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.
Identification of a Golgi quality control network__
Investigator: Florian Wilfling
Term: 2025 - 2028
GBi5S: A Microfluidics Platform for Time-Resolved, Cellular Cryo-Electron Tomography (z2Kryo-ET)__
Term: 2024–2025
Investigator: Florian Wilfling
Molecular and Functional Characterization of Selective Autophagy__
Coordinating Institution: Goethe-University Frankfurt
Term: 2020–2028
Investigators: Gerhard Hummer, Ivan Đikić (Max-Planck-Fellow), Julian Langer (Adjunct Investigator)
The wave of death: ferroptosis propagation from single cell death to tissue damage__
Coordinating Institution: Ruprecht Karl University Heidelberg
Term: 2021–2028
Investigator: Ana J. Garcia Sáez
Dynamic architecture of DRP1 macromolecular assemblies in mitochondrial fission__
Coordinating Institution: Universität zu Köln
Term: 2024–2028
Investigator: Ana J. García-Sáez
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
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
In cellulo cryo electron tomography study on the structural regulation of nuclear pore complexes by the Nup210 luminal ring__
Investigator: Camilla Ventura Santos
Term: 2025 - 2027
Unravelling the cellular machinery and triggers for autophagy-mediated Nuclear Pore Complex degradation in yeast__
Investigator: Els Kuiper
Term: 2025 - 2027
Mechanistic understanding towards how progerin contributes to premature ageing__
Investigator: Lung Yu Liang
Term: 2024 - 2026
Mechanisms Overwhelming Protein and Organelle Quality Control in Parkinson’s Disease__
Coordinating Institution: Harvard University
Investigator: Florian Wilfling
Term: 2024–2025
Mechanisms of mitochondrial damage control by PINK1 and Parkin__
Coordinating Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Investigator: Gerhard Hummer, Florian Wilfling
Term: 2024–2026
Mechanistic understanding towards how progerin contributes to premature ageing__
Investigator: Tzu-Jing Yang
Term: 2023 - 2025
