PresentationResponsable: Martin Weik Presentation:Proteins are the molecular engines of life. Their broad range of biological tasks and functions is reflected in a large diversity of specific structural and dynamical characteristics. Whereas a large body of structural information has been gathered over the last decades, dynamical insight is still scarce. Yet, only an understanding of the structural dynamics, i.e. of the relation between structure and dynamics, will unravel the complex mysteries of biomolecular function and its various roles in cellular processes. Within the group, two independent research teams synergistically develop and apply a broad range of experimental and computational methodologies with the aim to enlarge the structural understanding of biological macromolecules by a dynamical dimension and in a cellular context. Two research teams
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Keywords:protein dynamics; fluorescent proteins; photoactivation and photobleaching; super resolution fluorescence microscopy; TIRF microscopy, single molecule imaging; photoactivation; photobleaching; microspectrophotometry ; kinetic crystallography ; structural dynamics ; photophysics; molecular modelling; molecular simulation; enzymatic reaction mechanisms; neutron scattering; acetylcholinesterase; malate dehydrogenase; structural protein dynamics; neurodegenerative diseases; tau protein; anti-Alzheimer drugs; reactivators of poisoned acetylcholinesterases; porin; antibiotic resistance Specialized Techniques:
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