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Research Units (FOR)
Within Research Units several outstanding researches are addressing a joint overarching research question. Research Units are running between four and six years. For further information please visit the German Research Foundation.
- Philipps-Universität as Applying institution
- Philipps-Universität as Participating institution
- Completed Research Units
Philipps-Universität as Applying institution
FOR 5288 - Fast and invisible: Conquering Subsurface Stormflow through an Interdisciplinary Multi-Site Approach (SSF)
Funded since: 2022
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Peter Chifflard
Participation: Dr. Theresa Blume (Deutsches GeoForschungszentrum [GFZ] Potsdam), Prof. Dr. Andreas Hartmann (TU Dresden), Prof. Dr. Stefan Hergarten (Universität Freiburg), Dr. Luisa Hopp (Universität Bayreuth), Prof. Dr. Florian Leese (Universität Duisburg-Essen), Dr. Edoardo Martini (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung [UFZ] Leipzig), Dr. Christian Reinhardt-Imjela (FU Berlin), Prof. Dr. Markus Weiler (Universität Freiburg)
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FOR 5065 - Energy Landscapes and Structure in Ion Conducting Solids (ELSICS)
Funded since: 2021
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Karl-Michael Weitzel
Participation: Prof. Dr. Michael Vogel (TU Darmstadt), Prof. Dr. Christian Jooß, Prof. Dr. Cynthia Volkert (both Universität Göttingen), Prof. Dr. Philipp Maass (Universität Osnabrück), Prof. Dr. Timo Jacob (Universität Ulm)
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FOR 5046 - Integrated analysis of epithelial SLC26 anion transporters - from molecular structure to pathophysiology
Funded since: 2020
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dominik Oliver
Participation: Prof. Dr. Christoph Falke (FZ Jülich), Prof. Dr. Eric Geertsma (Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik, Dresden), Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Lamprecht (Universität Rostock), Prof. Dr. Jan-Philipp Machtens (FZ Jülich), Prof. Dr. Ute Scholl (Berliner Institut für Gesundheitsforschung), Prof. Dr. Ursula Seidler (MH Hannover), Dr. Ilka Wittig (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)
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FOR 2824 - Amorphous Molecular Materials with Extreme Non‐Linear Optical Properties
Funded since: 2019
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen
Other participation Philipps-Universität: apl.-Prof. Dr. W.-C. Pilgrim, Prof. Dr. Kerstin Volz
Participation Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen: Prof. Dr. Sangam Chatterjee, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Doreen Mollenhauer, Prof. Dr. Simone Sanna, Prof. Dr. Peter R. Schreiner
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FOR 2730 - Environmental Changes in Biodiversity Hotspot Ecosystems of South Ecuador: RESPonse and feedback effECTs (RESPECT)
Funded since: 2018
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Jörg Bendix
Other participation Philipps-Universtät: Prof. Dr. Nina Farwig, Prof. Dr. Roland Brandl, Dr. Katja Trachte
Participation FOR-Campus: Prof. Dr. Lutz Breuer, Dr. David Windhorst (both Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)
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KFO 325 - Clinical relevance of tumor-microenvironment interactions in pancreatic cancer
Funded since: 2017
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Mathias Gress
Head: PD Dr. Matthias Lauth
Other participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Jörg-Walter Bartsch, Prof. Dr. Detlef Klaus Bartsch, Prof. Dr. Stefan Bauer, Prof. Dr. Uta-Maria Bauer, Prof. Dr. Malte Buchholz, Prof. Dr. Wibke E. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Magdalena Huber, Prof. Dr. Petra Ina Pfefferle, Prof. Dr. Elke Pogge von Strandmann, Dr. Katrin Roth, Dr. Emily P. Slater
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FOR 2358 - Mountain Exile Hypothesis: How humans benefited from and re-shaped African high altitude ecosystems during Quarternary climatic changes
Funded since: 2016
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Georg Miehe
Other participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Thomas Nauss, Dr. Lars Opgenoorth
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FOR 2497 - Pemphigus - from Pathogenesis to Therapeutics (Pegasus)
Funded since: 2016
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. med. Michael Hertl
Other participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. med. Rüdiger Eming, Prof. Dr. med. Holger Garn, Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Pfützner, Dr. rer. nat. Ansgar Schmidt
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FOR 2107 - Neurobiology of Affective Disorders: A Translational Perspective on Brain Structure and Function
Funded since: 2014
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. med. Tilo Kircher
Other participation Philipps-Universität: from 2016 Prof. Dr. Dr. Petra Ina Pfefferle, Prof. Dr. med. Harald Renz, Prof. Dr. Holger Garn, Prof. Dr. Rainer Schwarting, Dr. Markus Wöhr, apl. Prof. Dr. Axel Krug, Prof. Dr. Andreas Jansen, Prof. Dr. Carsten Culmsee. Prof. Dr. Igor Nenadić
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FOR 1328 - Expectation and Conditioning as Basic Processes of the Placebo and Nocebo Response
Funded since: 2010
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Winfried Rief
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FOR 1182 - Transport and Structure Formation in Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard, Taylor-Couette and Pipe Flows near Solid Walls
