The Institute of Molecular Physiology (imP) has its focus on the function, dynamics, and structure of biological systems from nano- to supramolecular scale. This includes interactions of proteins and nucleic acids, (epigenetic) gene regulation, genome stability, DNA repair, signal transduction, and intracellular transport processes. Member groups cooperate closely and use shared facilities for cell culture, animal and plant breeding, high-resolution light microscopy, electron microscopy, x-ray structure analysis and micro calorimetry. We use a multitude of biophysical methods to analyse protein-protein, protein- nucleic acid and protein- ligand interactions.
Multiple contacts connect us with the other two institutes of the Faculty of Biology and also with the IMB, the IBWF, the Institute of Biochemistry (FB 09), the University Medical Center and the Max-Planck-Institutes in Mainz and Frankfurt.
Our most important joint programs:
- GeneEvo - a Graduate Reseach College of the DFG
- CRC 1551 - Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function
- CRC 1361 - Regulation of DNA Repair & Genome Stability
- FTN - Focus Program Translational Neurosciences
- IPP - The international PhD-Programm
- MPGC - Max-Planck-Graduate-Center
| Prof. Dr. Dorothee Dormann | Molecular Cell Biology II |
| Prof. Susanne Gebhard, Ph.D. | Molecular Biotechnology |
| Prof. Dr. Ralf Heermann | Microbiology |
| Prof. Dr. Edward Lemke | Synthetic Biophysics |
| Prof. Dr. Helen May-Simera | Ciliar Cell Biology |
| Prof. Dr. Lukas Stelzl | Biomolecular Simulation |
| Prof. Dr. Eckhard Thines | Biotechnology |
| Prof. Dr. Eva Wolf | Chronobiology |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Wachter | Molecular Plant Science |
| Prof. Dr. Uwe Wolfrum | Molecular Cell Biology |
| Prof. Dr. Dirk Schneider | (Faculty 09 - Biochemistry) |
| Prof. Dr. Elmar Jaenicke | Biomolecular Simulation |
| Prof. Dr. Harald Paulsen | Plant Biochemistry |
| Prof. Dr. Walter Stöcker | Cell- and Matrixbiology |
| Prof. Dr. Jürgen Markl | Structural Biology |
| Prof. Dr. Gottfried Unden | Microbiology and Wine Research |