Department of Biochemistry

Profile of the Department of Biochemistry

Founded

• 1965

Research groups:

Biochemistry and pathobiochemistry of membrane and protein transport (Hassan Y. Naim, PhD)

• Molecular mechanisms underlying gastrointestinal diseases such as carbohydrate malabsorption and chronic inflammatory bowel disease (colitis)
• Lysosomal storage diseases

Molecular and Clinical Infection Research (Professor Dr. Gisa Gerold)

• Molecular basis of infection with zoonotic and species-specific RNA viruses
• Research into host proteins and protein networks that explain interhost transmission and present antiviral therapeutic targets

Infection Biochemistry (Prof. Dr. Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede)

• Importance of extra cellular traps in the innate immune response against zoonotic infections
• Investigate new therapeutic options to support the immune system against infections