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	available	PhD-project-proposal

Thomas Benzing	Klinik IV für innere Medizin Medical Faculty	Molecular Medicine	--yes--

Marc Bramkamp	Institute for Biochemistry	Membrane Dynamics	--yes--

Jens Claus Brüning	Institute for Genetics	Molecular Medicine	--yes--

Marcel Bucher	Botanical Institute	Plant Physiology, Symbiosis	--yes--

George Coupland	Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research	Plant Development	--yes--

Jürgen Dohmen	Institute for Genetics	Cell Biology	--yes--

Ulf-Ingo Flügge	Institute of Botany	Plant Physiology	--yes--

Niels Gehring	Institute for Genetics	Cellular Quality Control	--no--

Matthias Hammerschmidt	Institute for Developmental Biology	Developmental Biology	--yes--

Ute Höcker	Institute of Botany	Plant Development	--yes--

Thorsten Hoppe	Institute for Genetics	Development and Aging	--no--

Jonathan C. Howard	Institute for Genetics	Immunology	--yes--

Martin Hülskamp	Institute of Botany	Plant Development	--yes--

Sigrun Korsching	Institute for Genetics	Genetics of Nervous Systems	--yes--

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--

Angelika Noegel	Institute for Biochemistry Medical Faculty	Cell Biology, Molecular Medicine	--yes--

Jane Parker	Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research	Plant Immunity	--no--

Manolis Pasparakis	Institute for Genetics	Inflammation and Disease	--yes--

Mats Paulsson	Institute for Biochemistry Medical Faculty	Molecular Medicine	--no--

Gerrit Praefcke	Institute for Genetics	Cellular Resistance Mechanisms	--yes--

Siegfried Roth	Institute for Developmental Biology	Developmental Biology	--yes--

Elena Rugarli	Institute for Zoology	Neurogenetics, Molecular Medicine	--yes--

Karin Schnetz	Institute for Genetics	Bacterial Genetics	--yes--

Henrike Scholz	Institute for Zoology	Neurogenetics	--yes--

Björn Schumacher	Institute for Genetics	DNA Damage and Ageing	--yes--

Paul Schulze-Lefert	Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research	Molecular Phytopathology	--no--

Günter Schwarz	Institute for Biochemistry	Structural Biology	--yes--

Mirka Uhlirova	Institute for Genetics	Cell Homeostasis	--yes--

Tina Wenz	Institute for Genetics	Mitochondrial Diseases	--yes--

Brunhilde Wirth	Institute for Human Genetics Medical Faculty	Human Genetics	--yes--

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last update: 07.12.2010