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

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

Duration of Project: 08/2013 - 10/2017

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

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 - 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 ...

NW/3: The Architecture of Attentional Processes in Active Vision III

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

Duration of Project: 10/2016 - 12/2018

Head and eye movements shape our perception of the visual world. With no apparent effort, they bring relevant events and objects into view and select relevant data from a rich visual environment. Swift movements of our eyes and heads (saccades), howe ...

NW/2: Genetic reconfigurations en route to a holoparasitic lifestyle in plants

Wicke, Susann, Prof. Dr. (Systematik Botany and Biodiversity)

Duration of Project: 05/2020 - 04/2021

Parasitic plants of the broomrape family (Orobanchaceae) steal both water and nutrients from other plants. Amongst the world's most problematic parasitic weeds are broomrapes (Orobanche s.l.) and witchweeds (Striga), which attack the roots of importa ...

NW/1: Genetic reconfigurations en route to a holoparasitic lifestyle in plants

Wicke, Susann, Prof. Dr. (Systematik Botany and Biodiversity)

Duration of Project: 04/2020 - 04/2021

Parasitic plants of the broomrape family (Orobanchaceae) steal both water and nutrients from other plants. Amongst the world's most problematic parasitic weeds are broomrapes (Orobanche s.l.) and witchweeds (Striga), which attack the roots of importa ...

Volmer, Dietrich, Prof. Dr. (Analytical and environmental Chemistry)

Duration of Project: 06/2019 - 05/2022

The goal of this grant renewal application is the development of novel mass spectrometric (MS) techniques for detailed analysis of the vitamin D metabolome. Vitamin D comprises a group of secosteroidal compounds, of which vitamin D3 is the most impor ...

New Sales Markets for Fermentation Products Through Agglomeration With Secondary Materials; Sub-Project 2: An Economic Analysis

Bokelmann, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. (Economics of Horticultural Production)

Duration of Project: 02/2019 - 12/2020

The overall objective of the joint project is to create alternative marketing channels for the regional marketing of upgraded fermentation products from agricultural biogas plants in the non-agricultural sector. The project is based on three fields o ...

Nematodes as important source for omega-3 long-chain fatty acids in the soil food web and the impact in nutrition for higher trophic levels

Menzel, Ralph, PD Dr. (Ecology)

Duration of Project: 01/2021 - 12/2023

Several soil invertebrates, especially nematodes but also collembola and predatory mites, were assigned as a source of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids of the omega-3 family (ω3 LC-PUFAs). These are well recognized compounds of great physiologi ...

N2O Emissions As Response of Process-Related Soil Microbial Activity to Different Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization Regimes in Potato Cropping

Rueß, Liliane, Prof. Dr. (Ecology)

Duration of Project: 04/2019 - 03/2022

Agricultural soils are one of the main sources of N2O emissions. The objective of the proposed project is to reveal the complex microbial-mediated processes behind N2O emissions – i.e. composition, distribution and especially activity of the soil-inh ...

Multimodal clinical mass spectrometry to target treatment resistance - MSTARS

Volmer, Dietrich, Prof. Dr. (Analytical and environmental Chemistry)

Duration of Project: 03/2020 - 02/2023

Nach bedeutenden Fortschritten in der Präzisionsmedizin durch genomische Verfahren wird ein umfassendes Verständnis humaner Erkrankungen auf Protein- und Metabolitebene angestrebt. So erlangtes Wissen ist aussichtsreich für die Verbesserung von Patie ...

Moving from pattern towards process for improved forecasts of species range dynamics

Zurell, Damaris, Dr. (Biogeography)

Duration of Project: 01/2019 - 12/2020

Molecular Basis of Pioneer Transcription Factor Function in Flower Development

Kaufmann, Kerstin, Prof. Dr. (Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants)

Duration of Project: 09/2017 - 04/2021

Mechanism of Ni, Fe-Containing Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenases

Dobbek, Holger, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Structural Biology / Biochemistry)

Duration of Project: 07/2019 - 06/2022

Ni, Fe-containing carbon monoxide dehydrogenases (CODHs) catalyze the reversible oxidation of CO with water to CO2, two protons and 2 electrons, e.g. allowing bacteria and archaea to convert CO2 to CO, which is condensed with a methyl-cation and CoA ...

Mechanism of metal-specific ECF transporters

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

Duration of Project: 04/2017 - 09/2020

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

Mechanism of Enzyme Rhodopsin Activation

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

Duration of Project: 10/2016 - 09/2021

Channelrhodopsin which was discovered and described as a light-gated ion channel in my laboratory, has revolutionized the field of neuroscience over the past decade by enabling researchers to specifically activate selected neurons in a large ensemble ...

Max Planck School of Cognition

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

Duration of Project: 01/2019 - 12/2021

The doctoral program at the Max Planck School of Cognition offers exceedingly bright students a superior grasp of the different methods and approaches used in the rapidly evolving field of Cognition. We are driven by the passion to better understand ...

Detection and functional characterization of queuosine and m5C modification in RNA

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

Duration of Project: 11/2018 - 10/2021

tRNAs are subject to a variety of chemical modifications that modulate their function in translation. In this project, we have investigated two such modifications, queuosine (Q) and cytosine-5 methylation (m5C). Our earlier work in Schizosaccharomyce ...

