GRK 820:  Natural Antioxidants - Effects in Plants, Foods, Animals and Humans

• Subject Area: Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
• Term: from 2002 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273519

Ten groups belonging to the faculties of Natural Sciences, Medicine and Agriculture and Food Sciences are joined in this new research training group to cooperate on interdisciplinary aspects of natural antioxidants and their effects in plants, food, animals and humans. By combining the knowledge of groups working on plant molecular biology and plant breeding with knowledge of groups working on nutrition, physiology and medicine, in Kiel outstanding possibilities for integrative research on antioxidants will be established.Doctoral students will achieve a broader understanding of the field by an intensive training in biochemistry, molecular biology, food technology, animal and human nutrition and medicine. Besides special lectures and courses in the different faculties, courses in plant breeding companies, pharmaceutical and nutritional industry are part of the interdisciplinary study programme. Visiting guest scientists programmes and excursions to Scandinavian universities will further contribute to the training of the students.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Spokesperson: Professorin Dr. Karin Krupinska
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Wolfgang Bilger; Professorin Dr. Christine Desel; Privatdozent Dr. Jon Falk; Professor Dr. Christian Jung Jung; Professor Dr. Gerald Rimbach; Professorin Dr. Margret Sauter (†); Professor Dr. Stefan Schreiber; Professorin Dr. Karin Schwarz; Professor Dr. Siegfried Wolffram