Institute for Genetics

Niels Gehring (Chair)

Lab Website: RNA Biology

Jürgen Dohmen (deputy)

Lab Website: Yeast Genetics and Molecular Cell Biology

Institute for Plant Sciences

Ute Höcker (Vice Chair)

Lab Website: Protein degradation in light-controlled development of Arabidopsis thaliana

Tatjana Hildebrandt (deputy)

Lab Website: Amino acid metabolism in plant development and environmental interactions

Institute for Zoology

Ansgar Büschges

Lab Website: Animal Physiology

Benjamin Altenhein (deputy)

Lab Website: Zoology

Biochemistry, Biophysics

Berenike Maier

Lab Website: Biophysics of bacterial systems, from single molecule analysis to experimental evolution

Jan Riemer (deputy)

Lab Website: Redox Biochemistry

Medical Faculty

Aleksandra Trifunovic

Lab Website: Institute for Mitochondrial Diseases and Ageing

Christina Ising (deputy)

Lab Website: Microglia Cell Death and Senescence in Tauopathies

Max Planck Institutes

George Coupland (until 12.2025)

Lab Website: Reproductive development and the evolution of perennial life history

Miltos Tsiantis (from 01.2026)

Lab Website: Plant development and diversity

Ina Huppertz (deputy)

Lab Website: RNA-Binding Proteins in Metabolism and Ageing

Doctoral Representatives of the GSfBS