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Förderprogramm

CZS Breakthroughs: Life Science Technologies – Synthetics

The Carl Zeiss Stiftung has published a new call "CZS breakthroughs: Synthetics" (focus area: Life Science Technologies). With the ‘CZS breakthroughs’ funding programme, the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung is enabling universities to implement innovative, scientifically promising concepts. Projects that receive funding are intended to lead to internationally competitive research results. The call for applications ‘CZS breakthroughs: Synthetics’ focuses on research into the design of bio-based systems. The growing understanding of biology makes it possible to reproduce and adapt them. To that end, engineering approaches to design and construction are applied to biological systems. Accordingly, the call for applications should promote research that addresses those developments. For example, the interdisciplinary research projects unite molecular biology, biochemistry, biotechnology or genetic methods with engineering and IT. The research projects can pursue the following and other objectives: Adapting, designing, and synthesising organic molecules, biological components or systems; developing paradigms for treating illnesses; developing new biological production methods. Possible topics include organoids and artificial organs, synthetic biology, regenerative medicine, and gene und cell therapy. The projects should create a connection between life sciences and engineering and advance personalised medicine through the development of new life science technologies.

Funding can be requested for up to 5.000.000 Euro for 5-6 years.

The University of Tübingen can only hand in one proposal.

Proposals thus have to be handed in in agreement with the President's Office. Expressions of interest have to be submitted until January 23rd to nathalie.walker@uni-tuebingen.de Expressions of interest must include:

• short description of the proposal (1-2 pages)
• rough financial plan
• CVs of all participants (max. 2 pages per CV)

Austauschprogramm

African-German Scientific Exchange in the Field of Neurosciences

The DFG invites interested researchers from all African countries and Germany to engage in a scientific exchange in the field of neurosciences. This initiative covers all research questions that are primarily concerned with neurosciences. Subject areas include basic, applied and clinical topics. The aim of the initiative is for participating researchers to identify joint interests in the area of neurosciences and initiate new collaborative ventures.

Researchers are required to submit their posters in English by 29 February 2024. 

Proposals must be submitted in English by 31 August 2024.

Schwerpunktprogramme

Priority Programme “Ferroptosis: from Molecular Basics to Clinical Applications” (SPP 2306)

Recent studies have identified metabolic networks and signalling pathways that control previously unrecognised, regulated cell death modalities. Among these is ferroptosis, a prevalent and disease-relevant form of cell death characterised by specific metabolic constraints and an iron-dependent accumulation of lipid hydroperoxides. The overarching goal of the Priority Programme is to offer support for highly collaborative projects at the forefront of ferroptosis research with a strong mechanistic aspect and a clear focus on ferroptosis-relevant diseases.

Proposals for the second three-year funding period must be written in English and submitted to the DFG via elan by 27 March 2024.

Priority Programme “Physics of Parasitism” (SPP 2332)

Traditionally, parasitology was concerned mainly with organismic studies, while today’s parasitology focuses on medically-relevant cellular and molecular mechanisms. The Priority Programme defines a new frontier in parasitology, namely the physics and mechanics of parasites interacting with their hosts. It has a clear focus on the application of concepts and methods from physics to understand the general foundations underlying parasitism. The technical tools used should include high-end combinations of state-of-the-art biological, biophysical and physical tools as well as simulation methods and artificial intelligence.

Proposals for the second three-year funding period must be written in English and submitted to the DFG via elan by 8 May 2024.

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