National Projects
The Max Planck Institute of Biophysics is involved in numerous national collaborations, including projects funded by the 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), and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH).
Here you can find a selection of third-party funded projects presently implemented at the Institute:
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
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
Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function__
Coordinating Institution: University Mainz
Term: 2023–2027
Investigator: Eugene Kim
Integrative Analysis of Pathogen Replication and Spread__
Coordinating Institution: Ruprecht Karl University Heidelberg
Term: 2021–2026
Investigator: Martin Beck
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)
Small Proteins, an Unexplored World__
Term: 2017–2024
Investigator: Julian Langer
Spatial Genome Architecture in Development and Disease__
Term: 2012–2025
Investigator: Eugene Kim
Nanoscale Architecture and Heterogeneity of the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane __
Term: 2023
Investigator: Lea Dietrich
Revealing the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Vaccinia Virus mRNA Release Sites__
Investigator: Beata Turoňová in collaboration with Jacomine Krijnse Locker (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut)
Term: 2023–2026
