On 1st July 2007, the SFB 766 "The bacterial cell envelope: structure, function and interface during infection" started under the leadership of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The Medical Faculty and the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology are also involved in the project.
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The Collaborative Research Centre "Robustness of vision - principles of inference and neural mechanisms" (SFB 1233) deals with the basics of biological and mechanical vision.
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The aim of the SFB is to understand skin immunity in its complexity in order to provide a basis for therapeutic interventions.
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Liver cancer is the fifth most common tumor disease worldwide, with one of the highest mortality rates among all cancers. However, it is not yet known how liver cancer develops from the known risk factors - liver infection, liver cirrhosis or even metabolic diseases. The Collaborative Research Centre/Transregional Collaborative Research Centre "Liver cancer - new mechanistic and therapeutic concepts in a solid tumour model" aims to close these gaps in knowledge by combining basic scientific and clinical subprojects.
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The aim of the DFG-funded SFB TR 240 is to decipher the complex and insufficiently understood functions of blood platelets, the so-called thrombocytes. The scientists hope to gain new insights that will enable the better treatment of diseases such as heart attack, stroke, acute lung failure and cancer.
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