Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich

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Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich
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founding November 1, 2006
Sponsorship state
place Munich
management Thomas Carell (spokesman), Oliver Baron (managing director)
Employee about 800
including professors 55
Annual budget EUR 8 million (2009)
Website www.cipsm.de
Headquarters of the CIPS M in Munich (center)

The Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPS M ) is a scientific excellence cluster based in Munich . It is an amalgamation of research groups from the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich , the Technical University of Munich , the Helmholtz Center Munich and the Max Planck Institutes for Biochemistry and Neurobiology in Martinsried . The center deals with isolated proteins through to proteins in living organisms, using methods from biophysics , biochemistry , medicine and biology .

aims

Proteins , as biological macromolecules, play an important functional and structure-giving role in all living organisms, but this is not yet fully understood in detail. By examining isolated proteins through to proteins in living organisms ( e.g. zebrafish or Escherichia coli bacteria ), particularly with regard to interactions, structural influences ( e.g. protein folding, structure of protein complexes, interactions of proteins with nucleic acids and manipulation of protein functions) and neurodegenerative diseases, fundamental knowledge about these macromolecules should be obtained, which could enable advances in biomedicine and biotechnology in the future.

organization

Organization chart of the CIPS M

The Cluster of Excellence is divided into six research areas.

Research areas in CIPS M (coordinators bold):
Research Area Research area Principal Investigators Junior Groups Associate Professors
A. Protein biophysics Called, Bräuchle, Zinth, Gaub Michaelis, Dietz Lamb, hill
B. Protein folding and transport Buchner, Soll, Kiefhaber, Heesemann, Hartl Becker, Vothknecht Richter, Schliwa, buying wine, winter
C. Protein Structure and Networks Cramer, Sattler, Hopfner, Beckmann, Sattler, Kessler, Conti Builder, Wilson
D. Protein Nucleic Acid Interactions Becker, Jung, Endres, Leonhardt, Eick Schotta Cremer, Hake, Imhoff, Storchowa
E. Protein Engineering and Chemical Genetics Carell, Skerra, Langosch, Groll, Trauner, Sieber, man Antees Küster, Wester, Verhelst
F. Protein Function and Dysfunction in vivo Haass, Konnerth, Biel, Götz, Misgeld Bonhoefer

Each area (A – F) is represented by two coordinators who, after consultation with the board, decide on the appointment of new professorships and choose the board of four researchers and one member responsible for the advancement of families and women from among their number. The members of the Executive Board are primarily responsible for research, teaching and the promotion of young academics and represent the cluster in front of the heads of their respective universities. The spokesman for the board of directors and his deputy are particularly concerned with looking after and recruiting young professors. The working group leaders (differentiated into Principal Investigators and Associate Investigators ) meet once a year at the General Assembly and decide on the distribution of the financial resources. The working groups are led individually and on the responsibility of the working group leader. Regular agreements between working group leaders and coordinators of the research area enable holistic management of the cluster. The role of the spokesman for the Cluster of Excellence also extends to representing the interests of the cluster vis-à-vis the participating universities and institutions, which is why he conducts negotiations with them on matters relating to teaching, funding and personnel. The administration and monitoring of all funds approved for the respective financial year, the hiring of staff, the management of all cluster matters, the purchase of large equipment and the organization of events such as symposia, conferences and workshops (see Events and Conferences ), as well as the processing of applications and public relations are the responsibility of the managing director.

Committee for the Advancement of Families and Women (AFF)

The funding of female researchers in the CIPS M is provided by the AFF funding program with the aim of increasing the proportion of researchers with children, female researchers with a habilitation or professorship, and female researchers in management positions. The committee is headed by the board member who is specifically responsible for promoting families and women. This funding program is intended to reduce the barriers to a scientific career caused by parental leave. As part of the program, young researchers with children can be provided with a position for a technical assistant ( TV-L E9 ) to support research, and domestic help for domestic support can be granted upon request. The CIPS M also operates its own day nursery for young researchers with children up to three years of age . A mentoring program is intended to support the successful appointment of female scientists and symposia with high-ranking women should give the researchers insights into career paths and experiences and promote scientific exchange.

financing

The financial resources of the CIPS M are made available in the course of the Excellence Initiative of the Federal Republic of Germany and the federal states in cooperation with the German Research Foundation and allocated according to needs.

Percentage distribution of CIPS M funds in 2009

Individual funding for scientists in the research cluster includes project-related funding for doctoral and postdoc positions, funding for the acquisition of large equipment and funding for symposia and special lectures in addition to funding within the framework of promoting women and families .

