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Disciplines

The research groups of the department are organized into the following disciplines:

Didactics of Natural Sciences

• Prof. Dr. Sabine Meister, didactics of biological sciences

Focus 1: Molecules and Cells

Genetics

• Information and Teaching
• Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Mösch, Molecular Genetics
• Prof. Dr. Lennart Randau, Prokaryotic RNA Biology

Microbiology

• Information and Teaching
• Prof. Dr. Anke Becker, Microbial Genomics
• Prof. Dr. Johann Heider, Microbial Biochemistry
• Prof. Dr. Martin Thanbichler, Cellular Microbiology
• Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb (MPI), Understanding & Building Metabolism

Molecular Plant Physiology

• Information and Teaching
• Prof. Dr. Lars Voll, Molecular Plant Physiology
• Prof. Dr. Felix Willmund, Molecular Plant Sciences

Cell Biology

• Prof. Dr. Georg Hochberg, Molecular Evolutional Biology
• Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik (MPI), System & Synthetic Microbiology

Focus 2: Development and Function

Developmental Genetics and Animal Cell Biology

• Prof. Dr. Jörg Großhans, Developmental Genetics
• Prof. Dr. Christian Helker, Communication & Dynamics of Animal Cells 

Molecular Zoology

• Prof. Dr. Annette Borchers, Molecular Embryology

Animal Physiology

• Prof. Dr. Stefan Münster, Molecular Animal Physiology

Focus 3: Biodiversity and Conservation

Conservation

• Prof. Dr. Nina Farwig, Conservation 
• Prof. Dr. Anna Lampei-Bucharova, Conservation Biology

Ecology

• Prof. Dr. Anne-Christine Mupepele, Animal Ecology 
• Prof. Dr. Lars Opgenoorth, Plant Ecology and Geobotany
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Schleuning, Functional Ecology
• Prof. Dr. Simon Thorn, Applied Ecology

Biodiversity

• Prof. Dr. Alexander Zizka, Biodiversity of Plants
• Prof. Dr. Robert Junker, EvoEcoPlants