Research Collaborations

SCALE – From individual molecules to cell function

The Cluster of Excellence SCALE aims to uncover the fundamental principles of cellular life by investigating how molecular interactions give rise to complex cell functions.

DFG Collaborative Research Centers 

• CRC 1177 “Molecular and Functional Characterization of Selective Autophagy” Participation Prof. Dr. Stefan Eimer
• CRC 1507 “Protein Assemblies and Machineries in Cell Membrane” Participation Prof. Dr. Amparo Acker-Palmer
• CRC 1531 “Damage Control by the Stroma-Vascular Compartment” Participation Prof. Dr. Amparo Acker-Palmer, Prof. Dr. Jamsin Hefendehl
• TRR 267 “Non-Coding RNA in the Cardiovascular System” Participation Prof. Dr. Michaela Müller-McNicoll
• EXC 3121:  "TERRA: Terrestrial Geo-Biosphere Interactions in a Changing World" Participation Prof. Dr. Deborah Leigh
• FOR 5235:  "Cereal Stem Cell Systems (CSCS): Establishment, Maintenance and Termination" Participation Prof. Dr. Yvonne Stahl

DFG Priority Programme

• SPP 2349 “Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations (GEvol)” Participation Prof. Dr. Ingo Ebersberger
• SPP 2416 "Code𝛘 – Chitin, chitosan and chito-oligosaccharides and their interaction with proteins of the extracellular matrix and cellular signaling” Beteiligung Prof. Dr. Maik Böhmer

Reserach Training Group

• GRK 2566:  Interfacing image analysis and molecular life-science (Imol) Participation Prof. Dr. Amparo Acker-Palmer, Dr. Francesco Pampaloni, Prof. Dr. Ernst H.K. Stelzer, Prof. Dr. Till Stephan

European doctoral network

 HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01 „StraDiVarious“ Participation Prof. Dr. Ingo Ebersberger

• Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience Frankfurt (ICNF) 

  The ICNF represents a consortium of over 60 research groups in Frankfurt, Germany. These belong to Goethe University and in addition to the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, the Max-Planck-Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysics, the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) and the Ernst-Strüngmann-Institute (ESI).

   

• Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies (ZIAF) 

  The Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies (ZIAF) brings together scholars and scientists from seven faculties of Goethe University Frankfurt, as well as the Senckenberg Research Institute, the Institute for Social-Ecological Research, and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. The Centre’s mission is to link all Africa-oriented activities at Goethe University and create a network of competence.