GRK 377:  Cellular Regulation and Growth

• Subject Area: Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
• Term: from 1998 to 2006
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 272107

Regulation of cellular processes and in particular control of cell division is achieved by a complex network of various interacting factors. Cellular regulation is performed by growth factors, which bind to extracellular receptors, receptors, intracellular factors such as Ca2+-ions, protein kinases and phosphatases as well as by transcription and replication factors. The research training group should help to understand more than single properties and functions of these factors in order to understand the regulation of gene expression, secretion, cell division, survival and death of a cell. Projects will connect basic research in the field of natural sciences and medicine with projects in diagnosis and therapy. The programme should lead graduates in medicine or natural sciences and highly qualifiedmedical students into this indisciplinary field.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Universität des Saarlandes
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Mathias Montenarh
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Dieter Bruns; Professor Dr. Adolfo Cavalié; Professor Dr. Veit Flockerzi; Professor Dr. Friedrich A. Grässer; Professor Dr. Markus Hoth; Professor Peter Lipp, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Markus Löbrich; Professor Dr. Eckart Meese; Professor Dr. Nikolaus Müller-Lantzsch (†); Professor Dr. Jens Rettig; Professor Dr. Gabriel Schlenstedt; Privatdozent Dr. Andreas Schmid; Professorin Dr. Irene Schulz-Hofer; Professor Dr. Andreas Stallmach; Professor Dr. Gerald Thiel; Professor Dr. Richard Zimmermann