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A new pathway for collagen secretion and wound healing control The concept of receptor-mediated trafficking of secretory cargo through small coated vesicles is well established, with notable examples including clathrin,…

Multicellular developmental diversity at the root of animals All animals develop from a single-celled zygote and undergo complex morphogenetic processes to form multicellular organisms. These processes are regulated by…

Documents & Links Formal documents for the MSc Physics of Life: Studienplan (German) / Study Plan (English translation): This document specifies the formal regulations for the MSc Physics of Life. Wegleitung (German) / Study…

Proteomics Across Deep Evolutionary Time Nearly half of human genes arose from ancestral versions dating back to the Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor (LECA) roughly 1.5 billion years ago. Many current genetic diseases and…

Structural Biology Across Scales D1: Molecular and Cellular Structural Biology I – 12421 (2 hrs/week; 2 CP; Spring 2027) Ben Engel , Rod Lim, Michel Steinmetz “Structural Biology Across Scales - This course will provide an…

Optimal regimes of regulatory sequence Cellular gene expression programs are encoded in the DNA by regulatory sequences – each containing multiple short motifs where transcription factors bind. Despite extensive…

Synopsis Antibiotic resistance has re-emerged as a critical problem of contemporary medicine. I will discuss the biological processes contributing to the spread of antibiotic resistance. In this talk, I will ask how…

Course Structure Semester 1 and 2 Courses Module: Foundations in Physics of Life Module: Elective Courses Research Projects Project 1 and Project 2 Semester 3 Courses Module: Elective Courses Research Projects Master’s…

Module: Research Projects During the course of study, students carry out two research projects, each worth 10 CP, under the responsibility of a member of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Science or the teaching staff of…

Master's Thesis The master's thesis gives students the opportunity to work independently on a research question. The work can be carried out in a team, whereby the student must be responsible for clearly defined aspects of…