Research results and awards

In addition to the selection of the CIPS M Cluster as a Selected Landmark in the Land of Ideas , several CIPS M researchers were honored for the research results achieved within the scope of their work at the Cluster of Excellence:

In addition, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is promoting the cooperation "Experimental and theoretical methods for dissecting the dynamics of epigenetic gene silencing in living cells" between the CIPS M research groups Leonhardt and Schotta and the University of Heidelberg .

Events and Conferences

  • Graduate School Life Science Munich (LSM): An international funding program for particularly talented diploma or master’s graduates in the fields of anthropology, biochemistry, cell biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, microbiology, plant sciences, systematics and zoology with lectures, seminars and workshops .
  • CIPS M - Harvard Young Scientists' Forum (YSF): An annual event initiated by CIPS M to stimulate the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas between doctoral students and postdocs at Harvard University and Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.
  • CIPS M festival in the Deutsches Museum on May 4, 2009 as part of the “Land of Ideas” initiative with keynote lectures on the latest results of the cluster's protein research.
  • Elmau Conference 2008 and Kloster Irsee Conference 2009: Conferences on current topics in protein research in cooperation with Bayer Schering Pharma AG.
  • Alpine Forum 2009: CIPS M has been supporting the Alpine Forum of the GDCh -Jungchemikerforum Munich since 2008 , which is held annually in Oberammergau to give students and doctoral candidates in chemistry and related sciences the opportunity to find out about possible career paths and career goals for chemists, and to company representatives meet and get to know interesting employers.
  • FRAU 2.0 “Frau & Mutter & Wissenschaftlerin how does it work?” (2009): Information event for students of the natural sciences, especially chemistry, biology and pharmacy, about career opportunities and perspectives for female scientists at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich as part of the advancement of women .
  • CIPS M Junior Mini Symposium : Lecture and discussion event at the Technical University of Munich on trends and new developments in protein research.
  • Synthesis Festival : Lecture event at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich on organic chemistry with international speakers from research and industry.

In addition, the CIPS organized M clusters

  • the Chromatin Assembly and Inheritance of Functional States, 2nd Transregio 5 Symposium (2007),
  • the European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research "COST Meeting" (2008),
  • the EMBO workshop "Gene Transduction in Yeast" (2008),
  • the 16th Lecture Conference ORCHEM 2008 in cooperation with the Society of German Chemists and the Liebig Association for Chemistry,
  • the 4th International Conference on the Hsp90 Chaperone Machine (2008).

Science Comment

The Science Comment project was set up by CIPS M in 2009 to create an opportunity to objectively comment on and discuss publications in relevant journals in the fields of chemistry, biology, pharmacy and medicine with the long-term goal of simplifying the international communication of research results. The registered user is able to make comments and criticisms publicly accessible with reference to a publication or to discuss the publication publicly. Science Comment serves as a database to give users an assessment of the quality of a result disseminated in a publication before it is used. The possibility of checking a published result for feasibility saves users time and money.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CIPSM - Dr. Protein - protein research for more effective drugs. ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.land-der-ideen.de
  2. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 28, 2007, p. 54
  3. ↑ The Philip Morris Research Prize 2007 on the Philip Morris Foundation homepage ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.philipmorrisstiftung.de
  4. ↑ Laudation on the award of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2007 to Götz as a PDF file
  5. ↑ Press release of the German Research Foundation on the award of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2008
  6. ↑ Report on the award of the Innovation Prize 2008 on the Bio M homepage ( Memento from October 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Binder Innovation Award 2008 on the homepage of Binder GmbH ( Memento from October 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Press release of the Leopoldina on the award of the Schleiden Medal in 2009
  9. ↑ Report on the YSF 2009 on www.cipsm.de
  10. ↑ Dr. Protein protein research for more effective drugs - event on: May 4th, 2009 in Munich as part of the “Land of Ideas” initiative ( Memento of the original from February 22nd, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on May 4, 2009 on the homepage of the Deutsches Museum @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.land-der-ideen.de
  11. ↑ Report of the GDCh-Jungchemikerforum Munich on the Alpine Forum 2009 (PDF; 453 kB) ( Memento from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ "Papers, punchlines and posters"; Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 19, 2009, p. 6
  13. ↑ Program of the Synthesis Festival 2009 ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cup.uni-muenchen.de
  14. ^ Chromatin Assembly and Inheritance of Functional States, 2nd Transregio 5 Symposium , 13. – 15. September 2007, Munich, Germany
  15. ↑ European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research "COST Meeting" , 14. – 15. March 2008. Munich, Germany
  16. ^ Gene Transduction in Yeast , April 21-26. June 2008, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
  17. ↑ 16th Lecture Conference ORCHEM 2008 , 1. – 3. September 2008, Weimar, Germany
  18. ↑ 4th International Conference on the Hsp90 Chaperone Machine , 2. – 6. October 2008, Seeon Abbey, Germany
  19. ^ Science Comment

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