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Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) and Transregios (CRC/TRR)

Collaborative Research Centres are institutions established at universities for a period of up to 12 years which enable researchers to pursue an outstanding research programme, crossing the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties.They facilitate scientifically ambitious, complex, long-term research by concentrating and coordinating the resources available at a university. Additional information: German Research Foundation.

• Marburg University as Applying Institution
• Marburg University as Co-applicant Institution
• Marburg University as Participating Institution
• Completed Collaborative Research Centres

Marburg University as Applying Institution

CRC/TRR 393 - Trajectories of Affective Disorders

Profile Area: Mind, Brain, Behavior

CRC/TRR 138 - Dynamics of Security. Types of Securitisation from a Historical Perspective

Profile Area: Security, Order, Conflict

Funded: since 2014
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bonacker (since 1/2022)
Other participation Marburg University: Dr. Christina Wenzel (since 2022), Prof. Dr. Christoph Kampmann, Prof. Dr. Sven Simon, Prof. Dr. Peter Haslinger, Dr. Heidi Hein-Kircher, Dr. Benjamin Brendel (since 2022), Dr. Anna Wendland (until 2021), Prof. Dr. Sabine Mecking (since 2022), Prof. Dr. Benedikt Stuchtey (since 2018), Dr. Andrea Wiegeshoff (until 2021), Homepage, GEPRIS

Marburg University as Co-applicant Institution

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CRC/TRR 289 - Treatment Expectation

Profile Area: Mind, Brain, Behavior

Funded: since 07/2020
Applying institution: University of Duisburg-Essen
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Bingel
Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Dominik Endres, PD Dr. Irina Falkenberg, Prof. Dr. Tilo Kircher, Prof. Dr. Erik Müller, Prof. Dr. Winfried Rief, Prof. Dr. Rainer Schwarting (Visiting Professor), Dr. Markus Wöhr, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC/TRR 135 - Cardinal Mechanisms of Perception: Prediction, Valuation, Categorisation

Profile Area: Mind, Brain, Behavior

Funded: since 2014
Applying institution: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Karl Reiner Gegenfurtner
Vice-Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Frank Bremmer (Marburg University)
Other participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky (until 2015), Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Einhäuser-Treyer (since 2015), Prof. Dr. Dominik Endres (since 2016), Prof. Dr. Christina Kauschke, Prof. Dr. Tilo Kircher, Prof. Dr. Harald Lachnit, Prof. Dr. Anna Schubö, Prof. Dr. Alexander Schütz, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Straube, Homepage,  GEPRIS 

Marburg University as Participating Institution

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CRC 1671:  Home(s): Phenomena, Practices, Representations

Profile Area: 

Funded: since 2024
Applying institution: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Christiane Wiesenfeldt
Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Maike Rotzoll, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC 1487 - Iron, upgraded!

Profile Area: Materials, Interfaces, Semiconductors

Funded: since 2022
Applying institution: Technical University of Darmstadt
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ingrid Kramm
Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Florian Kraus, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC/TRR 341 - Plant Ecological Genetics

Profile Area: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate

Funded: since 2022
Applying institution: University of Cologne
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Juliette de Meaux
Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Anna Lampei Bucharova, Homepage, GEPRIS

SFB 1333 - Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis in Confined Geometries

Profile Area: Materials, Interfaces, Semiconductors

Funded: since 2018
Applying institution: University of Stuttgart
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Michael R. Buchmeiser
Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Tallarek (since 7/2022), Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC/TRR 237 - Nucleic Acid Immunity

Profile Area: Inflammation, Immunology, Tumor Biology

Funded: since 2018
Applying institution: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Veit Hornung (since 01/2023)
Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Stefan Bauer, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC 1319 - Extreme Light for Sensing and Driving Molecular Chirality (ELCH)

Funded: since 2018
Applying institution: University ofKassel
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thomas Baumert
Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Robert Berger, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC 1280 - Extinction Learning

Profile Area: Mind, Brain, Behavior

Funded: since 2017
Applying institution: Ruhr University Bochum
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Drs. h.c. Onur Güntürkün
Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Harald Lachnit, Prof. Dr. Metin Üngör, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC 1213 - Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale

Profile Area: Virology and Infection Biology

Funded: since 2016
Applying institution: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Norbert Weißmann
Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Uta-Maria Bauer, Homepage, GEPRIS

Completed Collaborative Research Centres

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CRC 1053 - MAKI - Multi-Mechanism-Adaptation for the Future Internet

Funded: 2013-2025
Applying institution: Technical University of Darmstadt, Spokesperson: Professor Dr.-Ing. Ralf Steinmetz
Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Freisleben, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC 1083 - Structure and Dynamics of Internal Interfaces

Profile Area: Materials, Interfaces, Semiconductors

Funded:  2013-2025
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Volz
Other participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Robert Berger (until 2021), Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen (until 2021), Dr. Marina Gerhard (from 2021), Prof. Dr. Michael Gottfried, Prof. Dr. Jens Güdde (since 2021), Prof. Dr. Wolfram Heimbrodt (until 2021), Dr. Johanna Heine (since 2017), Prof. Dr. Ulrich Höfer, Prof. Dr. Peter Jakob, Prof. Dr. Heinz Julius Jänsch (until 2017), Prof. Dr. Ulrich Koert, Prof. Dr. Martin Koch, Prof. Dr. Stephan W. Koch (until 2021), Prof. Dr. Ermin Malic (until 2021), Dr. Gerson Mette, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stolz (until 2021), Prof. Dr. Jörg Sundermeyer (until 2017), Dr. Robert Wallauer, Dr. Christof Wegscheid-Gerlach, Prof. Dr. Gregor Witte, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC 1021 - RNA Viruses: RNA Metabolism, Host Response and Pathogenesis

