International Projects
The Max Planck Institute of Biophysics receives funding from a range of internationally renowned foundations and agencies. These include the European Research Council (ERC), the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS).
Below, you can explore a selection of projects and awards that are currently funded by these and other noted international agencies. The project topics range from molecular and cellular biophysics to the development of new technologies and methodologies that advance our understanding of complex biological systems.
Funding by European Research Council
By challenging Europe's brightest minds, the European research council (ERC) aims to foster groundbreaking scientific and technological discoveries. These innovations have the potential to create new industries, open emerging markets, and drive broader social changes that shape the future.
The MPI Biophysics currently hosts five ERC Grants:
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
International Research Grants
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
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Gruantees: Bonnie Murphy - Florian Wilfling
Term: 2023/2024
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Awardee: Eugene Kim
Term: 2023
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Investigator: Eunyoung Jeong - Patrick Hoffmann
Term: 2023 - 2024
