Two ERC Advanced Grants for SFB 1381 PIs Apr 11, 2024 – SFB 1381 PIs Sonja-Verena Albers (Project A01) and Oliver Einsle (Project A04) both received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).
SFB 1381 Retreat 2024 Apr 8, 2024 – The SFB 1381 retreat 2024 took place in Schluchsee on April 8/9 2024. Excellent talks, a fantastic poster session and lively discussions shaped this event, which was highly enjoyed by all participants and left everybody looking forward to the next stage of the project!
MiRA synchronizes stoichiometric assembly of the OXPHOS machinery Mar 27, 2024 – SFB 1381 PI Nora Vögtle with support of Friedel Drepper and Oliver Einsle identified MiRA, a novel high molecular weight protein complex in the mitochondrial inner membrane and uncovered its molecular role to synchronize the assembly of the respiratory chain complexes and the ATP synthase thereby controlling OXPHOS stoichiometry. Publication in Developmental Cell.
New SGBM SFB 1381 doctoral students have started Mar 25, 2024 – Five doctoral students have been accepted into the Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM) SFB 1381 track.
Successful SFB 1381 Workshop “Proteomics data analysis” Mar 12, 2024 – Friedel Drepper and newly joint SFB 1381 PI Pitter Huesgen organised a successful SFB 1381 workshop on proteomics data analysis.
Interview with Valérie Hilgers on her career path Mar 8, 2024 – On the occasion of the international Women’s Day on March 8th, SFB 1381 PI Valérie Hilgers was interviewed regarding her experiences during her career path.
Nora Vögtle elected as member of DFG review board Mar 1, 2024 – SFB 1381 PI Nora Vögtle (Project B04) was elected as a new member of the DFG review board (Fachkollegium).
Marie Curie Award for Viviane Timmermann Feb 21, 2024 – SFB 3181 Associated PI Dr. Viviane Timmermann receives Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.
SFB 1381 welcomes Viviane Timmermann as associated PI Feb 7, 2024 – Recently associated SFB 1381 PI Viviane Timmermann (Project AI01: Mathematical Modelling of Cellular Protein Machineries) introduced her research in the frame of the SFB 1381 seminar series.
SFB 1381 Workshop “Proteomics data analysis – understand, visualize and interpret your mass spec data. “ Feb 2, 2024 – SFB 1381 workshop with hands-on training for PhD students, PostDocs (and PIs) involved in the CRC projects.
The Hsp90 machinery dynamically organizes several cochaperones and clients Jan 29, 2024 – SFB 1381 PI Thorsten Hugel and his group shed light on the dynamics of the Hsp90 machinery. Publication in Nature Communications.
PhD defense Fan Xu – Congratulations! Dec 21, 2023 – Fan Xu (project B9) defended his PhD thesis successfully.
PhD defense Anuradha Bhattacharya – Congratulations! Dec 11, 2023 – Anuradha Bhattacharya (project B10) defended her PhD thesis successfully.
New Machineries to Combat Cancer Nov 20, 2023 – SFB 1381 PI Wolfgang Schamel and colleagues have engineered new forms of CAR-T cells to combat cancer. Publication in Nature Immunology.
Machinery for mitochondrial protein transport deciphered Aug 15, 2023 – The involvement of Tim17 in mitochondrial presequence protein translocation has been demonstrated in a collaborative study supported by SFB 1381 PIs Nils Wiedemann, Carola Hunte and Hans-Georg Koch. Publication in Nature.
Chris Meisinger Elected into the Academy of Europe Jun 14, 2023 – SFB 1381 speaker Chris Meisinger was elected as a new member of the “Academia Europaea” in June 2023.
Alternative machinery for integrating proteins into bacterial membranes Apr 30, 2023 – A research study led by SFB 1381 PI Hans-Georg Koch and supported by SFB PIs Claudine Kraft and Annegret Wilde showed that mRNA targeting of membrane proteins functions as an alternative strategy for the canonical signal-recognition particle dependent protein-targeting pathway. Publication in Cell Reports.
New Publication by SFB 1381 PIs Schulte, Fakler and Wiedemann Feb 2, 2023 – Complexomeprofiling reveals novel component of the mitochondrial Sorting and Assembly Machinery. Collaborative publication in Nature from SFB 1381 PIs Uwe Schulte (Z1), Bernd Fakler (A8) and Nils Wiedemann (A7).