Cyclic di-GMP in the Control of Multicellular Differentiation in Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria Streptomyces

Tschowri, Natalia, Dr. rer. nat. (Junior Research Groups)

Duration of Project: 12/2019 - 11/2020

Streptomyces are the most abundant source of clinically important antibiotics and other natural products used in human medicine. The production of these secondary metabolites is temporally and genetically coordinated with a complex developmental life ...

Collective Information Processing – From Individual Sensory Inputs to Swarming and Collective Decision Making II

Romanczuk, Pawel, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)

Duration of Project: 05/2019 - 08/2021

The main objective of the project is the development and analysis of new individual based mathematical models of collective motion, which explicitly take the sensory perception into account, as the proximate mechanism of social interactions. This app ...

Collective Information Processing – From Individual Sensory Inputs to Swarming and Collective Decision Making

Romanczuk, Pawel, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)

Duration of Project: 06/2016 - 04/2021

The main objective of the project is the development and analysis of new individual based mathematical models of collective motion, which explicitly take the sensory perception into account, as the proximate mechanism of social interactions. This app ...

Collective Information Processing – From Individual Sensory Inputs to Swarming and Collective Decision Making

Romanczuk, Pawel, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)

Duration of Project: 11/2020 - 10/2021

The main objective of the project is the development and analysis of new individual based mathematical models of collective motion, which explicitly take the sensory perception into account, as the proximate mechanism of social interactions. This app ...

Collective Adaptation and Learning in Fish Schools EXC 2002 SCoI P 11

Romanczuk, Pawel, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)

Duration of Project: 06/2019 - 08/2022

The main objective is to understand the benefits of grouping for collective cognition in fish schools, in particular the specific role of group size and group diversity for collective dynamical adaptation and learning. A specific focus of the project ...

lnnovative LED-Systeme für eine qualitativ hochwertige und ganzjährige Gewächshausproduktion in Berlin/ Brandenburg

Kätzel, Ralf, Prof. Dr. habil. (Urban Plant Ecophysiology)

Duration of Project: 02/2017 - 07/2020

Entwicklung modularer, kostengünstiger und pflanzenbedarfsgerechter LED-Lichtsysteme für den Einsatz im Gewächshaus. Es soll eine höhere Qualität der Kulturen, ein höherer Ertrag und eine kürzere Kulturzeit erreicht werden. Eine modulare Zukunftsfarm ...

Nachhaltiger Gemüsebau mit nitrifiziertem Urin

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

Duration of Project: 12/2019 - 11/2022

Für eine nachhaltigere Nahrungsmittelproduktion können wir Nährstoffe für den Gartenbau aus Haushaltsabwässern recyclen und mit der Separierung, Stabilisierung und Hygienisierung von Urin einen wertvollen Dünger gewinnen. Im Forschungsvorhaben wird d ...

Nachhaltigkeit moderner Agrar-und Ernährungssysteme - Anforderungen an die Entwicklung und Förderung von agrarischen Wertschöpfungsketten in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

Hanisch, Markus, Prof. Dr. (Seminar of Advanced Training in Agricultural and Rural Development)

Duration of Project: 08/2020 - 06/2022

Das BMZ hat seit 2014 mit seiner Sonderinitiative „EINEWELT ohne Hunger“ (SEWOH) einen Schwerpunkt auf die Umsetzung und Ausgestaltung des Wertschöpfungskettenansatzes in Globalvorhaben, hier insbesondere in den „Grünen Innovationszentren in der Agra ...

Methodenentwicklung zur Bewertung der Kohlenstoffspeicher und zur Verbesserung der Klimaberichterstattung von landwirtschaftlich genutzten Ökosystemen Zentralasiens

Zeitz, Jutta, Prof. Dr. agr. (Soils and Environmental Science)

Duration of Project: 11/2018 - 12/2020

In enger Kooperation und Koordination mit nationalen Behörden, sowie NGOs und Universitäten im Zielland Kirgisistan wird eine bisher fehlende angepasste wissenschaftlich fundierte und an den internationalen Standard anschlussfähige Methode zur Bewert ...

Kosie: Kohlenstoff in ver- und entsiegelten Böden

Zeitz, Jutta, Prof. Dr. agr. (Soils and Environmental Science)

Duration of Project: 11/2019 - 11/2022

Durch das Projekt "Kosie" soll eine Planungsgrundlage für ein wissensbasiertes Management der natürlichen CO2-Speicher in versiegelten und entsiegelten Böden geschaffen werden. Dazu werden bodenkundliche Untersuchungen auf Flächen in Berlin durchgefü ...

Kietz & Kraut – App für erfolgreiches urbanes Gärtnern

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

Duration of Project: 09/2016 - 08/2017

74% der Deutschen leben in Städten. Jeder Zweite versucht sich schon als urbaner Gärtner auf dem Fensterbrett und dem Balkon, Tendenz stark steigend. Damit es für diese Laien nicht beim Versuch bleibt, entwickelt Kiez & Kraut eine App, die es jedem e ...