Professor Dr. Peter Burkhard Becker

Address Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Biomedizinisches Centrum München
Lehrstuhl Molekularbiologie
Großhadener Straße 9
82152 Planegg

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Epigenetic regulation of active chromatin’ (Research Grants)
  - Non-canonical role of roX RNA in X-chromosome targeting (Research Grants)
- Completed projects
  - Molecular mechanisms of dosage compensation in Drosophila (Research Grants)
  - Contributions of chromatin remodelling factors CHRAC/ACF to epigenome programming during oogenesis and early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster (Priority Programmes)
  - Principles and mechanisms of X chromosome recognition during dosage compensation in Drosophila (Reinhart Koselleck Projects)
  - The role of roX RNA for structure and function of the dosage compensation complex. (Research Grants)
As Spokesperson
- Current projects
  - SFB 1064: Chromatin Dynamics (Collaborative Research Centres)
- Completed projects
  - TRR 5: Chromatin - Assembly and Inheritance of Functional States (CRC/Transregios)
As Participating Researcher
- Completed projects
  - GSC 1006: Graduate School of Quantitative Biosciences Munich (QBM) (Graduate Schools)
  - EXC 114: Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) (Clusters of Excellence)
As Project Head
- Current projects
  - Domino nucleosome remodeling complexes and histone H2A.V dynamics in transcription and DNA repair (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Central Tasks (Collaborative Research Centres)
- Completed projects
  - Human Chromatin Accessibility Complex and Chromosomal Instability (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Remodelling of complex chromatin by the ATP-dependent nucleosome assembly and remodelling factor (ACF) (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Dosage Compensation in Drosophila (CRC/Transregios)
  - Administration of the Transregio and Coordination of Activities (CRC/Transregios)

As Prizewinner
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm 2005