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Group Leader Research Focus Research Fields Research Topics Affiliation
Physical Chemistry of Biomolecular Condensates Biophysics Biophysics, Cell Biology, Polymer Science TUD PoL, HZDR Go to Ellen Adams Group’s profile page for detailed information
Development of cell-based therapies for the treatment of retinopathies Biomedicine / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology TUD CRTD Go to Marius Ader Group’s profile page for detailed information
Gene regulatory mechanisms of neocortex evolution Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Developmental Biology, Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology TUD CRTD Go to Mareike Albert Group’s profile page for detailed information
Organization of cytoplasm across space and time Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Biochemistry Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Biophysics TUD BIOTEC Go to Simon Alberti Group’s profile page for detailed information
Cell metabolic reprograming in metabolic and inflammatory disease Biomedicine Endocrinology, Metabolism, Immunology TUD Medical Campus Go to Vasileia Ismini Alexaki Group’s profile page for detailed information
Biohybrid Neuroelectronics (BIONICS) Lab Biomedicine / Bioengineering and Biomaterials Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology, Biophysics, Computational Biology DZNE, TUD CRTD Go to Hayder Amin Group’s profile page for detailed information
Tumorimmunology Biomedicine / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Immunology HZDR Go to Michael Bachmann Group’s profile page for detailed information
Biophysical Mechanisms of Morphogenesis Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Biophysics / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Biophysics, Cell Mechanics, Bioelectricity, Metabolism TUD PoL Go to Elias Barriga Group’s profile page for detailed information
Neural Development and Regeneration Regenerative and Degenerative Biology / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Bioinformatics, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology TUD CRTD Go to Catherina G. Becker Group’s profile page for detailed information
Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders Biomedicine Neurobiology, Psychiatry, Developmental Biology, Biochemistry TUD Medical Campus Go to Nadine Bernhardt Group’s profile page for detailed information
Biology of adult stem cells: clinical relevance for leukemia and stem cell transplantation Biomedicine Stem Cell Biology, Acute Myeloid Leukemia TUD Medical Campus Go to Martin Bornhäuser Group’s profile page for detailed information
Intercellular crosstalk in the endocrine system Biomedicine Diabetology, Endocrinology TUD Medical Campus Go to Stefan R. Bornstein Group’s profile page for detailed information
Development and Regeneration of the Vertebrate Brain Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology TUD CRTD, TUD PoL Go to Michael Brand Group’s profile page for detailed information
How to regenerate during sleep Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Cell Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Neurobiology, Physiology TUD BIOTEC Go to Henrik Bringmann Group’s profile page for detailed information
Self-organization of living matter Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Biophysics Biophysics, Cell Biology, Theoretical Biophysics TUD PoL Go to Jan Brugués Group’s profile page for detailed information
Functional Imaging in Surgical Oncology Biomedicine / Bioengineering and Biomaterials Bioengineering, Biophysics, Nanotechnology, Oncology TUD Medical Campus Go to Oliver Bruns Group’s profile page for detailed information
Spatio-temporal pattern formation in cells and tissues Computational Biology Developmental Biology, Systems Biology, Theoretical Biophysics, Mathematics TUD ZIH Go to Lutz Brusch Group’s profile page for detailed information
Functional genomics & Genome Surgery Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Systems Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Genomics TUD Medical Campus Go to Frank Buchholz Group’s profile page for detailed information
Proliferation and Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Stem Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Developmental Biology TUD CRTD Go to Federico Calegari Group’s profile page for detailed information
Physics of Embryonic Self-Organization and Morphogenesis Biophysics / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Biophysics, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Computational Biology TUD PoL Go to Otger Campàs Group’s profile page for detailed information
Innate Immunity and Immunometabolism Biomedicine Immunology, Metabolism, Diabetology, Cell Biology, Hematology, Oncology TUD Medical Campus Go to Triantafyllos Chavakis Group’s profile page for detailed information
Organization and Dynamics of Plasma Membrane Protrusions: From Cell Biology to Regenerative Therapy Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Stem Cell Biology TUD BIOTEC Go to Denis Corbeil Group’s profile page for detailed information

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Membrane Biochemistry of Cell Signaling Biomedicine / Biochemistry Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Metabolism, Synthetic Biology TUD PLID Go to Ünal Coskun Group’s profile page for detailed information
Signals and mechanics in epithelial morphogenesis Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics TUD Biology, TUD PoL Go to Christian Dahmann Group’s profile page for detailed information
