SFB 1078 - Protonation Dynamics in Protein Function

SFB 1078 - Protonation Dynamics in Protein Function
How do proteins function? Which mechanisms are effective in the regulation of processes by proteins? How are complex protein functions coordinated by protonation dynamics? Read more about the questions the SFB 1078 addresses.Image Credit: Christopher Mielack

SFB 1078 - Interdisciplinary Research
Molecular life science research at the borders of biology, chemistry, and physics is performed by combining new biophysical experiments with theoretical approaches. Read more about the projects of the SFB 1078.

SFB 1078 - Committed Scientists
A total of 20 principal investigators is involved in the collaborative research center together with an even bigger number of PhD students and postdocs. Find out more about who is participating in the SFB 1078.Image Credit: Kerstin Wagner

SFB 1078 - Collaboration and Exchange
Seminars, monthly colloquia, and the annual retreat foster the scientific exchange and collaboration among members of the research center as well as with external colleagues. Read more about past and future events of the SFB 1078.Image Credit: Kerstin Wagner

SFB 1078 - Communicating Biophysics
The Integrated Graduate School (IGK) of the SFB 1078 is offering a structured program for the advanced training of PhD students. It is also engaged in disseminating relevant research topics to a general public. Read more about the IGK's activities.Image Credit: Kerstin Wagner

The Collaborative Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich, SFB) 1078 "Protonation Dynamics in Protein Function" is a research platform, which was initiated and is coordinated by the Freie Universität Berlin (FU).  Participating institutions are the Technische Universität Berlin (TU), the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP).  The SFB is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a period of initially 4 years (Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2016).

The central research goal of the SFB 1078 is to identify and understand a new key principal in protein science, namely the control and coordination of complex protein function by protonation dynamics.  To this end, the SFB comprises 16 research projects led by 20 principal investigators (PIs) with a diverse expertise in physics, chemistry, and biology.  The SFB also hosts an Intergrated Graduate School for the advanced training of PhD students.

Spokesperson of the SFB 1078 is Prof. Dr. Holger Dau (FU), and deputy spokesperson is Prof. Dr. Peter Hildebrandft (TU).