Project Details
Projekt
GRK 640: Natural Sensory Photoreceptors, Artificial Photoreceptors, Principle of Light Reception and Conversion into a Modulated Signal
Subject Area
Biological Chemistry and Food Chemistry
Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
Term
from 2000 to 2009
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273161
The research training group addresses interdisciplinary questions regarding structure and function of photoreceptors that play dominant roles in nature (cryptochromes, phototropin and rhodopsin), or, as man made devices, they are of great technical importance. The central issue is the synopsis of physical, chemical and biological principles. The research training group will focus on the primary processes of sensory photoreceptors and model compounds and on signaling processes that are driven by photoreceptor activation.The goal of the researach training group is to reconcile graduate students from biology, chemistry, medicine and physics - from whole Germany and abroad - that are interested in interdisciplinary projects.The group leaders in the different institutes have long lasting research experience in the topic of the research training group. These reach from identification of new biological photoreceptors, their biophysical and biological characterization, their interaction in living organisms, to the use of photoreceptors as biosensors and as tools in clinical phototherapy. By combining the expertise of different institutes an interdisciplinary education for graduate students is created, that is unique nation wide and on an international level.
DFG Programme
Research Training Groups
Applicant Institution
Universität Regensburg
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Bernhard Dick
Participating Researchers
Professorin Dr. Charlotte Förster; Professor Dr. Günter Hauska; Professor Dr. Günther Knör; Professor Dr. Burkhard König; Professor Dr. Alfons Penzkofer; Professor Dr. Stephan Schneuwly; Professor Dr. Martin Schütz (†); Professorin Dr. Claudia Steinem; Privatdozent Dr. Jürgen Stolz; Professor Dr. Hans-Achim Wagenknecht; Professor Dr. Otto S. Wolfbeis (†)
