CEF-MC: Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes

CEF Scientist wins funding from the AFI +++ NEW POSITIONS AVAILABLE +++ Two new Heckel papers +++ New publication in PNAS +++ New CEF Professor in Large Synaptic Complexes +++ CEF in the news +++ CEF Research on the cover













Director

Prof. Dr. Werner Müller-Esterl
Institute of Biochemistry II,
Cellular Signalling, University of Frankfurt,
Medical School


Deputy Directors

Prof. Dr. Werner Kühlbrandt
Department of Structural Biology,
Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt


Prof. Dr. Harald Schwalbe
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of Frankfurt

The Cluster of Excellence "Macromolecular Complexes"

(CEF) aims at understanding the molecular mechanism and functional consequences underlying the interactions of biological macromolecules in the cell, or in the cell membrane. The CEF is one of the Clusters of Excellence funded by the DFG in 2006
for a period of five years. It is an inter-
disciplinary centre within the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University.

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News

CEF Scientist wins funding from the AFI

Ritva Tikkanen is one of eight scientists receiving funding from the Alzheimer Forschung Initiative e. V. this year for research relevant to Alzheimer's disease.

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NEW POSITIONS AVAILABLE

The CEF is seeking to appoint outstanding scientists in the following subject areas:

1. Membrane Transport Machineries

2. Macromolecular Complexes in Cell Biology

 

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Two new Heckel papers

Papers in RNA and Angewandte Chemie

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New publication in PNAS

Structure and dynamics of a riboxome-bound nascent chain by NMR spectroscopy

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New CEF Professor in Large Synaptic Complexes

Dr Amparo Acker-Palmer joins the CEF Faculty

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