(A) Molecular motors and cytoskeleton-associated proteins


A3 Michael Schleicher (LMU Munich)
Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in Dictyostelium amoebae

A4 Günther Woehlke / Manfred Schliwa (LMU Munich)
Functional domains in kinesins from various fungi

A5 Katja Siegers / F.-U. Hartl (MPI for Biochemistry)
Chaperone-mediated folding of cytoskeletal proteins

A6 Ralph Gräf (LMU München)
Dynamics and regulation of the Dictyostelium centrosome

A7 Erich A. Nigg (MPI for Biochemistry)
Identification of new centrosomal proteins

A9 Ralf-Peter Jansen (Gene center and Institute for Biochemistry)
Control of myosin function by members of the UCS protein family

The names of the principle investigators lead to the laboratory home pages, the project titels to short research summaries (if available).

(B)  Motile processes at the supramolecular and cellular levels

B1 Jürgen Heesemann (LMU Munich)
Modulation of the cytoskeleton in mammalian cells during phagocytosis and migration upon infection with Yersinia enterocolitica

B5 Manfred Schliwa (LMU Munich)
Molecular analysis of kinesin functions in vivo

B6 Stefan Linder / Martin Aepfelbacher* (LMU Munich)
Rho-GTPase controlled actin dynamics in adhesions and phagocytosis structures of human macrophages

B9 Reinhard Fässler (MPI for Biochemistry)
Functional analysis of ILK-PINCH during ß1 integrin mediated signal transduction

B11 Claudia Petritsch (Gene center and Institute for Biochemistry)
Characterization of acto-myosin-dependent processes during asymmetric cell division
 

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(C) Biophysics of the cytoskeleton and the structure of its components

C1 Thaddäus Holak (MPI for Biochemistry)
Studies on molecular dynamics and structures of cytoskeletal proteins by NMR spectroscopy

C3 Andreas Bausch / Markus Fischer (TU Munich)
Viscoelasticity of heterogeneous actin networks in vitro and in vivo

C4 Michael Schleicher (LMU Munich)
Cytoskeletal proteins and their influence on the stability of the microfilamentous system

C8 Matthias Rief (TU Munich)
Single molecule mechanics in cytoskeletal proteins / molecular force sensors

C9 Günther Gerisch / Wolfgang Baumeister (MPI for Biochemistry)
Dynamic organization of the actin system in vivo and in vitro

(Z) Central projects

Z1 Michael Schleicher (Chairman, LMU Munich)
Coordination of the Collaborative Research Centre