Collaborative Research Centres

Collaborative Research Centres are long-term university-based research projects, in which researchers work together within a multidisciplinary research programme.

The main objectives of this programme are:

the realization of excellent research within the group
the development of priority areas and structural development at the applicant university
support of early career researchers and equal opportunity for women and men in research

More information can be found at: http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/coordinated_programmes/index.html

Do you intend to establish a Collaborative Research Centre? We provide assistance and support during the application phase.

Current Collaborative Research Centres

Chemistry of Synhetic Two-Dimensional Materials (CRC 1415)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Xinliang Feng, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry
- Integrated Research Training Group of CRC 1415
  Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Inez Weidinger and Dr. Thomas Brumme, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry
Invectivity – Constellations and Dynamics of Degradation (CRC 1285)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Gerd Schwerhoff, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
Correlated Magnetism: From Frustration to Topology (CRC 1143)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Matthias Vojta, Faculty of Physics
- Integrated Research Training Groupf of CRC 1143
  Spokesmen: Prof. Dr. Carsten Timm, Faculty of Physics
Volition and Cognitive Control: Mechanisms, Modulators and Dysfunctions (CRC 940)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Thomas Goschke, Faculty of Psychology
- Integrated Research Training Group: Volition: Integrated Research Training Unit (VIRTU)
  Spokesmen: Prof. Dr. Alexander Strobel and Prof. Dr. Clemens Kirschbaum, Faculty of Psychology
Development of a Method for Mechanical Joining in Versatile Process Chains (CRC/Transregio 285)
Locations: Paderborn, Dresden, Erlangen
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerson Meschut, Paderborn University
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Brosius, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Design strategies for carbon concrete structures using a minimal of material - Fundamentals for a new way of constructing (CRC/Transregio 280)
Locations: Dresden, Aachen
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Manfred Curbach, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Losing and Regaining Control over Drug Intake: From Trajectories to Mechanisms to Interventions (CRC/Transregio 265)
Locations: Berlin, Dresden, Heidelberg
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinz, Charité Berlin
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. Michael Smolka, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
Foundations of Perspicuous Software Systems (CRC/Transregio 248)
Locations: Saarbrucken, Dresden
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.‐Ing. Holger Hermanns, Saarland University
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr.‐Ing. Raimund Dachselt, Faculty of Computer Science
Nucleic Acid Immunity (CRC/Transregio 237)

Locations: Bonn, Dresden, Munich

Spokesman: Prof. Dr. med. Gunther Hartmann, University Hospital Bonn

Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. med. Axel Roers, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
The Adrenal: Central Relay in Health and Disease (CRC/Transregio 205)
Locations: Dresden, Munich, Würzburg
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Stefan Bornstein, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
Biology of xenogeneic cell, tissue and organ transplantation – from bench to bedsid (CRC/Transregio 127)
Locations: Munich, Hannover, Dresden
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Wolf, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. Stefan Bornstein, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
Thermo-energetic design of machine tools - A systemic approach to solve the conflict between power efficiency, accuracy and productivity demonstrated at the example of machining production (CRC/Transregio 96)
Locations: Dresden, Aachen, Chemnitz
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Brecher (RWTH Aachen University), Coordinating University - TU Dresden
Molecular architecture and cellular functions of lipid/protein complexes (CRC/Transregio 83)
Locations: Heidelberg, Dresden, Bonn
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Thomas Söllner, Universität Heidelberg
Spokesman in Dresden: Dr. Ünal Coskun, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
Functional biomaterials for controlling healing processes in bone and skin - from material science to clinical application (CRC/Transregio 67)
Locations: Leipzig, Dresden
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Jan-Christoph Simon, Universität Leipzig
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hofbauer, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
- Integrated Research Training Group "Matrixengineering"
  Spokeswoman: Prof. Dr. Annette Beck-Sickinger, Universität Leipzig
  Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e.V.

