Departmental Research Groups

Group leader: Dr. Birte Hernandez Alvarez

We study structure-function relationships in proteins from an evolutionary perspective. [more]

Group leader: Dr. Marcus Hartmann

Our mission is to understand and manipulate macromolecular machines and systems.  [more]

Group leader: Vikram Alva, PhD

Many proteins share detectable similarities in sequence and structure. Sequence-based comparison of modern proteins shows that they fall into only about ten thousand domain families [more]

Group leader: Dr. Jörg Martin

Using a variety of biochemistry, biophysics and microbiology techniques, we focus on prokaryotic model systems to better understand these intricate processes. [more]

Dr. Marcus Hartmann

The primary goal of structural biology is a mechanistic understanding of biological macromolecules and of biological processes so that they can be described in the language of physics and chemistry. [more]

Group leader: Dr. Murray Coles

Our group concentrates on protein structure determination, with a special focus on proteins involved in transmembrane signaling. [more]