Research Networks

The BZH has a strong track record of organising and contributing to collaborative research networks. These networks are funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and include Collaborative Research Centers, Transregios, Priority Programmes, Research Units, Research Training Groups and Clusters of Excellence. Groups of the BZH have participated in or are currently part of:

 
• Research networks headed by principal investigators of the BZH
 
SFB 1638       Cellular Membrane Remodelling – How Changing Form Creates Function (since 2024)
                              Spokesperson: Michael Meineke (BZH)

TRR 186         Molecular Switches: Spatio-temporal Control of Cellular Signal Transmission (since 2016)
                              Spokesperson: Walter Nickel (BZH) and Christian Freund (FU Berlin)

TRR 83           Molecular Architecture and Cellular Functions of Lipid/Protein Assemblies (2010 – 2021)
                              Spokesperson: Thomas Söllner (BZH)

GRK 1188    Quantitative Analysis of Dynamic Processes in Membrane Transport and Translocation (2005 – 2014)
                             Spokesperson: Oliver Fackler (University Hospital Heidelberg) and Walter Nickel (BZH)

SFB 638         Dynamics of Macromolecular Complexes in Biosynthetic Transport (2004 – 2015)
                             Spokesperson: Felix Wieland (BZH)

SFB 352         Molecular Mechanisms of Intracellular Transport (1991 – 2003)
                             Spokesperson: Felix Wieland (BZH)
 
• Other research networks involving principal investigators of the BZH
 
TRR 319      RMap: RNA Modification and Processing (since 2021)
                           Spokesperson: Mark Helm (University of Mainz)

SFB 1324    Mechanisms and Functions of Wnt signaling (since 2017)
                           Spokesperson: Thomas Holstein (COS) and Michael Boutros (University Hospital Heidelberg)

FOR 2509   The Concert of Dolichol-Based Glycosylation: From Molecules to Disease Models (2017 – 2025)
                           Spokesperson: Sabine Strahl (COS)

SFB 1129    Integrative Analysis of Pathogen Replication and Spread (2014 – 2026)
                           Spokesperson: Hans-Georg Kräusslich (University Hospital Heidelberg)

SFB 1036    Cellular Surveillance and Damage Response (2012 – 2021)
                           Spokesperson: Bernd Bukau (ZMBH)

FOR 967     Functions and Mechanisms of Ribosomal Tunnel Exit Ligands (2008 – 1014)
                           Spokesperson: Richard Zimmermann (Saarland University)

EXC 81        Cellular Networks: From Molecular Mechanisms to a Quantitative Understanding of Complex Functions (2006 – 2019)
                           Spokesperson: Hans-Georg Kräusslich (University Hospital Heidelberg)

SPP 1175    Dynamics of Cellular Membranes and their Exploitation by Viruses (2005 – 2015)
                           Spokesperson: Hans-Georg Kräusslich (University Hospital Heidelberg)

SFB 544      Control of Tropical Infectious Disease (1999 – 2011)
                           Spokesperson: Hans-Georg Kräusslich (University Hospital Heidelberg)

GRK 230     Molecular Cell Biology (1996 – 2004)
                           Spokesperson: Bernhard Dobberstein (ZMBH)