International PhD ProgrammeResearch Topics

Cell Biology and Biophysics

Schultz Group - Chemical cell biology

Developmental Biology

Aulehla Group - Timing of mammalian embryogenesis
Peri Group - Microglia: the guardians of the developing brain
Spitz Group - Gene regulation and genome architecture in development and evolution

Directors' Research

Hentze Group - Cytoplasmic gene regulation and molecular medicine
Leptin Group - Visualising complex cell shapes and signalling pathways

Genome Biology

Huber Group - Computational Biology from Genomes to Phenotypes
Köhn Group - Investigation of phosphatases using chemical biology tools
Typas Group - Dissecting bacterial lifestyle and interspecies interactions with systems approaches

Structural and Computational Biology

Barabas Group - Mechanism of DNA recombination and its applications for research and therapy
Bork Group - Deciphering function and evolution of biological systems
Briggs Group - Enveloped viruses and coated vesicles – cryo-electron microscopy and tomography
Sachse Group - Single-particle electron cryo-microscopy of the machinery involved in abnormal protein aggregation
Schneider (Reinhard) Group - Data integration and knowledge management

EMBL Grenoble

Cusack Group - Structural biology of RNA-protein complexes in gene expression and host-pathogen interactions
Panne Group - Integrating signals through complex assembly
Pillai Group - Regulation of gene expression by non-coding RNAs

EMBL Hamburg

Meijers Group - Structural biology of cell surface receptors
Müller-Dieckmann Team - X-ray crystallography
Wilmanns Group - Structure and function of protein complexes in biological systems

EBI Hinxton

Bertone Group - Pluripotency, reprogramming and differentiation
Overington Group - ChEMBL: a database of bioactive drug-like small molecules

EMBL Monterotondo

Gross Group - Developmental programming of anxiety
Heppenstall Group - Molecular physiology of somatosensation
Lancrin Group - The haemogenic endothelium: a key stage in the generation of the first blood cells
O'Carroll Group - Non-coding RNA function in mammalian development and physiology
Rosenthal Group - Regenerative mechanisms in heart and skeletal muscle