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SFB 1381 workshop for PhD students, PostDocs (and PIs) involved in the CRC projects.

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A study by SFB 1381 PI Hans-Georg Koch (B06), supported by SFB PIs Friedel Drepper and Pitter Huesgen (both Z01) showed that the ribosome becomes reversibly inactivated by a class of widely distributed C-tail anchored membrane proteins. Published in Structure.

During the winter term 2024/2025, the lecture series “Career Paths in Life Sciences”, co-organised by SFB 1381, RTG 2606 and RTG 22202, will take place on Wednesdays 11.15 am.

SFB 1381 is going to promote two scientific projects of early career researchers in the area of “Dynamic Organization of Cellular Protein Machineries” with 30.000 Euro each.

Asifa Akthar, SFB 1381 vice-speaker and B03 project leader, honoured by FEBS and EMBL.

Julia Schimpf and Leonie Vollmar (both project B07) defended their PhD theses successfully.

DYRK1A, a key kinase in the cytosol, synchronises the different import pathways in mitochondria and adapts them to the respective metabolic conditions. Study by SFB 1381 PIs Chris Meisinger and Nora Vögtle, published in Nature Communications.

Maria Gomez-Fabra Gala (project B04) defended her PhD thesis successfully.

SFB 1381 PostDoc Sukanya Guhathakurta will start a Minerva Fast-Track research group at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology & Epigenetics in Freiburg.

Mitophagy, a type of autophagy, removes damaged mitochondria to maintain cellular quality. It begins with the ULK1 kinase complex engaging receptors via FIP200. A recent study by SFB 1381 PIs Claudine Kraft, Laura Gámez-Díaz and Chris Meisinger, published in the Journal of Molecular Biology, demonstrates that phosphorylation of FIP200 regulates both early and late stages of mitophagy, emphasizing the importance of this signaling pathway.

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SFB 1381 PI Nils Wiedemann (Project A07) was elected as a new member of the “Academia Europaea” in April 2024.

SFB 1381 PIs Sonja-Verena Albers (Project A01) and Oliver Einsle (Project A04) both received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

The SFB 1381 retreat 2024 took place in Schluchsee on April 8/9 2024. Excellent talks, a fantastic poster session and lively discussions shaped this event, which was highly enjoyed by all participants and left everybody looking forward to the next stage of the project!

SFB 1381 PI Nora Vögtle with support of Friedel Drepper  and Oliver Einsle identified MiRA, a novel high molecular weight protein complex in the mitochondrial inner membrane and uncovered its molecular role to synchronize the assembly of the respiratory chain complexes and the ATP synthase thereby controlling OXPHOS stoichiometry. Publication in Developmental Cell.

Five doctoral students have been accepted into the Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM) SFB 1381 track.

Friedel Drepper and newly joint SFB 1381 PI Pitter Huesgen organised a successful SFB 1381 workshop on proteomics data analysis.