DFG Research Units

A Research Unit funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) is made up of a team of outstanding researchers of the university, partly in cooperation with scientists and scholars of other institutions, working together on an intensive, medium-term research project (generally for six years). Research Units often contribute to establishing new research directions.

Title	Spokesperson/Institute
FOR 529 The Enlightenment in the context of modern esotericism	Prof. Dr. Michael Bergunder Department of History of Religions and Mission Studies
FOR 577 Synaptic Inhibition: Molecular Determinants of Inhibitory Neurons within Defined Networks	Prof. Dr. Andreas Draguhn Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology
FOR 643 Information Processing in the Olfactory System	Prof. Dr. Stephan Frings Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg (COS), Molecular Physiology
FOR 668 Dated Speleothems: Archives of the Paleoenvironment	Prof. Dr. Augusto Mangini Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Radiometric Age Determination of Water and Sediments c/o Institute of Environmental Physics
FOR 723 Functional Renormalization Group for Correlated Fermion Systems	Prof. Dr. Manfred Salmhofer Institute for Theoretical Physics
FOR 763 Natural Halogenation Processes in the Environment - Atmosphere and Soil	Prof. Dr. Heinz-Friedrich Schöler Institute of Earth Sciences
FOR 1036 Mechanisms, Functions and Evolution of Wnt-signaling Pathways	Prof. Dr. Herbert Steinbeisser Department of Human Molecular Genetics
FOR 1202 Mechanisms of Persistance of Hepatotropic Viruses	Prof. Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager Department of Human Molecular Genetics
FOR 1332 Physiological functions of the APP Gene Family in the Central Nervous System	Prof. Dr. Ulrike Müller Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB)

Clinical Research Units	Spokesperson/Institute
KFO 214 Heavy ion therapy in radiation oncology	Prof. Dr. Oliver Jäkel Heidelberg Ion Radiation Therapy Centre
KFO 227 Colorectal cancer: from primary tumor progression towards metastases	Prof. Dr. Markus W. Büchler Heidelberg University Surgical Hospital