Molecular transport in cell biology and nanotechnology Biophysics / Bioengineering and Biomaterials Biophysics, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering TUD B CUBE, TUD PoL Go to Stefan Diez Group’s profile page for detailed information
Mechanobiology of Stem Cells Bioengineering and Biomaterials / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Cardiovascular Research, Computational Biology, Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology, Systems Biology TUD PoL Go to Adele Doyle Group’s profile page for detailed information
Biophysics of epithelial growth and tumorigenesis Biomedicine / Biophysics Biophysics, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Stem Cell Biology TUD PoL Go to Natalie Dye Group’s profile page for detailed information
Cross-species comparison and manipulation of the organoid zoo Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Biophysics Synthetic Biology, Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Biophysics TUD PoL Go to Miki Ebisuya Group’s profile page for detailed information
Novel therapeutic approaches for the prevention of lethal arrhythmias and heart failure progression Biomedicine Cell Biology, Genetics, Vascular Biology, Endocrinology TUD MTZ Go to Ali El-Armouche Group’s profile page for detailed information
Metabolic alterations in cancer Biomedicine Cell Biology, Oncology, Metabolism TUD Medical Campus Go to Mohamed Elgendy Group’s profile page for detailed information
Structural basis of biological switches and biomolecular recognition Biophysics Biophysics HZDR Go to Karim Fahmy Group’s profile page for detailed information

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Cell biology of neurodegenerative diseases Biomedicine / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Biophysics, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology TUD Medical Campus, DZNE Go to Björn Falkenburger Group’s profile page for detailed information
Lipid Metabolism: Analysis and Integration Biomedicine / Biochemistry Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Metabolism TUD Medical Campus Go to Maria Fedorova Group’s profile page for detailed information
Mechanics of active biomaterials Biophysics Biomaterials, Biophysics, Theoretical Biophysics TUD PoL Go to Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich Group’s profile page for detailed information
Biological Algorithms: Spatio-temporal dynamics of cells and tissues Biophysics / Computational Biology Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Theoretical Biophysics TUD PoL, TUD cfaed Go to Benjamin Friedrich Group’s profile page for detailed information
Development of Advanced Cellular Therapeutics Biomedicine Hematology, Immunology, Oncology TUD CRTD Go to Anke Fuchs Group’s profile page for detailed information
Stem Cells in Pancreas Development and Disease Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Biology TUD PLID Go to Anthony Gavalas Group’s profile page for detailed information
Hematopoietic stem cell homeostasis and regulation Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Hematology, Immunology, Stem Cell Biology TUD Medical Campus Go to Alexander Gerbaulet Group’s profile page for detailed information
Translational Medical Oncology: Understanding and targeting alterations in cancer Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Genomics, Oncology TUD Medical Campus Go to Hanno Glimm Group’s profile page for detailed information
Application of patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells in disease modelling Biomedicine Stem Cell Biology, Cardiovascular Research, Diabetology TUD MTZ Go to Kaomei Guan Group’s profile page for detailed information
Bio-image Analysis Computational Biology / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Computational Biology, Computer Science, Developmental Biology, Systems Biology TUD PoL Go to Robert Haase Group’s profile page for detailed information
Translational Bone Biology Research Biomedicine Oncology, Endocrinology TUD Medical Campus Go to Lorenz Hofbauer Group’s profile page for detailed information
Membrane organization of cells and tissues Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Biophysics Cell Biology, Biophysics, Biochemistry TUD BIOTEC Go to Alf Honigmann Group’s profile page for detailed information
Dynamics of Biomolecules Biophysics / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Biophysics, Cell Biology, Polymer Science, Theoretical Biophysics TUD PoL, TUD BIOTEC Go to Marcus Jahnel Group’s profile page for detailed information
Chromosome Dynamics and Hematopoietic Cell Biology Biomedicine / Biochemistry Immunology, Germ Cell Biology, Hematology TUD MTZ Go to Rolf Jessberger Group’s profile page for detailed information
Unraveling mechanisms of neuronal degeneration and regeneration in the retina Biomedicine / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Stem Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, Physiology DZNE, TUD CRTD Go to Mike Karl Group’s profile page for detailed information
Clinical Artificial Intelligence Biomedicine / Computational Biology TUD Medical Campus, TUD Computer Science Go to Jakob Nikolas Kather Group’s profile page for detailed information
Adult neurogenesis Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology DZNE, TUD CRTD Go to Gerd Kempermann Group’s profile page for detailed information
