B CUBE Research Groups

B CUBE research groups are thematically situated along the scientific dimensions Biomimetic Materials, BioNano Tools and BioProspecting also examining interdisciplinary issues. The center currently consists of five professorships and two BMBF-funded junior research groups.

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Research Topics

BioProspecting

Identification and systematic cataloging of natural phenomena which answer unmet technological needs. A "Database of Natural Phenomena" results from the selection, description and categorization of the investigated animal or plant species of interest in terms of bionics or biomimetics.

BioNano Tools

Development and application of methods to characterize biological structures and systems at the molecular level. In addition, the investigated biomolecular machines themselves are envisioned to be optimized towards their application as novel nanotools in synthetic environments.

Biomimetic Materials

Design and synthesis of novel technical material systems based on fundamental building blocks that supersede those found in nature and that exhibit properties that exceed those of conventional technologies. This type of biomimicry not only takes the end product into account, but also the processes to achieve it.

B CUBE research groups

Molecular Transport in Cell Biology and Nanotechnology
Stefan Diez

Biomineralization and Bio-enabled Materials Synthesis
Nils Kröger

Micro- and Nano-Biosystems
Mariana Medina-Sánchez

Chitin-based Biological Materials and Biomineralization
Yael Politi

Bottom-up Synthetic Biology
James Sáenz

Molecular Biophysics: Conformational Dynamics of Biomolecules
Michael Schlierf

Bioresponsive Materials
Yixin Zhang

Multi-Scale Analysis
Igor Zlotnikov