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Felix Mueller-Planitz Group,careers
We’re currently hiring!
We’re looking for Master and PhD students. Get in touch if you love epigenetics, genomics, and long-read sequencing as much as we do! Especially if you have an affinity not only for molecular biology but also for bioinformatics! Students interested in a PhD project should apply to the Dresden…
Simon Alberti Group,Alf Honigmann Group,Anthony Hyman Group,Marcus Jahnel Group
A role for RNA in Stress Granules assembly
Stress granules are membraneless compartments formed by phase separation of specific molecules upon exposure to cellular stress such as oxidative stress, heat shock, or osmotic stress. The Alberti, Jahnel, Honigmann, and Hyman labs published a study in cell highlighting the role of RNA in the…
Filament formation by the translation factor eIF2B regulates protein synthesis in starved cells
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs), the enzymes responsible for coupling tRNAs to their cognate amino acids, minimize translational errors by intrinsic hydrolytic editing. Here, we compared norvaline (Nva), a linear amino acid not coded for protein synthesis, to the proteinogenic, branched valine…
Regulated changes in material properties underlie centrosome disassembly during mitotic exit
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs), the enzymes responsible for coupling tRNAs to their cognate amino acids, minimize translational errors by intrinsic hydrolytic editing. Here, we compared norvaline (Nva), a linear amino acid not coded for protein synthesis, to the proteinogenic, branched valine…
Moritz Kreysing Group,Simon Alberti Group,Anthony Hyman Group
Condensation regulates translation
New insights into the influence of Ded1p condensation on translation comes from the Hyman, Alberti and Kreysing labs. The study published in Cell is entitled "Condensation of Ded1p Promotes a Translational Switch from Housekeeping to Stress Protein Production". Graphical abstract: Abstract: Cells…
Learn the basics of Biomolecuar Condensates
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Open positions
Join us as a Postdoc to develop Smart Optical Tweezers to Probe Biomolecular Condensates
The Marcus Jahnel group for Dynamics of Biomolecules at the Cluster of Excellence "Physics of Life" and BIOTEC center, TU Dresden, are recruiting a Research Associate / Postdoc (m/f/x) to study RNA folding and RNA looping in biomolecular condensates. For more details and instructions to apply,…
Join us as a Postdoc to study RNA Biology in Biomolecular Condensates
The Marcus Jahnel group for Dynamics of Biomolecules at the Cluster of Excellence "Physics of Life" and BIOTEC center, TU Dresden, are recruiting a Research Associate / Postdoc (m/f/x) to start immediately to study RNA folding and RNA looping in biomolecular condensates. For more details and…
Join us as a Masters or PhD student: Chemical reactions in lattice polymer models
Required experience in the following methods: Statistical physics, molecular dynamics, monte carlo, lattice simulations Work with: Dr. Tyler Harmon | Tel: +49 (351) 4658 1216 | Email: TylerHarmon@ipfdd.de Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Sommer | Tel: +49 (351) 4658 750 | Email: Sommer@ipfdd.de……
Join us as a Masters or PhD student: Surfactants stabilizing surfaces of cellular droplets
Required experience in the following methods: Statistical physics, molecular dynamics, monte carlo, lattice simulations Work with: Dr. Tyler Harmon | Tel: +49 (351) 4658 1216 | Email: TylerHarmon@ipfdd.de Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Sommer | Tel: +49 (351) 4658 750 | Email: Sommer@ipfdd.de……
Join us as a Masters or PhD student: Mechanisms for storing memory in cellular droplets
Required experience in the following methods: statistical physics, 3D reaction diffusion models, critical behavior around bifurcations Work with: Dr. Tyler Harmon | Tel: +49 (351) 4658 1216 | Email: TylerHarmon@ipfdd.de Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Sommer | Tel: +49 (351) 4658 750 | Email:…
Felix Mueller-Planitz Group,careers
We’re currently hiring!
We’re looking for Master and PhD students. Get in touch if you love epigenetics, genomics, and long-read sequencing as much as we do! Especially if you have an affinity not only for molecular biology but also for bioinformatics! Students interested in a PhD project should apply to the Dresden…
Postdoc (m/f/d)
Project Title Origin-of-cellular-Life’ / Out-of-equilibrium biophysical Systems Brief summary Our lab pursues experimental biophysical research. We are interested in the spatiotemporal patterning of living and chemical systems. The lab investigates how the spatial organization of molecules can…
PhD Student (m/f/d)
Project Title Supra-molecular organisation of cell-cell interfaces via protein and lipid mediated phase separation Brief summary Establishment and segregation of cellular junctions into mesoscale membrane domains underlies emergence of epithelial tissue morphology and function. We aim to understand…
Alberti Lab is accepting applications for MSc, PhD, and Postdoc
We are always looking for highly motivated and creative students. Students interested in a master’s project with a focus on biochemistry, biophysics or cell biology are encouraged to apply. Students interested in a PhD project should apply to the Dresden International Graduate School for…
PhD Student (m/f/d)
Project Title Design, synthesis and characterization of dynamic protocells by cell free expression Brief summary A precise understanding of how membrane-free droplets, formed by liquid-liquid phase separation, can tune and regulate biochemical reactions in biological cells and during the origin of…
PhD Student (m/f/d)
Project Title Reconstitution of DNA loop extrusion and transcription dynamics in cell-free extracts. Brief summary We aim at elucidating the mechanisms that drive chromatin organization in the nucleus. We have recently provided the first direct proof of DNA loop extrusion in a cellular context by…