Our Research Emphases
Immunology and Infectiology

Research activities: “Immunodeficiency: Clinical Manifestations and Animal Models” (Collaborative Research Center SFB 620)
- “Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency” (CCI), integrated research and treatment center
- “Mechanisms of Persistence of Hepatotropic Viruses” (DFG Research Unit FOR/TR 1202
- Participation in the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
Molecular Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine

Research activities: “Functional Specificity by Coupling and Modification of Proteins” (Collaborative Research Center SFB 746)
- “Dynamics of Bacterial Membrane Proteins” (DFG Research Unit FOR/TR 929)
- “Functions and Mechanisms of Ribosomal Tunnel Exit Ligands” (DFG Research Unit FOR/TR 967)
- “BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies” (Cluster of Excellence EXC 294, BIOSS I/II)
- “NephAge – Systems Biology of Kidney Aging” (BMBF)
- “Polycystic Disease – From Model Organisms to Novel Therapies” (KFO 201)
- “Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine” (SGBM)
- “From Cells to Organs: Molecular Mechanisms of Organogenesis” Research Training Group 1104 (Faculty of Biology)
- “Center for Systems Biology” (ZBSA)
Epigenetics and Functional Genetics

Research activities: “Medical Epigenetics MEDEP: From Basic Mechanism to Clinical Applications“ (Collaborative Research Center SFB 992)
Neurosciences

Research activities: “From Monocytes to Brain Macrophages – Conditions Influencing the Fate of Myeloid Cells in the Brain” (DFG Research Unit FOR/TR 1336)
- “BrainLinks – BrainTools” (BLBT, Cluster of Excellence EXC 1086)
Oncology and Functional Imaging

Research activities: “Control of Cell Motility in Morphogenesis, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis” (Collaborative Research Center SFB 850
- “Imaging of Neuro Disease Using High Field MR and Contrastophores” (INUMAC, Joint Project)
- Research center in the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg (CCCF)