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The ZMB currently comprises approx. 80 research groups from the Faculties of Biology, Medicine, and Chemistry at the Essen Campus and the University Hospital Essen, as well as groups from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology in Dortmund. If you are interested in participating in the ZMB network, please do not hesitate to contact us!

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Biology Selected Publications

21 member(s)

Prof. Dr.Peter Bayer

Group: Structural and Medicinal Biochemistry

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Dominik Boos

Group: Molecular Genetics II

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr. Dana Branzei

Group: DNA Damage Repair and Chromosome Structure

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Michael Ehrmann

Group: Microbiology

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Dr.Farnoush Farahpour

Group: Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics

ZMB Research Program: Oncology

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Prof. Dr.Doris Hellerschmied-Jelinek

Group: Mechanistic Cell Biology

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Daniel Hoffmann

Group: Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.Robert Huber

Group: Structure Research

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Christian Johannes

Group: Molecular Genetics I

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Markus Kaiser

Group: Chemical Biology

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Dr.Farnusch Kaschani

Manager of: Analytics Core Facility Essen (ACE)

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Shirley Knauer

Group: Molecular Biology II

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Hemmo Meyer

Group: Molecular Biology I

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Andrea Musacchio

Group: Mechanistic Cell Biology

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
Dortmund

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Perihan Nalbant

Group: Molecular Cell Biology

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Stefan Raunser

Group: Structural Biochemistry

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
Dortmund

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Barbara Saccà

Group: Bionanotechnology

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Dr.Nina Schulze

Manager of: Imaging Center Essen (ICCE)

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Andrea Vortkamp

Group: Developmental Biology

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Prof. Dr.Stefan Westermann

Group: Molecular Genetics I

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Dr.Manuela Wülling

Group: Developmental Biology

ZMB Research Program: Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology

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Current Selected Publications
Biology

