From 12.-14.11 around 30 early-career researchers of SFB 1177 gathered for three intensive days at Kloster Schöntal . The retreat provided an excellent opportunity for personal exchange, in-depth project discussions, and generating new ideas for future research. A highlight of the retreat were the two workshops, in which the participants  engaged with great enthusiasm. Storytelling for Scientists , led by Karin Bodewits, provided the participants  with practical techniques t

This year, two SFB 1177 project leaders, Ivan Đikić and Gerhard Hummer, have been named as Highly Cited Researchers, recognizing their outstanding influence in the life sciences. Ivan Đikić has been awarded for the eighth consecutive year, his research papers have ranked among the most cited from 2014 to 2024 in the two categories “Biology and Biochemistry” and “Molecular Biology and Genetics”, as recorded by Web of Science. Gerhard Hummer has been honored for the third year

The project “DegrAbility: On the Degradability of Protein Aggregates by Autophagy” , led by SFB 1177 PI Claudine Kraft (University of Freiburg), together with James Hurley (UC Berkeley) and Sascha Martens (University of Vienna), has been awarded a prestigious €10 million ERC Synergy Grant. The project addresses a central question in cellular biology: why autophagy fails to clear large protein aggregates. Such aggregates accumulate during ageing and in neurodegenerative diseas

Dr. Lina Herhaus, principal investigator and head of the junior research group Immune Signaling  at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), has been awarded an Exploration Grant from the Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung. The grant, starting in March 2026, provides more than €200,000 over two years to support exploratory research in the life sciences. In October 2025, Dr. Herhaus also received the Walther Flemming Award from the German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ) an

The 4th Frankfurt Conference on Quality Control in Life Processes welcomed more than 300 speakers and attendees from all over the world....

Martin Wegner, a former member of SFB 1177 has received the Alumni Doctorate Award at the Dies Academicus of the Medical Faculty at...

With Ivan Đikić and Gerhard Hummer two Project Leaders from SFB 1177 are recognized as Highly Cited Researchers in their fields on...

In a study published in today’s issue of Science, a team around SFB 1177 Speaker Ivan Đikić reveals how cells deploy ubiquitination and...

From 28.10 to 30.10, the joint IRTG retreat of SFB 1177 and ENABLE brought together over 40 PhD candidates and postdocs for an enriching...

Together with a multidisciplinary, international team, SFB 1177 project leader Lina Herhaus and SFB 1177 speaker Ivan Đikić found a new...

Until now, the involvement of intrinsic disorder in membrane shaping processes has not been fully understood. A multidisciplinary group...

SFB 1177 speaker Ivan Đikić has been awarded a prestigious LOEWE-Spitzenprofessur at Goethe University Frankfurt. The Hessian LOEWE...

Acinetobacter baumannii  is a bacterium resistant to antibiotics and known for causing severe infections, particularly in hospitals. In...

ENABLE and SFB 1177 are organizing the 4th Frankfurt Conference on Quality Control in Life Processes (FCQC) which will take place from...

The PROXIDRUGS consortium was successfully evaluated by an independent jury and will be funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and...

SFB 1177 Speaker Ivan Đikić ranked #7 in Germany and #141 in the world on Research.com’s 2024 list of ‚Best Molecular Biology...

Today, the German Research Foundation (DFG) announced that the transregional CRC on functionalisation of the ubiquitin system against...

Professor Christian Münch has been awarded a LOEWE Top Professorship at Goethe University. The Hessian LOEWE Top Professorship programme...

SFB1177 PI Alexandra Stolz has been selected to become part of the AIM Council of International Rising Stars Program and an affiliate...

On 1 December, Christian Münch took up the Lichtenberg Endowed Professorship for Molecular Systems Medicine. His binding to Goethe...