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Professor Dr. Hans Merzendorfer

Address Universität Siegen
Fakultät IV
Institut für Biologie
Abteilung Molekularbiologie
Adolf-Reichwein-Straße 2
57076 Siegen

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Chitin synthesizing supercomplexes (ChiSC) in insects: analysis of constituents and functions (Research Grants)
  - Coordination Funds (Priority Programmes)
  - The impact of CodeChi on the physicochemical properties and 3D organization of the peritrophic matrix from the model pest beetle Tribolium castaneum (Priority Programmes)
- Completed projects
  - Molecular characterization of the insect chitin synthase (Research Grants)
  - Structure, function and regulation of the insect chitin synthase (Heisenberg Fellowships)
  - The mode of action of insecticidal acylurea compounds in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Research Grants)
  - The physiological functions of ABC transporters in Tribolium castaneum and their role in protecting insects from pesticides and their metabolites (Research Grants)
As Spokesperson
- Current projects
  - SPP 2416: CodeChi - Chitin, chitosan and chito-oligosaccharides and their interaction with proteins of the extracellular matrix and cellular signaling (Priority Programmes)
As Participating Researcher
- Completed projects
  - GRK 612: Molecular Physiology: Interactions between Cellular Nanostructures (Research Training Groups)
As Project Head
- Completed projects
  - Chitin synthase: mechanisms and regulation of chitin synthesis in Manduca sexta (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Analysis of the CaaX processing machinery from yeast (Collaborative Research Centres)

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