tests new t ... |
Schneider, Erwin, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Physiology of Microorganisms)
Duration of Project: 07/2016 - 01/2021
Financer: DFG: Sachbeihilfe |
Canonical ABC transport systems mediating the uptake of solutes in prokaryotes are composed of an extracytoplasmic solute binding protein, two pore-forming subunits and an ATPase dimer. Our current knowledge on the mechanism of Type I importers is la ... |
Schäffner, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. phil. (Knowledge and Cultural History)
Duration of Project: 07/2016 - 12/2016
Financer: Einstein Stiftung Berlin |
The kick-off event "ANIMATION - designing movement", supported by the Einstein Foundation Berlin, brought together the science illustrators Amir Andikfar and Jonas Lauströer, the biologist John A. Nyakatura and the animation designer Nicolas Deveaux ... |
Eisenack, Klaus, Prof. Dr. (Resource Economics)
Duration of Project: 08/2019 - 08/2020
Financer: Sonstige Stiftungen |
Förderung einer Feldforschung in Kirgistan im Rahmen einer Masterarbeit im Studiengang Integrated Natural Resource Management an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
1. Titel der Arbeit
An institutional analysis of soil data governance in Kyrgyzstan ... |
Schmidt, Uwe, Prof. Dr. (Section Biological Systems Technology)
Duration of Project: 04/2017 - 01/2020
Financer: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie |
The aim of the project is the development of a new, stationary and transportable, online measuring, fully automatic diagnostic system (AzKet) for the early detection of acidosis and ketosis in cows On the basis of ion mobility spectrometry coupled wi ... |
Hackfort, Sarah, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)
Duration of Project: 07/2019 - 07/2024
Financer: BMBF: BioÖkonomie 2030 |
BioMaterialities is a five-year research project focusing on the materialities of living nature and their economic valuation in the High-Tech Bioeconomy. The research group is composed of six doctoral and post-doctoral researchers who analyze how bio ... |
Klein, Nadja, Prof. Dr. (Applied Statistics (J))
Duration of Project: 09/2020 - 08/2023
Financer: DFG: Sachbeihilfe |
Traditional regression models often provide an overly simplistic view on complex associations and relationships to contemporary data problems in the area of biomedicine. In particular, capturing relevant associations between multiple clinical endpoin ... |
Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)
Duration of Project: 08/2019 - 07/2025
Financer: European Research Council (ERC) - Synergy Grant |
The BrainPlay grant will approach the foundation of the human intellect, the mystery of biological learning, by using new theoretical concepts to navigate a new cognitive and behavioral paradigm. Specifically our analysis of brain function will shift ... |
Büttner, Carmen, Prof. Dr. agr. (Phytomedicine)
Duration of Project: 08/2013 - 07/2020
Financer: DFG: Sachbeihilfe |
The European mountain ash ringspot-associated virus (EMARaV) infects the European mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia L.) and is widespread throughout Northern- and Central Europe. It leads from degeneration up to die back of the plant. EMARaV has been as ... |
Müller, Peter, (Molecular Biophysics)
Duration of Project: 02/2019 - 01/2022
Financer: DFG: Sachbeihilfe |
Protein kinases are one of the biologically most important protein families which play a significant role in the regulation of nearly all physiological processes since they modulate the function of proteins. Due to this unique importance, mutation(s) ... |
Ulrichs, Christian, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.; Dr. rer. agr. (Urban Plant Ecophysiology)
Duration of Project: 03/2019 - 02/2024
Objective and innovation of the project is the smart connection of intensive agricultural production systems (CUBES) to a common system (CUBES Circle), using the example organisms fish, plants and insects, while aiming for a closed energy- and materi ... |
Abdel Rahman, Rasha, Prof. Dr. (Head of Department / Secretary)
Duration of Project: 10/2019 - 09/2024
Financer: Einstein Stiftung Berlin |
Developing the neurosciences is one of the most important strategic goals at both Humboldt-
Universität and Charité. The mission of Charité of preventing or curing disease and maintaining
health by generating and translating research data into medi ... |
Dobbek, Holger, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Structural Biology / Biochemistry)
Duration of Project: 01/2017 - 12/2020
Financer: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramme |
Anaerobic bacteria and archaea use homologous enzymes to convert CO2 and H2 to acetyl-CoA and methane, which determine since the dawn of life the global carbon cycle on earth. At first we want to investigate whether the homologous enzymes from archae ... |
Nielsen, Jonas Ostergaard, Prof. Dr. (Cultural and Social Geography)
Duration of Project: 01/2018 - 12/2021
Financer: Europäische Union (EU) |
COUPLED is a four-year, European Training Network granted by the EC in Horizon 2020. We put the research approach of TELECOUPLING into action for solving sustainability challenges for land use. How to understand processes and actors that influence la ... |
Hillmann, Edna, Prof. Dr. (Animal Husbandry)
Duration of Project: 09/2018 - 08/2021
Financer: Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung |
The aim of this project is to demonstrate the advantages of a generic data platform. By means of case studies,
we will showcase how existing sensor prototypes can be combined with additional on farm (sensor) data, to
build new applications and impr ... |
Feindt, Peter H., Prof. Dr. (Agricultural and Food Policy)
Duration of Project: 03/2019 - 02/2024
CUBES Circle work package 8 combines theories of innovation diffusion with novel virtual/mixed reality approaches in order to understand the determinants of the diffusion of flexible bio-based production systems for a range of potential applications ... |
Fröbisch, Nadia, Prof. Dr. (Development and Evolution)
Duration of Project: 01/2019 - 12/2020