Biology of bone regeneration Biomedicine / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, Oncology TUD CRTD Go to Franziska Knopf Group’s profile page for detailed information
Molecular and Cellular Immunology/Focus Immune Regulation Biomedicine Immunology, Hematology, Diabetology TUD CRTD Go to Karsten Kretschmer Group’s profile page for detailed information
DNA Nanotechnology: building programmable materials and nanometer-scale devices Bioengineering and Biomaterials / Biochemistry Bioengineering, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Polymer Science IPF Go to Elisha Krieg Group’s profile page for detailed information
Biomineralization, Bioadhesion, Nano-Biotechnology Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Bioengineering and Biomaterials / Biochemistry Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Cell Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology TUD B CUBE, TUD PoL Go to Nils Kröger Group’s profile page for detailed information
Molecular genetics of autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases Biomedicine Genetics, Cell Biology, Immunology TUD Medical Campus Go to Min Ae Lee-Kirsch Group’s profile page for detailed information
Molecular and cell biology of retrovirus-host cell interactions – Development and application of retroviral gene transfer and drug screening systems Biomedicine Cell Biology, Virology TUD MTZ Go to Dirk Lindemann Group’s profile page for detailed information
Cell Death Biomedicine Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Immunology TUD Medical Campus Go to Andreas Linkermann Group’s profile page for detailed information
Development of novel therapeutic options for diabetes mellitus type 1 Biomedicine Biomaterials, Cell Biology, Diabetology, Materials Science TUD Medical Campus, TUD PLID Go to Barbara Ludwig Group’s profile page for detailed information
Building interfaces between biological systems and machines Bioengineering and Biomaterials Bioengineering, Biophysics, Materials Science, Polymer Science IPF, TUD Medical Campus Go to Ivan Minev Group’s profile page for detailed information
Endothelium and cardiovascular diseases Biomedicine Vascular Biology, Diabetology, Physiology TUD Medical Campus Go to Henning Morawietz Group’s profile page for detailed information
Epigenetics and Chromatin: How chromatin forms and how it affects cellular functions Biophysics / Biochemistry Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Genomics, Genetics, Systems Biology TUD MTZ Go to Felix Müller-Planitz Group’s profile page for detailed information
In vivo regeneration of β-cells as a future therapy for T1D Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Diabetology TUD CRTD, TUD PLID Go to Nikolay Ninov Group’s profile page for detailed information
Mechanisms controlling energy homeostasis in health and in metabolic diseases Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Diabetology, Endocrinology, Metabolism, Physiology TUD PLID Go to Nikolaos Perakakis Group’s profile page for detailed information
Computational approaches to functional genomics and rational engineering for target/drug discovery and biotechnology innovation Computational Biology / Biophysics / Bioengineering and Biomaterials Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Bioengineering, Theoretical Biophysics TUD BIOTEC Go to M. Teresa Pisabarro Group’s profile page for detailed information
Biomedical Genomics Biomedicine / Computational Biology Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Oncology TUD BIOTEC Go to Anna Poetsch Group’s profile page for detailed information
Chitin based biological materials and biomineralization Bioengineering and Biomaterials Biomaterials, Cell Biology, Materials Science TUD B CUBE Go to Yael Politi Group’s profile page for detailed information
Cell and molecular principles of integrative bone biology Biomedicine Cell Biology, Endocrinology, Hematology, Stem Cell Biology TUD Medical Campus Go to Martina Rauner Group’s profile page for detailed information
Selective neuronal vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases Biomedicine / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology DZNE, TUD CRTD Go to Natalia Rodríguez Muela Group’s profile page for detailed information
Systems biology with applications in medicine, (stem) cell and developmental biology Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Computational Biology Systems Biology, Computational Biology, Stem Cell Biology TUD Medical Campus Go to Ingo Roeder Group’s profile page for detailed information
Synthetic Membrane Biology Bioengineering and Biomaterials Cell Biology, Bioengineering, Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology, Physiology TUD B CUBE Go to James Sáenz Group’s profile page for detailed information
Computational Machinery of Cognition Biomedicine / Computational Biology Neurobiology, Computational Biology, Theoretical Biophysics, Systems Biology TUD Medical Campus Go to Shervin Safavi Group’s profile page for detailed information
Vertebrate tissue repair and regeneration Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology TUD PLID, TUD Medical Campus Go to Tatiana Sandoval Guzmán Group’s profile page for detailed information
Theoretical Physics of Living Matter Biophysics TUD PoL Go to Helmut Schießel Group’s profile page for detailed information
Conformational changes in biomolecules and enzymes Biophysics / Bioengineering and Biomaterials Biophysics, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering TUD B CUBE, TUD PoL Go to Michael Schlierf Group’s profile page for detailed information
