Biogenesis of chitin matrices accross scales in yeast and insect
Dr. Luca Bertinetti
Dr. Simone Mattei
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Projects
All participating projects funded in the scope of this priority programme are listed below. On the individual project pages you will find more details about the project and the researchers involved.
There are also special service projects offered by the committee members providing equipment or assistance with certain analysis procedures.
Funded Projects
Chitin oligosaccharide recognition by human chitinase-like proteins
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jonathan Cramer
Prof. Dr. Holger Gohlke
Deciphering the Role of CodeChi in Plant Stomatal Closure
Prof. Dr. Maik Böhmer
Decoding the Chitin Signatures generated by Xylella fastidiosa
Prof. Dr. Silke Robatzek
From synthetic chitin oligomers to well-defined chitin-based materials
Dr. Martina Delbianco
Dr. Yu Ogawa
Mesostructured composite chitosan membranes for the reconstruction of Corneal Tissue
Dr. Sarah Zwingelberg
Dr.-Ing. Gregor Lang
Chitin perception by mammalian pattern recognition receptors
Prof. Alexander Weber, PhD
The Role of the Chito-structural Code in controlling Inflammation and Tissue Regeneration
PD Dr. Christian Gorzelanny
Dr. Anayancy Osorio-Madrazo
Structure-function relationships of partially acetylated chitosans – ChitoCode
Prof. Dr. Bruno Moerschbacher
Code𝛘 in the Peritrophic Matrix of Insects
Prof. Dr. Hans Merzendorfer
The role of Code𝛘 in cell-cell interactions of free-living protists
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hess
Timing of chitin/chitosan matrix assembly in insects
Prof. Dr. Bernard Moussian
Prof. Dr. Fritz-Olaf Lehmann
Prof. Dr. Stanislav Gorb
Visualizing single chitin and chitosan molecules
Dr. Kelvin Anggara
Central Service Projects
Production and characterisation of chitosans with defined DP, FA and PA
Prof. Dr. Bruno Moerschbacher
Associated Projects
Cell wall modifications catalysed by chitin deacetylases and their influence on human pathogenic fungi
Prof. Dr. Bruno Moerschbacher
Dr. Christian Gorzelanny
Xenobiotics control in insect Legs (Xenoleg)
Dr. Gaëlle Le Goff
Prof. Dr. Bernard Moussian
PD Dr. Matthias Behr