    Journal articles

  • Martinez-Rivas, Gemma; Ayala, Maria Victoria; Bender, Sebastien; Codo, Gilles Roussine; Swiderska, Weronika Karolina; Lampis, Alessio; Pedroza, Laura; Merdanovic, Melisa; Sicard, Pierre; Pinault, Emilie; Richard, Laurence; Lavatelli, Francesca; Giorgetti, et al.
    A mouse model of cardiac immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis reveals insights into tissue accumulation and toxicity of amyloid fibrils
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 16 (2025) Nr. 1, 2992
  • Schmerling, Christian; Schroeder, Carsten; Zhou, Xiaoxiao; Bost, Jan; Waßmer, Bianca; Ninck, Sabrina; Busche, Tobias; Montero, Lidia; Kaschani, Farnusch; Schmitz, Oliver J.; Kalinowski, Jörn; Kaiser, Markus; Albers, Sonja-Verena; Bräsen, Christopher; Siebe et al.
    An unusual glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius elucidates the diversity of glycerol metabolism across Archaea
    In: Communications Biology Vol. 8 (2025) Nr. 1, 539
  • Salguero-Linares, Jose; Armengot, Laia; Ayet, Joel; Ruiz-Solaní, Nerea; Saile, Svenja C; Salas-Gómez, Marta; Fernandez, Esperanza; Denolf, Lode; Navarrete, Fernando; Krumbach, Jenna; Kaiser, Markus; Stael, Simon; Van Breusegem, Frank; Gevaert, Kris; Kascha et al.
    Lack of AtMC1 catalytic activity triggers autoimmunity dependent on NLR stability
    In: EMBO Reports (2025) in press
  • Katz, Liora S.; Visser, Emira J.; Plitzko, Kathrin; Pennings, Marloes A. M.; Cossar, Peter J.; Tse, Isabelle L.; Kaiser, Markus; Brunsveld, Luc; Ottmann, Christian; Scott, Donald K.
    Molecular glues of the regulatory ChREBP/14-3-3 complex protect beta cells from glucolipotoxicity
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 16 (2025) Nr. 1, 2110
  • Sewald, Leonard; Tabak, Werner W. A.; Fehr, Lorenz; Zolg, Samuel; Najdzion, Maja; Verhoef, Carlo J. A.; Podlesainski, David; Geiss-Friedlander, Ruth; Lammens, Alfred; Kaschani, Farnusch; Hellerschmied, Doris; Huber, Robert; Kaiser, Markus.
    Sulphostin-inspired N-phosphonopiperidones as selective covalent DPP8 and DPP9 inhibitors
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 16 (2025) Nr. 1, 3208
  • Huang, Jing; Jaekel, Andreas; van den Boom, Johannes; Podlesainski, David; Elnaggar, M.; Heuer-Jungemann, A.; Kaiser, Markus; Meyer, Hemmo; Saccà, Barbara.
    A modular DNA origami nanocompartment for engineering a cell-free, protein unfolding and degradation pathway
    In: Nature Nanotechnology Vol. 19 (2024) Nr. 10, pp. 1521 - 1531
  • Hedtfeld, Marius; Dammers, Alicia; Koerner, Carolin; Musacchio, Andrea.
    A validation strategy to assess the role of phase separation as a determinant of macromolecular localization
    In: Molecular Cell Vol. 84 (2024) Nr. 9, pp. 1783 - 1801.e7
  • Kück, Anja; van den Boom, Johannes; Koska, Sandra; Ron, David; Meyer, Hemmo.
    Alternating binding and p97-mediated dissociation of SDS22 and I3 recycles active PP1 between holophosphatases
    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) Vol. 121 (2024) Nr. 36, e2408787121
  • Schwarz, Tatjana; Ptok, Johannes; Damagnez, Maximilian; Menne, Christopher; Alizei, Elahe Salimi; Lang-Meli, Julia; Maas, Michelle; Habermann, Daniel; Hoffmann, Daniel; Schulze zur Wiesch, Julian; Lauer, Georg; Kefalakes, Helenie; Cornberg, Markus; Kraft, et al.
    HBV shows different levels of adaptation to HLA class I-associated selection pressure correlating with markers of replication
    In: Journal of Hepatology (2024) in press
  • Gahlot, Pinki; Kravic, Bojana; Rota, Giulia; van den Boom, Johannes; Levantovsky, Sophie; Schulze, Nina; Maspero, Elena; Polo, Simona; Behrends, Christian; Meyer, Hemmo.
    Lysosomal damage sensing and lysophagy initiation by SPG20-ITCH
    In: Molecular Cell (2024) pp. 1556 - 1569.e10
  • Pleuger, Richard; Cozma, Christian; Hohoff, Simone; Denkhaus, Christian; Dudziak, Alexander; Kaschani, Farnusch; Kaiser, Markus; Musacchio, Andrea; Vetter, Ingrid R.; Westermann, Stefan.
    Microtubule end-on attachment maturation regulates Mps1 association with its kinetochore receptor
    In: Current Biology Vol. 34 (2024) Nr. 11, pp. 2279 - 2293.e6
  • Beaufort, Nathalie; Ingendahl, Linda; Merdanovic, Melisa; Schmidt, Andree; Podlesainski, David; Richter, Tim; Neumann, Thorben; Kuszner, Michael; Vetter, Ingrid R.; Stege, Patricia; Burston, Steven G.; Filipovic, Anto; Ruiz-Blanco, Yasser B.; Bravo Rodrigu et al.
    Rational correction of pathogenic conformational defects in HTRA1
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 15 (2024) Nr. 1, 5944
  • Lim, Wei Ming; Chew, Wei-Xiang; Esposito Verza, Arianna; Pesenti, Marion; Musacchio, Andrea; Surrey, Thomas.
    Regulation of minimal spindle midzone organization by mitotic kinases
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 15 (2024) Nr. 1, 9213
  • Conti, Duccio; Verza, Arianna Esposito; Pesenti, Marion E.; Cmentowski, Verena; Vetter, Ingrid R.; Pan, Dongqing; Musacchio, Andrea.
    Role of protein kinase PLK1 in the epigenetic maintenance of centromeres
    In: Science Vol. 385 (2024) Nr. 6713, pp. 1091 - 1097
  • Polley, Soumitra; Raisch, Tobias; Ghetti, Sabrina; Körner, Marie; Terbeck, Melina; Gräter, Frauke; Raunser, Stefan; Aponte-Santamaría, Camilo; Vetter, Ingrid R.; Musacchio, Andrea.
    Structure of the human KMN complex and implications for regulation of its assembly
    In: Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Vol. 31 (2024) Nr. 6, pp. 861 - 873
  • Buscaill, Pierre; Sanguankiattichai, Nattapong; Kaschani, Farnusch; Huang, Jie; Mooney, Brian C.; Li, Yuge; Lyu, Joy; Sueldo, Daniela; Kaiser, Markus; van der Hoorn, Renier A. L.
    Subtilase SBT5.2 inactivates flagellin immunogenicity in the plant apoplast
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 15 (2024) Nr. 1, 10431
  • Meyer, Hemmo; Kravic, Bojana.
    The Endo-Lysosomal Damage Response
    In: Annual Review of Biochemistry Vol. 93 (2024) Nr. 1, pp. 367 - 387
  • Musacchio, Andrea.
    Thirty years of structural changes
    In: Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Vol. 31 (2024) Nr. 1, pp. 4 - 5
  • Day, Matthew; Tetik, Bilal; Parlak, Milena; Almeida-Hernández, Yasser; Räschle, Markus; Kaschani, Farnusch; Siegert, Heike; Marko, Anika; Sanchez-Garcia, Elsa; Kaiser, Markus; Barker, Isabel A.; Pearl, Laurence H.; Oliver, Antony W.; Boos, Dominik.
    TopBP1 utilises a bipartite GINS binding mode to support genome replication
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 15 (2024) Nr. 1, 1797
  • Mirsanaye, Ann Schirin; Hoffmann, Saskia; Weisser, Melanie; Mund, Andreas; Lopez Mendez, Blanca; Typas, Dimitris; van den Boom, Johannes; Benedict, Bente; Hendriks, Ivo A.; Nielsen, Michael Lund; Meyer, Hemmo; Duxin, Julien P.; Montoya, Guillermo; Mailand, et al.
    VCF1 is a p97/VCP cofactor promoting recognition of ubiquitylated p97-UFD1-NPL4 substrates
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 15 (2024) Nr. 1, 2459