Welcome
For more than a century Cell and Developmental Biology has been one major research focus at the Zoological Institute of the Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg. Here, Theodor Boveri founded the chromosome theory of inheritance and Hans Spemann did his habilitation. Today, our recently refurbished department continues to provide an inspiring scientific environment for several committed research groups. We work on basic aspects of membrane biology as well as on cell motility, meiosis, epigenetics or control of gene expression. Our approach is always quantitative and interdisciplinary using state-of-the art technology. We promote the deadly African trypanosomes as powerful cell biological model system, but also work with mammalian and yeast cells, C. elegans, the claw frog Xenopus and the enigmatic hydra. Besides our passion for science we are dedicated teachers. Each year hundreds of students attend our newly designed practical courses, seminars and lectures.
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May 11, 2012 |
Medaille "Bene Merenti" posthum für Norbert Wilken Die Julius-Maximilians-Universität verleiht Norbert Wilken posthum die Medaille "Bene Merenti" in Silber für seine herausragende Arbeit. |
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May 08, 2012 |
PhD position in the Kramer lab has now been filled The PhD position in the Kramer lab has now been filled. We look very much forward to welcome Susheela Behera from Jammy & Kashmir (India) in July. |
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April 17, 2012 |
Visualize Replication
Doris Kaufmann, Alwine Gassen, Andreas Maiser, Heinrich Leonhardt und Christian J. Janzen (2012) |
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April 10, 2012 |
One new Ph.D. position We have one vacancy for doctoral students. The position is open immediately at the Genome Haploidization Unit (Ricardo Benavente) … MORE |
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April 4, 2012 |
New electron microscopes A proposal submitted by Markus Engstler to the DFG’s Major Research Instrumentation Programme has been fully approved. We can now purchase high-resolution transmission and scanning electron microscopes as well as instrumentation for e.g. high-pressure freezing and freeze substitution. The microscopes will supplement the existing equipment at the Biocenter. |
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April 2, 2012 |
Two new Ph.D. positions We have two vacancies for doctoral students. One position is open immediately at the Cellular Dynamics Unit (Markus Engstler) and the other is offered by Susanne Kramer starting July, 1st, 2012. … MORE |
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March 22, 2012 |
Experimental Cell Research: Special issue 'Chromosome Biology' Johanna Fraune, Sabine Schramm, Manfred Alsheimer, Ricardo Benavente (2012) The mammalian synaptonemal complex: Protein components, assembly and role in meiotic recombination. Exp. Cell Res. doi. 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.02.018 |
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March 16, 2012 |
Poster prize Congratulations to Gülcin Dindar, PhD student in the Janzen lab. She received the prize for the best poster presentation at the annual meeting of the German Society for Parasitology (DGP) in Heidelberg. |
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February 28, 2012 |
Nature-Inspired Fluid Mechanics Markus Engstler, Niko Heddergott, Tim Krüger, Eric Stellamanns, Sravanti Uppaluri and Thomas Pfohl (2012). African Trypanosomes as Model System for Functional Analyses of Microbial Motility. In C. Tropea and H. Bleckmann (Eds.): Nature-Inspired Fluid Mechanics, NNFM 119, pp. 43-61. |
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