Institute of Molecular Biochemistry
Research
Key Research Area of the MUI
Uncategorized
Research Focus
Lysosomal lipid flux, Lysosomal storage disorders, Membrane biogenesis, Membrane repair, and neuroinflammation
Methods
Functional imaging of membrane repair, vesicle biogenesis, plasticity, and trafficking; live cell imaging; lipid flux assays; drug screening; organelle enrichment and purification; proteomics, lipidomics, Biochemistry; inflammation assays
Infrastructure/Resources
Spinning Disc microscope for live cell imaging
Clinical Focus
Lysosomal storage disorders
Grants & Funding
Current Funding
ERC starting grant, NCL foundation
Teaching & Supervision
Teaching Topics
Life Sciences practical course, Molekularbiologisches Grundpraktikum, Laborschnuppern
Collaborations
Existing Collaborations
Volker Haucke (FMP Berlin)
Diego Medina (TIGEM, Naples)
Florian Wilfling (Max Planck für Biophysik, Frankfurt)
Roger Williams (LMB Cambridge)
Heike Vogel (Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung, Potsdam)
Britta Brügger (Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center)
Dominic Winter (University Essen)
Markus Damme (University Bielefeld)