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SFB 3181 Associated PI Dr. Viviane Timmermann receives Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.

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 with hands-on training for PhD students, PostDocs (and PIs) involved in the CRC projects.

SFB 1381 PI Thorsten Hugel and his group shed light on the dynamics of the Hsp90 machinery. Publication in Nature Communications.

Fan Xu (project B9) defended his PhD thesis successfully.

Anuradha Bhattacharya (project B10) defended her PhD thesis successfully.

SFB 1381 PI Wolfgang Schamel and colleagues have engineered new forms of CAR-T cells to combat cancer. Publication in Nature Immunology.

A study by SFB 1381 PIs Asifa Akthar (B03) and Bettina Warscheid (B5), published in Nature Metabolism, showed that MOF is responsible for acetylation of mitochondrial proteins.

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.

SFB 1381 speaker Chris Meisinger was elected as a new member of the “Academia Europaea” in June 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.

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).

Molecular mechanism that shows how mitochondrial beta-barrel proteins are assembled during biogenesis by the sorting- and assembly machinery discovered by SFB1381 PI Nils Wiedemann. Paper in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.

We are happy to announce the Joint Lecture Series “Career Paths in Life Sciences” in winter semester 2022. In cooperation with RTG 2606, RTG 1976 and RTG 2202, SFB 1381 has organized this lecture series in which various speakers with a PhD in Natural Sciences present their career paths.

SFB 1381 PhD students and Postdocs have the opportunity to participate in a workshop on leadership and a workshop on presentation skills.

In September 2022, SFB 1381 offers a workshop on the use of Blue Native PolyAcrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (BN-PAGE) for the analysis of membrane protein complexes. It is open to SFB 1381 members willing to apply BN-PAGE for their own research projects.

SFB 1381 PI Oliver Einsle and his group have unravelled the assembly of an enzyme that detoxifies the greenhouse gas N₂O. Publication in Nature.

In a panel discussion Dr. Valérie Hilgers, Prof. Dr. Nora Vögtle and Prof. Dr. Annegret Wilde talked about their own personal experiences as women in academia. All three are SFB 1381 PIs who brought various experiences to the table: they are at different career stages and thus could reflect on a variety of career experiences.