Prof. Dr Eric J. N. Helfrich
Group Leader
JQYA Member 2023, Emmy Noether Programme
Research area: Natural Product Genomics
Research focus: Development of machine learning-based genome mining algorithms for the targeted identification of non-canonical natural product biosynthetic pathways in bacterial genomes, and characterization of natural product pathways.
Dr. Elena Bykova
Group Leader
JQYA Member 2023, Emmy Noether Programme
Research area: High-pressure crystallography, chemistry and mineralogy
Research focus: Behaviour of matter at extreme conditions, such as high pressures and temperatures, e.g. chemical and structural transformations in materials related to deep interiors of Earth and extra-terrestrial rocky planets.
Dr. Sebastian Eckart
Member 2023
JQYA Fellow 2022
Research area: Atomic Physics
Research focus: His research focuses on photo-ionization of single atoms and molecules by strong laser fields with tailored properties. The laser pulses have peak intensities of 10 14 W/cm 2 (very bright) and durations on the order of 10 −15 seconds (very short pulses). Sebastian’s research aims at the investigation of quantum phenomena such as tunneling, interference and entanglement with single atoms and molecules on ultrafast time scales.
Dr. Andreas Schlundt
Group Leader
JQYA Member 2018, Emmy Noether Programme
Research area: Structural biology of mRNA-regulation
Research focus: The tight control of mRNA stability essentially contributes to gene product levels during devlopment and immune responses, where misbalance is a major cause of disease. In this context, we investigate the role of RNA-intrinsic elements that are recognized by regulatory proteins. We are using an integrated structural biology approach to obtain atomic pictures of these RNA-protein complexes and derive mechanistic details for cancer progression and autoimmunity.
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Dr. Anna Wanka
Group Leader
JQYA Member 2022, Emmy Noether Programme
Research area: Sociology of age and ageing
Research focus: Ageing and age constructions, social practices of un/doing age, life course transitions / retirement and the re/production of social inequalities across the life course, ageing in a digitized world as well as ageing and space.