The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved our new Collaborative Research Center. We are thrilled to take part in this initiative and very much looking forward to the exciting work ahead on mRNA and protein fidelity.

(April 2024) Our laboratory, together with 3 additional groups of the CMMC, has been awarded the sustainability certificate from My Green Lab, a non-profit organization with a mission to build a global culture of sustainability in science. After a 9-month certification process, we are thrilled to…

(Feb 2024) The German Research Foundation (DFG) decided to support our new project concerning co-translational quality control of transmembrane proteins. We will be hiring soon!

(Jan 2023) Proteins can be marked for degradation even before their synthesis is completed. Which irreparable mistakes cause this? Check out our new review article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2022.1089825/full

(Jun 2023) PhD student Schinya Ibrahim has been awarded with a PhD fellowship from the Jürgen Manchot Foundation. Congratulations Schinya and welcome to our lab!

(Jan 2023) The Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation honors scientific work by young researchers in the field of life sciences that has led to a breakthrough in their field.

(Jul 2022) We are very happy that the Fritz Thyssen Foundation will be supporting our research on how disease-related mutations affect ribosome-associated quality control processes.