News

PhD defense of SFB 1381 student Hong Jiang – Congratulations!

Jan 15, 2025 –

SGBM SFB 1381 student Hong Jiang (project B06) defended his PhD thesis successfully.

Shetna protein II protects the enzymatic machinery of biological nitrogen fixation

Jan 10, 2025 –

A tiny ferredoxin (Shetna protein II ) protects nitrogenase, the enzyme of biological nitrogen fixation, from being irreversebly damaged by exposure to oxygen. Study by SFB 1381 PI Oliver Einsle (A04), published in Nature.

The autophagy machinery becomes activated via weak molecular interactions

Jan 7, 2025 –

The start of the autophagy process requires weak molecular interactions and can be artificially triggered. A study led by SFB 1381 PI Claudine Kraft (B10), and supported by SFB 1381 PIs Carola Hunte (A05) and Jens Timmer (AI01), published in Nature Cell Biology.

SFB 1381 awards three Young Investigator Grants

Jan 2, 2025 –

SFB 1381 Young Investigator Grants to Ipek Akol, Sukanya Guhathakurta and Viviane Timmermann.

PhD defense of SFB 1381 student Laura Scheinost – Congratulations!

Dec 17, 2024 –

SGBM SFB 1381 PhD student Laura Scheinost (project AI06) defended her thesis successfully.

Women in Autophagy: an initiative to promote gender parity in science

Dec 13, 2024 –

SFB 1381 PI Claudine Kraft (B10) co-authored recent publication about the Women in Autophagy (WIA) network. Published in Nature Cell Biology.

Daiana Moretti successfully defended her PhD thesis – Congratulations!

Dec 11, 2024 –

PhD defense of Daiana Moretti from the SFB 1381 project B04 at the University of Freiburg.

New SGBM SFB 1381 doctoral students have started

Dec 9, 2024 –

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

ERC Consolidator Grant for SFB 1381 PI Valérie Hilgers

Dec 4, 2024 –

SFB 1381 PI Valérie Hilgers (Project B02) receives a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

PhD defense of SFB 1381 student Christopher Eickhorst – Congratulations!

Dec 3, 2024 –

SFB 1381 student Christopher Eickhorst (project B10) defended his PhD thesis successfully.

Z03 Imaging workshop with hands-on training for SFB 1381 labs

Nov 26, 2024 –

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

Successful SFB 1381 Z03 Imaging Workshop

Nov 26, 2024 –

A theoretical/practical workshop on imaging took place on Nov 26- organized by our Z03 project “Imaging Dynamics of Protein Machineries and Correlation with Cellular Topologies”

New SFB 1381 Young Researcher Representatives

Nov 20, 2024 –

Mirjam Odermatt (Project A03) and Aaditya Jonnalagadda (Project A06) have been elected as SFB 1381 Young Researcher Representatives.

Goodbye X – Hello Bluesky

Nov 13, 2024 –

SFB 1381 has left the social media platform X. Follow us instead on Bluesky (and on LinkedIn)

YqjD/ElaB/YgaM proteins inactivate the ribosome machinery

Oct 16, 2024 –

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.

Joint lecture series “Career Paths in Life Sciences”

Oct 15, 2024 –

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.

2nd call for SFB 1381 Young Investigator Grants is open

Sep 30, 2024 –

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.

FEBS | EMBO Women in Science 2025 Award for Asifa Akhtar.

Aug 2, 2024 –

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

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Administration
Gabriele Reindl
Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Freiburg

+49 (0) 761 / 203-97441 sfb1381@biochemie.uni-freiburg.de