Research groups:
| Prof. Dr. Dorothee Dormann | Molecular Cell Biology II |
| Prof. Dr. Ralf Heermann | Microbiology |
| Prof. Dr. Edward Lemke | Synthetic Biophysics |
| Prof. Dr. Helen May-Simera | Ciliar Cell Biology |
| Prof. Dr. Eckhard Thines | Biotechnology |
| Prof. Dr. Eva Wolf | Chronobiology |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Wachter | Molecular Plant Science |
| Prof. Dr. Uwe Wolfrum | Molecular Cell Biology |
Coopted Professors:
| Prof. Dr. Dirk Schneider | (Faculty 09 - Biochemistry) |
Additional Research Groups:
| Prof. Dr. Elmar Jaenicke | Biomolecular Simulation |
Former faculty members:
| 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 |