Professor Dr. Rudolf Merkel

Address Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Institut für Biologische Informationsprozesse (IBI)
Biomechanik (IBI-2)
52425 Jülich

Projects

As Applicant
- Completed projects
  - Stochastic motions in active networks formed by Actin and Myosin (Priority Programmes)
  - Dynamische Kraftspektroskopie an einzelnen Rezeptor-Ligand Bindungen (Research Grants)
  - Biophysik (Heisenberg Fellowships)
  - Genetic and functional analysis of intermediate filament function to cell-cell adhesion and biomechanics in C. elegans intestine (Research Grants)
  - Mechanosensation and –response of epidermal systems (Priority Programmes)
As Participating Researcher
- Current projects
  - GRK 2415: Mechanobiology in Epithelial 3D Tissue Constructs (Research Training Groups)
As Project Head
- Completed projects
  - Amphiphile und lyophile Oberflächenbeschichtungen als Bindungsmuster (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Kraftausübung durch adhärierende und sich fortbewegende Zellen (Collaborative Research Centres)
As Co-Investigator
- Current projects
  - Tension induced autophagosome formation: substrates and mechanisms (Research Units)