Projects 2011 - 2015

Project Title Principal Investigator(s),
Institute, location
A1 Post-translational regulation of the activity of transcription factors that control flowering time of Arabidopsis George Coupland,
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
A2 Sorting of mono-ubiquitylated proteins in plants: Analysis of new, plant specific sorting regulators Martin Hülskamp,
Botanical Institute, University of Cologne
A3 Functional regulation of clathrin adaptors

Stefan Höning,
Institute for Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne

A6 Posttranslational modification of the insulin signal transduction pathway in vivo Jens Brüning,
Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
A8 Posttranslational control of MEC-2/ Podocin-associated mechanosensitive ion channel complexes Thomas Benzing,
Klinik IV für Innere Medizin, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
A9 Control of RhoGDIα function by posttranslational lysine-acetylation Michael Lammers,
Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
A10 Regulation of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome by Sirt3mediated deacetylation Tina Wenz,
Institute for Genetics,
University of Cologne
A11 Post-translational control of gephyrin clustering at inhibitory synapses: phosphorylation and palmitoylation Günter Schwarz,
Institute for Biochemistry,
University of Cologne
B2 Regulatory interactions between IRG GTPases Jonathan Howard,
Institute for Genetics,
University of Cologne
B5 Defining regulatory systems at the interface of protein folding and protein degradation Jörg Höhfeld,
Institut für Zellbiologie,
Universität Bonn
B6 The role of UPF1 phosphorylation during nonsense-mediated mRNA decay Niels Gehring,
Institute for Genetics,
University of Cologne
B7 Structure-function analysis of Arabidopsis EDS1 immune signalling complexes Jane Parker,
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
Karsten Niefind,
Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne
B8 Control of membrane dynamics by cooperative action of bacterial dynamin-like proteins and flotillins Marc Bramkamp,
Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne
C2 Functional analysis of Arabidopsis SPA proteins as co-factors of the E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1 Ute Höcker,
Botanical Institute,
University of Cologne
C4 Proteolytic control of mitochondrial biogenesis by AAA proteases Thomas Langer,
Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
C7 From kinase activation to proteasome contributions within the plant circadian clock Seth Davis Max,
Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
C8 Substrate recruitment and ubiquitylation by E3 ligase complexes Thorsten Hoppe,
Institute for Genetics,
University of Cologne
C9 Regulation of C. elegans developmental timing by the F-box protein DRE-1/FBXO11 Adam Antebi
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne
Z1 Central Tasks Thomas Langer,
Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Z2 Central Protein Analysis Franz-Georg Hanisch Zentrum für Molekulare Medizin Köln,
Universitätsklinikum Köln

Tobias Lamkemeyer,
CECAD/ Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne