Research Grants & Cooperations
Our research is funded by renowned international and national organizations, including the European Research Council (ERC), German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Hessen State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts (HMWK), the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS).
We hold cooperations with several organizations and corporations. Among others our main national collaboration partners are Goethe University of Frankfurt, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, and Ruprecht Karls- Universität Heidelberg. Here you can find an overview on our international cooperation partners.
Below, you can explore a selection of projects and awards currently funded by international and national organizations, as well as the European commission.
Molecular and Functional Characterization of Selective Autophagy__
Coordinating Institution: Goethe-University Frankfurt
Term: 2020–2023
Investigators: Gerhard Hummer, Ivan Đikić (Max-Planck-Fellow), Julian Langer (Adjunct Investigator)
Unraveling Mechanisms Driving Cellular Homeostasis, Inflammation and Infection to EnABLE New Approaches in Translational Medicine__
Coordinating Institution: Goethe-University Frankfurt
Term: 2021–2024
Investigators: Martin Beck, Gerhard Hummer
Innovative Therapies for Human Diseases: Targeted Degradation as New Mode of Action for Drugs (PROXIDRUGS)__
Coordinating Institution: Goethe-University Frankfurt
Term: 2021–2025
Investigator: Gerhard Hummer
Integrative Analysis of Pathogen Replication and Spread__
Coordinating Institution: Ruprecht Karl University Heidelberg
Term: 2021–2026
Investigator: Martin Beck
Membrane-Associated Protein Assemblies, Machineries and Supercomplexes__
Coordinating Institution: Goethe-University Frankfurt
Term: 2022–2026
Investigators: Martin Beck, Gerhard Hummer, Melanie McDowell, Bonnie Murphy, Janet Vonck
Rational engineering of proteins for novel vaccines and active ingredients__
Term: 2023–2024
Investigator: Florian Blanc
Intrinsic Autophagy Receptors: Identity and Cellular Mechanisms__
Investigator: Florian Wilfling
Term: 2022–2027
Beyond Nucleocytoplasmic Transport – Nuclear Pores as Self-regulating Valves for Flux Across the Nuclear Envelope__
Investigator: Martin Beck
Term: 2023–2028
Development of Reconstructed Electron Energy Loss techniques for Elemental Mapping in macromolecular structures__
Investigator: Bonnie Murphy
Project Period: 2023–2028
Mechanism, Regulation and Functions of DNA Loop Extrusion by SMC Complexes__
Investigator: Eugene Kim
Term: 2023–2028
Membrane Micro-Compartments__
Investigator: Martin Beck
Term: 2024–2025
Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Damage Control by PINK1 and Parkin__
Coordinating Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Investigator: Gerhard Hummer
Term: 2020–2023
Visual Proteomics Becomes Dynamic__
Investigators: Martin Beck, Gerhard Hummer, Beata Turoňová
Term: 2021–2024
Mechanistic understanding towards how progerin contributes to premature ageing__
Investigator: Tzu-Jing Yang
Term: 2023 - 2025
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Investigator: Bonnie Murphy
Term: 2023 - 2027
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Awardee: Eugene Kim
Term: 2023
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Investigator: Eunyoung Jeong
Term: 2024