Profile Area: Virology and Infection Biology

Funded: 2013-2025
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stephan Becker
Other participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Stefan Bauer, Prof. Dr. Eva Böttcher-Friebertshäuser, Prof. Dr. Roland K. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Andrea Susanne Maisner, Dr. Mikhail Matrosovich, Prof. Dr. Harald Renz, Dr. Chrysanthi Skevaki, Dr. Thomas Strecker, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC/TRR 81 - Chromatin Changes in Differentiation and Malignancies

Profile Area: Inflammation, Immunology, Tumor Biology

Funded: 2010-2022
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Alexander Brehm
Other participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Uta-Maria Bauer, Prof. Dr. Ho Ryun Chung, Prof. Dr. Wibke Diederich, Prof. Dr. Peter Kolb, Dr. Robert Liefke, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Stiewe, Prof. Dr. Olalla Vázquez, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC/TRR 84 - Innate Immunity of the Lung: Mechanisms of Pathogen Attack and Host Defence in Pneumonia

Profile Area: Virology and Infection Biology

Funded: 2010-2022
Applying institution: Charité – Berlin University of Medicine, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. med. Norbert Suttorp
Co-Applicant at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Bauer, Prof. Dr. med. Bernd Schmeck
Other participation University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Lohmeyer (2010-2018), Prof. Dr. Leon Schulte (since 2018), Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC/TRR 174 - Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Bacterial Cells

Profile Area: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate

Funded: 2017-2021
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martin Thanbichler
Other participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Gert Bange, Prof. Dr. Anke Becker, Prof. Dr. Peter Graumann, Prof. Dr. Peter Lenz, Prof. Dr. Lotte Søgaard-Andersen, Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik, GEPRIS

CRC 987 - Microbial Diversity in Environmental Signal Response

Profile Area: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate

Funded: 2012-2020
Spokesperson: Prof. a.D. Mohamed A. Marahiel (until 2015), Prof. em. Erhard Bremer (since 2015), GEPRIS

CRC 834 - Endothelial Signalling and Vascular Repair

Profile Area: Virology and Infection Biology

Funded: 2010-2021
Spokesperson: Prof. a.D. Mohamed A. Marahiel (until 2015), Prof. em. Erhard Bremer (since 2015), GEPRIS

CRC/TRR 22 - Pulmonary Allergies

Profile Area: Virology and Infection Biology

Funded: 2005-2014
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Harald Renz, GEPRIS

CRC/TRR 17 - Ras-dependent Pathways in Human Cancer

Profile Area: Inflammation, Immunology, Tumor Biology

Funded: 2004-2013, Applying institution: Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martin Eilers, Participation at Marburg University: Prof. a.D. Andreas Neubauer, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Stiewe, GEPRIS

CRC 593 - Mechanisms of Cellular Compartmentation and the Relevance for Disease

Profile Areas: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate / Virology and Infection Biology

Funded: 2003-2014
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Roland Lill, Homepage, GEPRIS

CRC/TRR 1 - Endosymbiosis: From Prokaryotes to Eukaryotic Organelles

Profile Area: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate

Funded: 2000-2012, Applying institution: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Soll, Participation at Marburg University: Prof. Dr. Roland Lill, GEPRIS

CRC 535 - Invasion Mechanism and Replication Strategies of Infectious Agents

Profile Area: Virology and Infection Biology

Funded: 1997-2008, Applying institution: Justus Liebig University Giessen, Spokesperson: Prof. em. Wolfram H. Gerlich, Participation at Marburg: Prof. Dr. Stephan Becker, Prof. Dr. Andrea Maisner, Prof. Dr. Klaus Lingelbach († 2015), GEPRIS

CRC 297 - Mechanisms of Neuro-Immun Endrocrine Interactions

Profile Area: Inflammation, Immunology, Tumor Biology

Funded: 1997-2001
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Eberhard Weihe (Gastprofessur), GEPRIS

CRC 395 - Interaction,Adaptation and Catalytic Capability of Soil Microorganisms

Profile Area: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate

Funded: 1996-2007
Spokesperson: Prof. em. Erhard Bremer, GEPRIS

CRC 397 - Nucleo-Protein Complexes in Transcription and RNA-Processing

Profile Area: Inflammation, Immunology, Tumor Biology

Funded:1996-2003
Spokesperson: Prof. a.D. Rolf Müller, GEPRIS

CRC 383 - Disorder in Solids on Mesoscopic Scales

Profile Area: Materials, Interfaces, Semiconductors

Funded: 1994-2001
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stephan W. Koch

CRC 286 - Intracellular Transport and Maturation of Proteins

Funded: 1991-2002
Spokesperson: Prof. em. Hans-Dieter Klenk († 2021)