German Research Foundation funds research networks in Reproductive Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology
2 Research Groups at the Center for Soft Nanoscience involved
The German Research Foundation (DFG) announced on November 21st that two research consortia at the University of Münster will receive multi-million-euro funding. A new Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) focusing on human reproductive biology and the causes of male infertility is to be established, with funding of around €12 million. Additionally, the DFG is extending the CRC 1348 'Dynamic Cellular Interfaces: Formation and Function' for another four years, providing approximately €12 million in support.
Approximately two million euros from the Volkswagen Foundation for a physics-biology collaboration
How the "handedness" of molecules and electron spin influence biological electron transport
The Volkswagen Foundation is funding a collaborative biology-physics project with over two million euros for five years. The research project, "Quantum Spin Effects as the Basis of Bioenergetic Processes," investigates the influence of quantum mechanical phenomena on biological electron transport. It is led by Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler (biology) and Prof. Dr. Helmut Zacharias (physics, Center for Soft Nanoscience (SoN)).
This project is a collaboration with Prof. Dr. Yossi Paltiel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) and Prof. Dr. Martin Bodo Plenio of the University of Ulm.
The Center for Soft Nanoscience and the Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry welcome Dr. Daniele Di Iorio as new junior research group leader.
He conducts research on Engineered Bacterial Coacervates.
Jun. Prof. Khoromskia joins us at the SoN and the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) as a new group leader. Her research in theoretical physics, investigating the physical processes in biological, soft matter, is supported by the NRW returning scholars grant 2023 in the area “Materials Science”. Her group will focus on development and simulations of mechano-chemical pattern formation, transport processes and morphogenesis in biological cells and tissues, in order to understand the underlying biophysical principles of self-organisation in these complex systems. ITP news
In 1925, physicist Werner Heisenberg published a seminal paper in which he mathematically described quantum mechanics, the study of physics at the atomic and subatomic levels. 100 years later, the United Nations, the German Physical Society (DPG) and physics societies worldwide are celebrating this anniversary with the “International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.” In an interview with Christina Hoppenbrock, quantum physicist Professor Carsten Schuck from the University of Münster explains why classical physics is not enough to understand the world. University News
Join our young and ambitious scientific team! We are looking for strong support in nanofabrication to facilitate top-level research: oversee, maintain and support the operation of our nanofabrication tools, train our users, and collaborate with researchers on nanofabrication processes by developing and optimizing recipes. Münster Nanofabrication Facility Careers
Made possible by the “International Research Training Group Münster-Nagoya” (IRTG 2678), a Japanese-German exchange programme, Münster's expertise in the field of surface chemistry was put to good use: For the first time, the team succeeded in evaporating the molecules in order to analyse them solvent-free on surfaces. University News
After her post-doctorate, Ursula Wurstbauer received her habilitation at Munich Technical University. The appointment to a professorship of Nanoelectronics at the University of Münster followed in 2019. Her working group – around 20-strong – aims to understand the fundamental properties of materials: for example, how charge carriers and photons in solids behave, and how a material’s properties can be controlled externally. University News