Understanding the brain and curing its diseases Biomedicine / Biochemistry Neurobiology, Oncology, Stem Cell Biology, Vascular Biology TUD Medical Campus Go to Mirko Schmidt Group’s profile page for detailed information
Proteolytic control of membrane trafficking and signal transduction Biomedicine / Biochemistry Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Immunology TUD MTZ Go to Bernd Schröder Group’s profile page for detailed information
Computational Drug Repositioning with Networks, Structures, Text & Ontologies Computational Biology Computational Biology, Computer Science, Systems Biology TUD BIOTEC Go to Michael Schroeder Group’s profile page for detailed information
Stem Cell and Macrophage Biology Biomedicine / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Stem Cell Biology, Immunology, Genomics, Hematology TUD CRTD Go to Michael Sieweke Group’s profile page for detailed information

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Cell Biology of Pancreatic Beta Cells and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Cell Biology, Diabetology, Metabolism TUD PLID Go to Michele Solimena Group’s profile page for detailed information
Islet of Langerhans Physiology in the Pathogenesis and Therapy of Diabetes Biomedicine Cell Biology, Diabetology, Physiology, Stem Cell Biology, Metabolism TUD PLID Go to Stephan Speier Group’s profile page for detailed information

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Adrenal stem cells and their role in stress Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Cell Biology, Endocrinology, Metabolism, Stem Cell Biology TUD Medical Campus Go to Charlotte Steenblock Group’s profile page for detailed information
iPS Cells and Neurodegenerative Diseases Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Stem Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration TUD CRTD Go to Jared Sterneckert Group’s profile page for detailed information
Epigenetic regulation and genomic engineering Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Genomics, Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Systems Biology TUD BIOTEC, TUD PoL Go to Francis Stewart Group’s profile page for detailed information
Oncomechanics Biophysics / Bioengineering and Biomaterials Bioengineering, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Oncology TUD BIOTEC Go to Anna Taubenberger Group’s profile page for detailed information
Tumor-Targeting Nanoparticles, Natural Killer Cell Biology & Immunotherapy Biomedicine Cell Biology, Oncology, Immunology TUD Medical Campus Go to Achim Temme Group’s profile page for detailed information
Nuclear architecture in the long-term maintenance of brain function and brain aging Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Neurobiology, Genomics, Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Biology DZNE Go to Tomohisa Toda Group’s profile page for detailed information
Genome integrity in the mammalian germline: recombination and checkpoints during gametogenesis Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Cell Biology, Genetics, Germ Cell Biology TUD MTZ Go to Attila Tóth Group’s profile page for detailed information
Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Cells and Systems Computational Biology Computational Biology, Theoretical Biophysics, Systems Biology, Mathematics TUD Mathematics Go to Axel Voigt Group’s profile page for detailed information
Synthesis and characterization of functionalized polymers; glycodendrimers and bioconjugates for therapeutics, cellular mimics Bioengineering and Biomaterials Nanotechnology, Polymer Science, Materials Science, Bioengineering IPF, TUD Chemistry Go to Brigitte Voit Group’s profile page for detailed information
Biofunctional polymer materials Bioengineering and Biomaterials Polymer Science, Biomaterials, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering IPF, TUD PoL Go to Carsten Werner Group’s profile page for detailed information
Hypoxia pathway proteins in health and disease Biomedicine Immunology, Oncology, Hematology, Physiology TUD Medical Campus Go to Ben Wielockx Group’s profile page for detailed information
The interplay between non-coding RNAs and the epigenome – a map for precision oncology? Biomedicine / Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Cell Biology, Genomics, Hematology, Oncology, Acute Myeloid Leukemia TUD Medical Campus Go to Alexander Wurm Group’s profile page for detailed information
Bioenergetics of Self-Organization Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Biophysics Metabolism, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology TUD PoL Go to Xingbo Yang Group’s profile page for detailed information
Regeneration of Complex Structures in Adult Vertebrates Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology / Regenerative and Degenerative Biology Stem Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology TUD CRTD Go to Maximina Yun Group’s profile page for detailed information
Inflammation and Carcinogenesis Biomedicine Immunology, Oncology TUD CRTD Go to Sebastian Zeißig Group’s profile page for detailed information
Drug design and screening: from biochemical methods to 3D model system Biophysics / Bioengineering and Biomaterials Bioengineering, Immunology, Biophysics TUD B CUBE Go to Yixin Zhang Group’s profile page for detailed information
Thermodynamic and Nanomechanical aspects of Biomineralized Tissue Formation Bioengineering and Biomaterials Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering TUD B CUBE Go to Igor Zlotnikov Group’s profile page for detailed information