Team Etzkorn Group
Biophysical Chemistry of Complex Systems
Principle Investigator
Dr. Manuel Etzkorn
Head of Emmy Noether Research group
Institute of Physical Biology
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Contact:
Phone: +49 (0)211 81-12023
Email: manuel.etzkorn@hhu.de
Group members
Jan Borggraefe (PhD Student)
Projects:
A. How to reverse membrane protein signaling.
B. Getting proteins into shape.
Ci Chu (PhD Student)
Projects:
A. How hormones and neuropeptides talk to their receptor.
B. Enhancing eucaryotic expression.
Shantha Elter (PhD Student)
Projects:
A. Membrane proteins and how they get into shape.
B. How to produce proteins that don't like to show up.
Fatima Escobedo (PhD Student)
Projects:
A. Characterization of membrane mimetics
B. High-resolution insights into neuronal signalling
Marcel Falke (PhD Student)
Projects:
A. Enhancing eucaryotic protein expression for NMR studies.
B. Understanding, using and manipulating eucaryotic membrane systems.
Dr. Julian Victor (PostDoc)
A. Understanding DNA-mediated catalysis
B. Improving DNA-mediated catalysis
Associated group members
Dr. Mohanraj Gopalswamy (PostDoc)
Visiting from the Gohlke lab
Projects:
A. Structure-based drug design for new Leukemia drugs
We are always looking for highly motivated Master and PhD students as well as Post-doctoral fellows. Candidates with a background in protein biochemistry, biophysical characterization of (membrane) proteins and/or NMR spectroscopy and a strong interest in structural biology are encouraged to apply.
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