Khafizov, K.; Perez, C.; Koshy, C.; Quick, M.; Fendler, K.; Ziegler, C.; Forrest, L. R.: Investigation of the sodium binding sites in the betaine transporter BetP. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 (44), pp. E3035 - E3045 (2012)
Gärtner, R. M.; Perez, C.; Koshy, C.; Ziegler, C.: Role of Bundle Helices in a Regulatory Crosstalk in the Trimeric Betaine Transporter BetP. Journal of Molecular Biology 414 (3), pp. 327 - 336 (2011)
Ge, L.; Perez, C.; Waclawska, I.; Ziegler, C.; Muller, D. J.: Locating an extracellular K+-dependent interaction site that modulates betaine-binding of the Na+-coupled betaine symporter BetP. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108 (43), pp. E890 - E898 (2011)
Khafizov, K.; Perez, C.; Tsai, C.-J.; Ziegler, C.; Forrest, L. R.: Computational and Experimental Studies of Substrate Binding, Conformational Change and Importance of the Trimeric State in the Glycine Betaine Transporter BetP. Biophysical Journal (Annual Meeting Abstracts) 100 (3, Supplement 1), p. 132a - 132a (2011)
Perez, C.: Structural and functional studies on the osmoregulated trimeric Na+/betaine symporter BetP from Corynebacterium glutamicum. Dissertation, 272 pp., Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (2012)
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics and the University of Cologne developed a new optical tool to study ferroptosis, a form of iron-driven cell death. Better understanding of how it spreads could open doors to new therapies.
On February 5, 2024, we participated in the “Frankfurt Stands Up for Democracy” demonstration, standing alongside nearly 20,000 participants representing over 100 institutions, organizations, and companies across the Frankfurt region.
The Max Planck Institute of Biophysics is part of the new science network Frankfurt Alliance together with 15 other research institutions in the Rhine-Main metropolitan area
The fellow program promotes cooperation between Max Planck Institutes and outstanding professors at universities. From March 2024, Müller-McNicoll will lead a small research group at the MPI in Frankfurt for five years to investigate RNA, the carrier of genetic information in the cell, and its regulation.