News

SFB 1381 PI Thorsten Hugel (project B07) and his group shed light on the dynamics of the Hsp90 machinery. Publication in Nature Communications.

SFB 1381 – SGBM fellow Fan Xu (project B09) defended his PhD thesis successfully.

SFB 1381 – SGBM fellow Anuradha Bhattacharya (project B10) defended her PhD thesis successfully.

SFB 1381 PI Wolfgang Schamel (project A09) 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 (B05), 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 study by SFB 1381 PI Valérie Hilgers (B02) showed that the site of transcription end is determined by the site of transcription start. Publication in Cell.

A research study led by SFB 1381 PI Hans-Georg Koch (B06) and supported by SFB 1381 PIs Claudine Kraft (B10) and Annegret Wilde (A02) 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 (Z01), Bernd Fakler (A08) and Nils Wiedemann (A07).

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 (A07). 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 PI Oliver Einsle (A04) 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.

SFB 1381 female postdocs have the opportunity to participate in EIRA-Mentoring, a programme provided by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Freiburg. Application to the programme is possible until July 15th, 2022, and is open to female postdocs interested in becoming full professors.

On June 2nd and 3rd, 2022, 23 PhD students and Postdocs took part in this year’s Young Researchers’ Retreat. Mohd Areeb describes the retreat as a great opportunity “to enjoy science and to get to know each other after a long pandemic break”. We can only agree!

In an interview, Asifa Akhtar, SFB 1381 PI and Vice Speaker, talks about diversity in the Max Planck Society. SFB 1381 undertakes various measures to promote equal opportunities for all, thereby creating a welcoming atmosphere for all researchers joining our SFB.

SFB 1381 PI Sonja-Verena Albers (Project A01) was elected as a new member of the German National Academy of Sciences – Leopoldina in May 2022.