Funded since: 2009
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Bruno Eckhardt
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FOR 816 - Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in Southern Ecuador
Funded since: 2007
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Jörg Bendix
Other participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Thomas Nauss (2007-2016)
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Philipps-Universität as Participating institution
FOR 5321: Human Rights Discourse in Migration Societies (MeDiMi)
Funded since: 2022
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bast (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)
Participation: Prof. Dr. Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Prof. Dr. Dariuš Zifonun
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FOR 2288 - Journal Literature
Funded since: 2016
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Nicola Kaminski (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Participation: Prof. Dr. Jens Ruchatz (Vice-Spokesperson), Prof. Dr. Volker Mergenthaler
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KFO 309 - Virus-induced Lung Injury: Pathobiology and Novel Therapeutic Strategies
Funded since: 2016
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. med. Werner Seeger, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC)
Participation: Prof. Dr. Stephan Becker, Prof. Dr. Stefan Bauer, Prof. Dr. Eva Böttcher-Friebertshäuser
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FOR 2038 - Nanopatterned Organic Matrices in Biological Silica Mineralisation
Funded since: 2014
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Nils Kröger (TU Dresden)
Participation: Prof. Dr. Armin Geyer, from 2017 Prof. Dr. Uwe Gallus Maier
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FOR 1847 - The Physiology of Distributed Computing Underlying Higher Brain Functions in Non-Human Primates
Funded since: 2013
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Thier (Eberhard Karls-Universität Tübingen)
Participation: Prof. Dr. Frank Bremmer
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FOR 1807 - Advanced Computational Methods for Strongly Correlated Quantum Systems
Funded since: 2013
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Fakher Fakhry Assaad (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
Participation: Prof. Dr. Reinhard M. Noack
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FOR 1756 - Functional Dynamics of Cell Contacts in Cellular Assemblies and Migratory Cells
Funded since: 2011
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Jörg Großhans (Universitätsmedizin Göttingen)
Participation: Prof. Dr. Annette Borchers
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FOR 1246 - Kilimanjaro ecosystems under global change: Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical ecosystem processes
Funded since: 2010
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Graese (Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum)
Participation: Prof. Dr. Roland Brandl, from 2016 Prof. Dr. Thomas Nauss
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Completed Research Units
FOR 1581 - Extinction Learning: Behavioural, Neural and Clinical Mechanisms
Funded since: 2011, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Participation: Prof. Dr. Harald Lachnit (2011-2018), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
KFO 286 - Exploiting Defects in the DNA Damage Response for the Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Funded since: 2013, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Michael Hallek (Universitätsklinikum Köln), Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Elke Pogge von Strandmann (2013-2017), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 1334 - Determinants of Polarized Growth and Development in Filamentous Fungi
Funded since: 2010, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Fischer (Universität Karlsruhe), Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Michael Bölker (2010-2017), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 1394 - Nonlinear response to probe vitrification
Funded since: 2010, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Matthias Fuchs (Universität Konstanz), Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Roling (2010-2014), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 929 - Dynamics of Bacterial Membrane Proteins
in the space of time - from 2008 to 2017, Applying institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Peter Graumann, Participation: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik, Max Planck Institut for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg (2008-2016), DFG-data base GEPRIS
KFO 181 - Male factor infertility due to impaired spermatogenesis
in the space of time - from 2008 to 2015, Applying institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Weidner, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. (i. R.) Renate Renkawitz-Pohl (2011-2015), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 1086 - K2P-Channels - From Molecules to Physiology and Pathophysiology
in the space of time - from 2008 to 2015, Applying institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Spokesperson: Prof. em. Jürgen Daut, Other Participation: Prof. Dr. Dominik Oliver (2011-2016), Prof. Dr. Niels Decher (2008-2016), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
KFO 210 - Genetics of Drug Resistance in Cancer
