SFB 1309 – Chemical Biology of Epigenetic Modifications
Our Focus
Chemical modifications on biomolecules attract currently enormous scientific interest. It is emerging that the chemical derivatization of nucleobases within DNA and RNA and of amino acids in proteins establish a second layer of information. This information layer is operational above the sequence code that is created by the order of amino acids in proteins and nucleobases in nucleic acids. The chemical postreplicative-, posttranscriptional- and posttranslational modification of biomolecules creates a novel, fundamentally important additional chemical layer of information that regulates the complex interactions of biomolecules with each other in the complex environment of a cell.
This CRC has the goal to elucidate the additional chemical language present on biomolecules. We will decode the “chemical code” above the sequence information and we will generate molecules that can interfere with the biological processes associated with reading, writing and erasing this new code. Our focus will be “Chemical Biology”, which involves analytical and synthetic chemistry to find and to quantify unknown modifications.
Upcoming Events
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Lecture Prof. Dr. Paola Arimondo |
2022-05-16 | (SFB1309 Seminar/ OC-Kolloquium) |
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Zoom-Lecture with Prof. Dr. Stephen Mojzsis, University of Colorado (USA) and Institute of Geoastronomy in Budapest (Hungary) |
2022-02-17 | (Zoom-Seminar) |
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SFB 1309 "Virtual Nikolaus Symposium 2021" |
2021-12-06 | (Zoom-Symposium) |
News
2022-05-11
Nature, 2022, 605, 279–284
2022-04-28
Nat Chem Biol, 2022
Quellenangabe:
Münchner Merkur - Würmtal vom 03.02.2022, Seite 33
Drei Gruppen aus dem Department für Pharmazie erfolgreich im Innovationswettbewerb der Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen.
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Research Areas
The SFB 1309 features three interconnected research areas – for more information please click on the respective project:
Area A
Modifications on Nucleic Acids
