Prof. Dr. Henning Stahlberg 2009 – 2020 | Professor of Structural Biology Henning Stahlberg studied physics at the TU (Technische Universität) Berlin and graduated with a doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of…

NMR spectroscopy to unravel biomolecular mechanisms Proteins perform a wide range of essential biological functions, including signal transduction, catalysis, cellular homeostasis, metabolism and membrane transport. We…

Selected publications Kaur, Jakob et al , Nature 593 , 125–129 (2022) We identified the mode of action of darobactin, a natural antibiotic that inhibits the insertase BamA in Gram-negative bacteria. Darobactin binds to the…

Selected publications Degen et al , Nature 618, 1065–1071 (2023) In this work, we have determined the three-dimensional structure of the NINJ1 filament. This filament ruptures the eukaryotic plasma membrane at the endpoint…

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Prof. Silvia Arber explains how neurons control our movements All motor behaviors of the human body are controlled by neurons in the brain. Silvia Arber's team investigates how neurons build networks, how they control our…

Meet neurobiologist Prof. Silvia Arber You have been active in research for decades. Has the importance of gender equality changed during your career? Yes, significantly more attention is given to it today than when I…

Research Projects Biophysical Principles of Chaperone Function Molecular chaperones play a key role in cellular processes, including protein homeostasis, but also in membrane protein transport and biogenesis. We employ…

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of biomolecules We apply and develop high-resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) methods to elucidate structure, function, and dynamics of biological macromolecules. The…