Contact

Prof. Dr. Frauke Melchior
Spokesperson of the Research Council in FoF 1
Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 282
69120 Heidelberg
Phone +49 6221 54-6804
f.melchior@zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de

Governance

The Research Council will serve in an advisory capacity in integrating new instruments for networking interdisciplinary research as well as advancing junior researchers and adjusting them to the various disciplinary cultures.

Research Council:
Field of Focus 1

Non-university Partners

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

Excellence Initiative

Interdisciplinary dialogue is an essential component of the university’s Institutional Strategy, “Heidelberg: Realising the Potential of a Comprehensive University”, which proved successful in the Excellence Initiative.

In the first funding phase of the Excellence Initiative, four main areas of research, the Fields of Focus, have emerged on which interdisciplinary research cooperation will concentrate.

Institutional Strategy

Excellence Initiative

Further fields of focus

Structure and pattern formation in the material world

Cultural dynamics in globalised worlds

Self-regulation and regulation: individuals and organisations

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Field of Focus 1: Molecular and Cellular Basis of Life

Biochemie Zentrum 250x125 The molecular life sciences in Heidelberg represent a research focus of the university and its non-university partners that enjoys particularly high national and international visibility. The close collaboration between medicine and basic research in molecular and cell biology constitutes one of the greatest strengths of Heidelberg University. The main scientific objective of this Field of Focus is to understand the molecular mechanisms of physiological and pathological functions within the organismal context.

Research conducted at the Faculty of Biosciences focuses on molecular and cell biology, while the Medical Faculties in Heidelberg and Mannheim investigate infectious and cardiovascular diseases, translational cancer research, transplantation therapy and immunotherapy, and the neurosciences. The university's ties to the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), and the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research have created a unique centre of its kind in continental Europe.