in the space of time - from 2008 to 2015, Applying institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Neubauer, Head: Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Burchert, Other Participation: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Stiewe (2008-2015), PD Dr. med. Cornelia Brendel (2008-2015), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 760 - Scattering systems with complex dynamics
in the space of time - from 2007 to 2013, Applying institution: Technische Universität Dresden, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Roland Ketzmerick, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. em. Hans-Jürgen Stöckmann (2007-2014), DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 742 - Grammar and Processing of Verbal Arguments
in the space of time - from 2006 to 2012, Applying institution: Universität Leipzig, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Gereon Müller, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky (2006-2013), Prof. Dr. Michael Cysouw (2009-2012), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 630 - Biological Function of Organometallic Compounds
in the space of time - from 2006 to 2012, Applying institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Nils Metzler-Nolte, Participation: Prof. Dr. Eric Leif Meggers (2009-2013), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 627 - Polymeric Nano-carriers for Pulmonary Drug Delivery
in the space of time - from 2006 to 2010, Applying institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Spokesperson: Prof. (i. R.) Thomas Kissel, Other Participation: Prof. Dr. Udo Bakowsky (2006-2010), Prof. em. Joachim H. Wendorff (2006-2010), Prof. Dr. Andreas Greiner (2006-2010), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 560 - Perception and Action
in the space of time - from 2004 to 2011, Applying institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Karl Gegenfurtner, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Frank Bremmer (2004-2011), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 531 - Chromatin Mediated Biological Decisions
in the space of time - from 2004 to 2010, Applying institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Rainer Renkawitz, Participation: Prof. Dr. Alexander Brehm (2007-2010), Prof. (i. R.) Renate Renkawitz-Pohl (2004-2011), Prof. Dr. Uta-Maria Bauer (2004-2011), DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 526 - Blue-light Sensitive Photoreceptors
in the space of time - from 2004 to 2010, Applying institution: Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Peter Hegemann, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Alfred Batschauer (2004-2011), DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 495 - Bio/Chemical Hybridcompounds
in the space of time - from 2003 to 2009, Applying institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Marahiel, Other Participation: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Klebe (2006-2011), Prof. Dr. Ulrich Koert (2006-2011), Prof. Dr. Udo Bakowsky (2006-2010), Prof. Dr. Lars Oliver Essen (2003-2010), Prof. Dr. Norbert Hampp (2003-2009), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 485 - Quantum Optics in Semiconductor Nanostructures
in the space of time - from 2002 to 2008, Applying institution: Universität Rostock, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Stolz, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Mackillo Kira (2005-2010), Prof. Dr. Stephan Koch (2002-2010), DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 475 - Formation and Stability of beta-Sheets
in the space of time - from 2002 to 2008, Applying institution: Universität Potsdam, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Robert Seckler, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Koert (2002-2010), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 483 - Metastable Compound Semiconductor Systems and Heterostructures
in the space of time - from 2002 to 2008, Applying institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stolz, Other Participation: Prof. (i. R.) Wolfgang Rühle (2002-2013), Prof. Dr. Kerstin Volz (2002-2011), Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heimbrodt (2002-2011), Prof. Dr. Stephan Koch (2002-2009), DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 423 - Genetic Epidemiology and Medical Genetics of Complex Diseases
in the space of time - from 2001 to 2007, Applying institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Max Peter Baur, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Konstantin Strauch (2001-2008), DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 402 - Functionality in a Tropical Mountain Forest: Diversity, Dynamic Processes and Utilization Potentials under Ecosystem Perspectives
in the space of time - from 2001 to 2007, Applying institution: Universität Bayreuth, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Erwin Beck, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Jörg Bendix (2001-2009), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 434 - Oligosaccharide and DNA Chips - Recognition of Secondary Gene Products
in the space of time - from 2001 to 2007, Applying institution: Universität Konstanz, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Andreas Marx, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Armin Geyer (2001-2009), DFG-data base GEPRIS
FOR 254 - Dynamik kognitiver Repräsentationen
in the space of time - from 1996 to 2005, Applying institution: Universität Hamburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Frank Rösler, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Richard Wiese (2000-2003), Prof. Dr. Rainer Schwarting (2000-2005), DFG-data base GEPRIS