News - Year: 2025

November 7, 2025

ERC Synergy Grant for Marina Rodnina’s CHAPEROME project

Marina Rodnina, member of our SFB, has received funding of almost €10 million through a  Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for her CHAPEROME project in collaboration with Judith Frydman (Stanford, USA) and Johannes Buchner (TUM, Munich). The team will investigate how chaperones control protein synthesis on the ribosome and help cells to adapt to stress such as changing physiological conditions. Congratulations!

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November 3, 2025

International Research Talents for the University Medical Center Göttingen

Argyris Papantonis, a member of our SFB, has been appointed as a scout. This enables him to nominate up to three young scientists from abroad for a Humboldt Research Fellowship in order to recruit them for his research at UMG.

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September 16, 2025

Ubiquitin ligase can do even more

In an interdisciplinary approach, members of SFB1565, led by Sonja Lorenz, have discovered that human ubiquitin ligase can label not only cellular proteins with ubiquitin, but also externally added drug-like molecules. These findings could open up new strategies in drug research and biotechnology.

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September 16, 2025

GZMB Phd Award for Jennifer Jansen

Jennifer was awarded the prize for the best doctoral thesis by the GZMB for her doctoral thesis as part of Matthias Dobbelstein’s SFB subproject P08 – Regulation of the MDM4 oncogene by the ribosomal protein L22 through alternative mRNA splicing – Congratulations!

August 26, 2025

Welcome to Lydia Herzel

We are delighted to welcome Lydia Herzel from the FU Berlin as a new associate member of our SFB. With her project Multi-omics analysis targeting interconnected steps in gene expression, she will complement and advance the SFB. Welcome, Lydia.

August 15, 2025

ISC2025 Molecular Medicine meets the SFB1565

Participants of the ISC course in Molecular Medicine had the opportunity to visit Prof. Bohnsack’s research group. They took advantage of this opportunity to discuss practical issues and learn about the everyday life of a researcher.

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July 9, 2025

Train the teacher – SFB1565 and XLAB

Markus T. Bohnsack contributes and supports XLAB in training teachers on the topic of gene expression.

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July 3, 2025

Helicases and Nucleic Acid-Based Machines

Markus Bohnsack is part of the team organizing the Helicase Conference 2025 in Lisbon. The Conference get an update on the rapidly evolving field of helicase research and provide insights into the link between helicase defects and a range of devastating diseases.

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June 21, 2025

6. nacht des wissens – göttingen 21. Juni 2025

Jörg Stülke and Matthias Dobbelstein will give a look behind the scenes at the SFB with their presentations at the “Night of Sciences”. Jörg will talk about how bacteria can become the new vegan protein producers and Matthias will give an overview of approaches in modern cancer research, prevention and treatment.

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June 20, 2025

Award for UMG as a family-friendly company

This award recognizes UMG’s efforts to promote family friendliness, such as supporting parents in balancing work and family life.

For example, the Equal Opportunities Office and the HR Department at UMG have published a guide specifically for managers, which includes information on maternity protection and returning to work after parental leave. The guide was co-financed by SFB1565 and is available in print and online.

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