Research Conducted within External Units	Spokesperson/Institute
FOR 570 Algebraic cycles and L-functions sub-project 4: "Homotopy- invariant arithmetic schemata"	Prof. Dr. Guido Kings Regensburg University Faculty of Mathematics sub-project 4 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Alexander Schmidt Mathematical Institute
FOR 596 Monies, Markets, and Finance in China and East Asia, 1600-1900: Local, Regional, National, and International Dimensions sub-project 11: "Issues in the History of Transport Systems, the Environment and Mint Metal Shipments in Qing China"	Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Vogel University of Tübingen Institute for Asia and the Orient sub-project 11 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Barbara Mittler Institute of Chinese Studies
FOR 630 Biological Function of Organometallic Compounds sub-project: "Testing of Active Agents and Identification of Targets for Novel Organometallic Compounds and Preclinical Evaluation for a Therapy of Malign Diseases in Childhood"	Prof. Dr. Nils Metzler-Nolte Bochum University Fakulty of Chemistry and Biochemistry sub-project (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Stefan Wölfl Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology
FOR 655 Setting Priorities in Medicine: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis within the Context of the German Statutory Health Insurance sub-project C1: "Prioritisiation Criteria from a Legal Perspective: Interdependency and Specification"	Prof. Dr. Eckhard Nagel Bayreuth University Institute for Medical Management and Health Sciences sub-project C1 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dannecker Faculty of Law
FOR 703 Rift Dynamics, Uplift and Climate Change in Equatorial Africa sub-project B2: "Low-temperature thermochronology, uplift and denudation history of the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda"	Prof. Dr. Georg Rümpker Goethe University Frankfurt Section of Geophysics sub-project B2 (Heidelberg): PD Dr. Ulrich Glasmacher Institute of Earth Sciences
FOR 718 Analysis and Stochastics in Complex Physical Systems sub-project 2: "Systems with Many Degrees of Freedom: Probabilistic and Constructive Field Theory Methods"	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang König Leipzig University Institute for Mathematics sub-project 2 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Manfred Salmhofer Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP)
FOR 759 The formation of Planets - the Critical First Growth Phase sub-project A1: "Thermal Annealing of Silicates in Protoplanetary Disks - Laboratory Data and Modelling" sub-project A3: "Initial conditions of the Birthplaces of Planets" sub-project C2: "Modeling the Evolution of the Dust Population in Protoplanetary Disks"	Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kley University of Tübingen Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics sub-project A1 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Dominique Lattard Institute of Earth Sciences sub-project A3 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Ralf Klessen, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics sub-project C2 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Cornelis Dullemond Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics
FOR 760 Scattering Systems with Complex Dynamics sub-project 7: "Semiclassical Limit for Bose-Einstein Condensate Dynamics"	Prof. Dr. Roland Ketzmerick Dresden University of Technology Institute of Theoretical Physics sub-project 7 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Markus Oberthaler Kirchhoff Institute for Physics Dr. Sandro Wimberger Institut for Theoretical Physics
FOR 831 Dynamic Capillary Fringes - A Multidisciplinary Approach sub-project 2: "Numerical Methods for the Accurate and Efficient Simulation of Multiphase Multicomponent Reactive Flow in the Capillary Fringe"	Prof. Dr. Josef U. Winter Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institute for Engineering Biology and Biotechnology of Waste Water sub-project 2 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Peter Bastian Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)
FOR 855 Cytoplasmic Regulation of Gene Expression sub-project : "Functional Analysis of the Exon Junction Complex in RNA Surveillance"	Prof. Dr. Elmar Wahle Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology sub-project (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Andreas Kulozik Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology Dr. Niels H. Gehring Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit
FOR 964 Calcium Signalling via Protein Phosphorylation in Plant Model Cell Types during Environmental Stress Adaption Teilprojekt 8: "Intracellular Ca2+-uptake and its Contribution to Signalling"	Prof. Dr. Jörg Kudla University of Münster Working Group Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology of Plants sub-project 8 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Karin Schumacher Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg (COS)
FOR 967 Functions and Mechanisms of Ribosomal Tunnel Exit Ligands (RTeLs) sub-project 2: "Functional Analysis of Enzymes Involved in the Co-translational Modification of Nascent Chains" sub-project 8: "Structure and Function of YidC and Homologous Membrane Proteins"	Prof. Dr. Richard Zimmermann Saarland University Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology sub-project 2 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Bernd Bukau Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) sub-project 8 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Irmgard Sinning Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH)
FOR 1041 Germ Cell Potential sub-project 9: "Follow-up of Pregnancies Established After In Vitro Maturation and Consecutive IVF"	Prof. Dr.Jörg Gromoll University Hospital Münster Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology sub-project 9 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Thomas Strowitzki University of Heidelberg Women's Hospital, Gynecological Endocrinology
FOR 1061 Dynamic Storage Functions of Plant Vacuoles During Cold and Osmotic Stress sub-project 2: "The Role of Vacuolar Sugar Transporters During Key Processes in Plant Development and Stress Response" sub-project 4: Defining the Role of the Two Vacuolar Proton-Pumps During Stress Responses	Prof. Dr. Ekkehard Neuhaus Technical University of Kaiserslautern Faculty of Biology sub-project 2 (Heidelberg): PD Dr. Michael Büttner Centre for Organismal STudies Heidelberg (COS) sub-project 4 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Karin Schumacher Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg (COS)
FOR 1082 Biochemistry and Biological Function of Dnmt2 Methyltransferases sub-project 3: "RNA-Substrate Specificity of Dnmt2"	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nellen University of Kassel Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics sub-project 3 (Heidelberg): PD Dr. Mark Helm Pharmaceutical Chemistry
FOR 1095 Stratospheric Change and its Role for Climate Prediction (SHARP) sub-project 2: "How is the Evolution of Stratospheric Ozone Affected by Climate Change, and How Strong is the Feedback? (SHARP-OFC)"	Prof. Dr. Ulrike Langematz Freie Universität Berlin Institute of Meteorology sub-project 2 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Klaus Pfeilsticker Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP)
FOR 1228 Molecular Pathogenesis of Myofibrillar Myopathies sub-project : "The Coassembly Mechanism of Muscle-specific Intermediate Filament Proteins and the Impact of Human Disease Mutations on the Formation of Filaments and Their Integration into the Cytoskeleton of Myocytes"	Prof. Dr. Rolf Schröder University Hospital Erlangen Institute of Neuropathology sub-project (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Harald Herrmann-Lerdon Helmholtz Professorship Cell Biology DKFZ
FOR 1410 Contextualized Decision Making sub-project 4: "Decision Quality as a Function of the Amount of Information: Myths and Facts about Intuitive Decision Making" sub-project 8: "The influence of repeated and split information on court decisions"	Prof. Dr. Herbert Bless University of Mannheim Fakulty of Social Sciences sub-project 4 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Klaus Fiedler Institute of Psychology sub-project 8 (Heidelberg): Dr. Christian Unkelbach Institute of Psychology
FOR 1700 Metallic Nanowires on the Atomic Scale: Electronic and Vibrational Coupling in Real World Systems sub-project E 3: "Surface Optical Spectroscopy of Phonon and Electron Excitations in Quasi One-dimensional Metallic Nanostructures"	Prof. Dr. Herbert Pfnür Leibniz University Hannover Institute for Solid-State Physics sub-project E 3 (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr. Annemarie Pucci Kirchhoff Institute for Physics
FOR 1789 Intermolecular and Interatomic Coulombic Decay sub-project 5: "Interatomic Coulombic Decay Following the Resonant Auger Effect"	Prof. Dr. Reinhard Dörner Goethe University Frankfurt Institute for Nuclear Physics sub-project 5 (Heidelberg): Dr. Kirill Gokhberg Institute for Physical Chemistry
FOR 1805 Ribosome Dynamics in Regulation of Speed and Accuracy of Translation sup-project 8: "Coordination of Translation and Assembly of Protein Complexes"	Prof. Dr. Zoya Ignatova Potsdam University Institute for Biochemistry and Biology sub-project 8 (Heidelberg): Dr. Günter Kramer Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH)

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