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The Faculty and their research interest

The International Graduate School in Development, Health and Disease offers a most stimulating and productive research environment, characterised by a high degree of interdisciplinarity.

A short overview about the faculty and their areas of research is provided in the table below. To learn more about the groups, simply click on the research area. More PhD project proposals will follow soon.

Group leader

Institute

Research area

 

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Thomas Benzing

Klinik IV für innere Medizin
Medical Faculty

Molecular Medicine

 

--no--

 

 

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Marc Bramkamp

Institute for Biochemistry

Membrane Dynamics

 

--yes--

 

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Jens Claus Brüning

Institute for Genetics

Molecular Medicine

 

--yes--

 

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Marcel Bucher

Botanical Institute

Plant Physiology, Symbiosis

 

--yes--

 

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George Coupland

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Plant Development

 

--yes--

 

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Jürgen Dohmen

Institute for Genetics

Cell Biology

 

--yes--

 

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Ulf-Ingo Flügge

Institute of Botany

Plant Physiology

 

--no--

   

Niels Gehring

Institute for Genetics

Cellular Quality Control

 

--yes--

 

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Matthias Hammerschmidt

Institute for Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

 

--yes--

 

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Ute Höcker

Institute of Botany

Plant Development

 

--yes--

 

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Thorsten Hoppe

Institute for Genetics

Development and Aging

 

--yes--

 

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Jonathan C. Howard

Institute for Genetics

Immunology

 

--yes--

   

Martin Hülskamp

Institute of Botany

Plant Development

 

--yes--

 

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Sigrun Korsching

Institute for Genetics

Genetics of Nervous Systems

 

--yes--

 

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Martin Krönke

Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology
Medical Faculty

Immunology

 

--no--

   

Thomas Langer

Institute for Genetics

Cell Biology

 

--no--

   

Maria Leptin

Institute for Genetics

Developmental Biology

 

--yes--

 

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Angelika Noegel

Institute for Biochemistry
M
edical Faculty

Cell Biology, Molecular Medicine

 

--yes--

 

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Jane Parker

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Plant Immunity

 

--yes--

 

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Manolis Pasparakis

Institute for Genetics

Immunology

 

--yes--

   

Mats Paulsson

Institute for Biochemistry
Medical Faculty

Molecular Medicine

 

--no--

   

Siegfried Roth

Institute for Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

 

--yes--

   

Elena Rugarli

Institute for Zoology

Neurogenetics, Molecular Medicine

 

--yes--

 

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Karin Schnetz

Institute for Genetics

Bacterial Genetics

 

--yes--

 

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Henrike Scholz

Institute for Zoology

Neurogenetics

 

--yes--

 

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Björn Schumacher

Institute for Genetics

DNA Damage and Ageing

 

--yes--

 

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Paul Schulze-Lefert

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Molecular Phytopathology

 

--no--

   

Günter Schwarz

Institute for Biochemistry

Structural Biology

 

--no--

   

Mirka Uhlirova

Institute for Genetics

Cell Homeostasis

 

--yes--

 

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Brunhilde Wirth

Institute for Human Genetics Medical Faculty

Human Genetics

 

--yes--

 

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