Research groups

Structure, mechanism and function of membrane proteins involved in ion transport and cellular respiration and their interaction with signalling pathways.

Insertion and assembly of membrane proteins and the cellular stress response.

Molecular machinery of autophagy

Mitochondrial biogenesis and function in health and disease with a focus on signalling processes, protein transport mechanisms and organellar and suborganellar proteomics. 

Mechanisms of protein sorting and folding in the cell, in particular the targeting and assembly of mitochondrial proteins.

Protein complexes that control the architecture of the inner mitochondrial membrane.

Identification and characterization of proteins associating with ribosoms and their interactions with newly synthesized polypeptide chains.

Sorting of proteins in the mitochondrial outer membrane and essential mitochondrial proteins.