An understanding of the mechanisms underlying the regenerative programs of limb/fin and tail regeneration in vertebrates are for obvious reasons of great interest and a major research focus of the fields of molecular biology and regenerative medicine ... |
Kirschke, Dieter, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. (Agricultural Politics)
Duration of Project: 06/2009 - 07/2012
Financer: Europäische Union (EU) |
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 ... |
Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)
Duration of Project: 11/2017 - 10/2020
Financer: Einstein Stiftung Berlin |
Neurons communicate primarily via connections known as electro-chemical synapses, billions of which are in any piece of brain tissue and are essential for its function. However, certain types of neurons also interact via a totally different type of s ... |
Klipp, Edda, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. (Theoretical Biophysics)
Duration of Project: 01/2019 - 12/2022
Financer: Europäische Union (EU) - HU als Beteiligte |
The challenge addressed in the SECRETERS programme is to markedly enhance the EU’s capacity for the production of secreted high-quality recombinant proteins, with a special emphasis on therapeutic proteins (biotherapeutics) and industrial enzymes tha ... |
Zouni, Athina, PD Dr. (Honorary Chairs / Professors by Special Appointment / Part-Time Lecturers)
Duration of Project: 11/2017 - 12/2018
Financer: DFG-Exzellenzinitiative: Cluster |
Oxygen photosynthesis in green plants, algae and cyanobacteria is catalyzed by the two large membrane protein complexes Photosystem I (PSI) and Photosystem II (PSII). Both complexes contain a reaction center (RC) that conducts a light-driven charge t ... |
Zouni, Athina, PD Dr. (Honorary Chairs / Professors by Special Appointment / Part-Time Lecturers)
Duration of Project: 11/2012 - 10/2017
Financer: DFG-Exzellenzinitiative: Cluster |
Photosystem II (PSII) of oxygenic photosynthesis has the unique capability of utilizing visible light to oxidize water at the Mn4CaO5-cluster (the water oxidizing complex, WOC). Important progress in elucidating the molecular structure of the WOC has ... |
Kirschke, Dieter, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. (Agricultural Politics)
Duration of Project: 12/2009 - 06/2012
It is very likely that the rural poor in Tanzania will be severely affected by climate change. Yet, the country possesses only little capacities for adaptation. A better understanding of processes that shape farmers’ adaptation to climate change is c ... |
Aenis, Thomas, Dr. (Agricultural Consulting and Communication Studies)
Duration of Project: 12/2017 - 11/2020
Financer: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit |
The project "Green Climate Oases: Integrated Urban Development in Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf" strives for a "holistic" example, which can serve as a nationwide model for an integrated urban development based on cooperation and participation and flank ... |
Brockmann, Gudrun A., Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. (Breeding Biology and Molecular Animal Breeding)
Duration of Project: 05/2016 - 06/2020
Financer: Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung |
The goal of the project is the genetic improvement of German Black Pied cattle, an endangered cattle breed, to make them economically more attractive. DSN is a dual-purpose breed with focus on milk production. There is a high interest to maintain the ... |
Brockmann, Gudrun A., Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. (Breeding Biology and Molecular Animal Breeding)
Duration of Project: 12/2018 - 03/2022
Financer: DFG: Sachbeihilfe |
The aim of the project is the elucidation of the mechanism causing obesity in the Berlin Fat Mouse (BFMI). This mouse harbors a spontaneous mutation on mouse chromosome 3 (jObes1 locus) accounting for the high fat deposition particularly during puber ... |
Shen, Zhiwei, Dr. (Agricultural Farm Management)
Duration of Project: 08/2017 - 10/2018
Financer: DFG: Eigene Stelle (Sachbeihilfe) |
In view of the rapid expansion of crop insurance worldwide, a sound and accurate pricing approach of insurance contracts is of utmost importance to maintain sustainable and viable risk management solutions for producers, insurers and governments. Unl ... |
Nyakatura, John, Prof. Dr. (Morphology (Zoology) and Form History)
Duration of Project: 12/2016 - 07/2021
Financer: DFG: Sachbeihilfe |
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Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)
Duration of Project: 04/2019 - 03/2022
Financer: DFG: Sachbeihilfe |
Knowing where we are, where we have come from and where we are going is crucial to behavior. 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 t ... |
Ulrichs, Christian, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.; Dr. rer. agr. (Urban Plant Ecophysiology)
Duration of Project: 01/2017 - 12/2019
Financer: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung |
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 ... |
Heuer, Anna, Dr. rer. nat. (General Psychology - Active Perception and Cognition)
Duration of Project: 09/2018 - 08/2021
Financer: DFG: Eigene Stelle (Sachbeihilfe) |
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 ... |
Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)
Duration of Project: 01/2018 - 12/2020
Financer: DFG: Sachbeihilfe |
The primary objective of this proposal is to determine the nature and extent to which sex hormones influence neuronal activity, development and behaviors mediated by the somatosensory cortex. The role of sex hormones in cortical information processin ... |
Benesh, Daniel, Dr. (Molecular Parasitology)
Duration of Project: 05/2019 - 04/2022
Financer: DFG: Eigene Stelle (Sachbeihilfe) |
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 ... |
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 ... |
Rolfs, Martin, Prof. Dr. (General Psychology - Active Perception and Cognition)
Duration of Project: 09/2017 - 07/2021
Financer: Sonstige internationale öffentliche Mittelgeber |
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 symptom ... |