SFB1423 Retreat: Poster Awards for Lina Zielke, Inken-Kaja Schwerin, Shihai Jiang and Tim Pelczyk

Members of the SFB1423 met for the 11th retreat in Nimbschen from March 17-18, 2025. Young researchers from the SFB presented their new scientific results and discussed their progress with the project leaders during the Poster Sessions. We are to announce that this year's Poster…

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Researchers discover new mechanism for male sex hormone
Prof Torsten Schöneberg (2nd from left) and Professor Ines Liebscher (3rd from right) at a meeting in Leipzig with researchers from Shandong University. Photo: Private

Researchers discover new mechanism for male sex hormone

Hederagenin blocks the activation of the neuropeptide FF receptor 1, a protein found mainly in the spinal cord and areas of the brain involved in pain perception. Graphic: Hannah Lentschat

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Leipzig Research Festival: Poster Awards for Ibtisam Siad and Florian Flemming

On January 30, 2025, the 18th Research Festival for Life Sciences took place at Leipzig University. Every year, the event provides a platform for young scientists from the fields of medicine and life sciences to present their research to an expert audience. This year, 190…

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Naturally occurring hederagenin binds to pain regulation receptor

Hederagenin blocks the activation of the neuropeptide FF receptor 1, a protein found mainly in the spinal cord and areas of the brain involved in pain perception. Graphic: Hannah Lentschat

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SFB1423 Retreat: Poster Awards for Luisa Buhl, Pauline Löffler and Robin Schick

This year's Poster Awards of the SFB1423 goes to: Robin Schick (A06)  Modulating factors and kinetics of GAIN cleavage Luisa Buhl & Lisa Kupsch (B05) Characterization of GPR133/ADGRD1 mediated signaling Pauline Löffler (C08)  Towards monitoring conformational dynamics of GPCRs on single-molecule level The SFB1423 awards…

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Best dissertations in life sciences: Corinna Schüss (2022) and Anne Czerniak (2023)
Vier der sieben Preisträger:innen (Dr. Alexandra Brakel, Dr. Anne Sophie Czerniak, Dr. Corinna Schüß und Felix Hagemeyer, v.l.n.r.) wurde der Promotionspreis der Universität Leipzig zum Tag der Promotion in der Villa Tillmanns verliehen. Foto: Christian Hüller

Best dissertations in life sciences: Corinna Schüss (2022) and Anne Czerniak (2023)

This year's doctoral prizes in the life sciences went to 2 outstanding researchers at the Institute of Biochemistry of the Faculty of Life Sciences.  Dr. Corinna Schüß was awarded for her dissertation “Exploring the Neuropeptide Y4 Receptor from an Orthosteric and Allosteric Perspective” (submitted in…

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Blue Flame Award for Professor Irene Coin’s lab
Professor Irene Coin and Dr Robert Serfling with their Blue Flame Award. Photo: Christian Hüller, Leipzig University

Blue Flame Award for Professor Irene Coin’s lab

Over the years, chemical biology methods have made an important contribution to the study of integral membrane proteins. A key modern approach is genetic code expansion (GCE), which makes it possible to modify proteins directly in living cells to give them tailor-made properties. Professor Irene…

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A Pioneer in Visual Signal Transduction: In Memory of Professor Klaus-Peter Hofmann (1943–2024)

[21.10.24 written by Patrick Scheerer] Professor Klaus-Peter Hofmann, a leading biochemist and biophysicist, revolutionized our understanding of visual signal transduction through his research on rhodopsin and G protein-coupled receptors. His work laid the foundation for advances in cellular biology and drug development, leaving a lasting…

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GBM Master Prize: Tim Pelczyk for SFB1423 subproject B01

This year's GBD Master's Prize was awarded to Tim Pelczyk forhis thesis “Comparative characterization of the binding modes of the hexapeptide UR-AK86c and the endogenous ligand PP at Y4R by mutagenesis studies”. The thesis was written as part of the SFB1423 project “Molecular mechanisms of…

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