External Collaborative Research Centres with participation of TU Dresden

Microbiome Signatures - Functional Relevance in the Digestive Tract (CRC 1371)
Technische Universität München
Project P02 "Microbial triggers of intestinal inflammation in hosts deficient in X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein", Project P10 "Microbiota- and TLR-dependent regulation of intestinal tumor development", Prof. Dr. Sebastian Zeißig, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, CRTD
Checkpoints for Resolution of Inflammation (CRC 1181)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Project C07 "The immune-metabolic basis of the DEL-1/αvβ3 integrin-dependent induction of resolving macrophages in the resolution of inflammatory arthritis", Prof. Dr. Triantafyllos Chavakis, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
Process Chain for Manufacturing of hybrid High Performance Components by Tailored Forming (CRC 1153)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Project C04 "Modelling and simulation of joint interfaces during tailored forming", Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Wriggers, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Löhnert, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Protonation Dynamics in Protein Function (CRC 1078)
Freie Universität Berlin
Project A01 "Electron-driven protonation dynamics in cytochrome c oxidas", Prof. Dr. Joachim Heberle, FU Berlin, Prof. Dr. Inez Weidinger, TUD Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry
Physical Modeling of Non-Equilibrium Processes in Biological Systems (CRC 1027)
Universität des Saarlandes
Project A08 "Motor-driven Transport of Intracellular Cargo: Cooperativity and Control", Prof. Dr. Ludger Santen, Universität des Saarlandes, Prof. Dr. Stefan Diez, TUD B-CUBE – Center for Molecular Bioengineering
Regeneration of complex capital goods (CRC 871)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Project C05 "Prediction of Crack Growth and Fatigue Strength of Repaired Components", Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Löhnert, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Mobile Material Characterization and Localization by Electromagnetic Sensing (CRC/Transregio 196)
Universität Duisburg-Essen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Project S05 "Real-Time Massive MIMO THz Computing Architecture", Prof. Dr.–Ing. Diana Göhringer, Faculty of Computer Science
Manufacturing of Complex Functional Components with Variants by Using a New Sheet Metal Forming Process - Sheet-Bulk Metal Forming - (CRC/Transregio 73)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Teilprojekt C02 "Prediction of eigenstresses and fatigue strength of sheet-bulk metal forming parts", Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Löhnert, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Wriggers, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover

Finished Collaborative Research Centres

HAEC - Highly Adaptive Energy Efficient Computing (CRC 912)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Fettweis, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Transcendence and common sense (CRC 804)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Hans Vorländer, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
- Integrated Research Training Group of CRC 804
  Spokesman: Prof. Dr. phil. Gerd Schwerhoff
Cells into tissues: Stem cell and progenitor commitment and interactions during tissue formation (CRC 655)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. med. Gerhard Ehninger, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
Textile-Reinforced Composite Components for Function-Integrating Multi-Material Design in Complex Lightweight Applications (CRC 639)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Werner Hufenbach, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Integrated Research Training Group of CRC 639
  Spokesman: Prof. Volker Ulbricht, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Electromagnetic Flow Control in Metallurgy, Crystal-Growth and Electro-Chemistry (CRC 609)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Stefan Odenbach, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Institutionality and Historicism (CRC 537)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Gert Melville, Faculty of Philosophy
Textil reinforcements for structural strengthening and repair (CRC 528)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Curbach, Faculty of Civil Engineering
- Transfer Centre "Textil reinforcements for structural strengthening and repair" (CRC 528)
Rare-Earth Transition-Metal Compounds: Structure, Magnetism and Transport (CRC 463)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Clemens Laubschat, Faculty of Physics
Materials for Tissue Regeneration in Systemically Diseased Bones (CRC/Transregio 79)
Locations: Gießen, Dresden, Heidelberg
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. med Christin Heiß, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. Michael Gelinsky, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
PT-PIESA - High-Volume Production-Compatible Production Technologies for Lightmetal and Fiber Composite-Based Components with Integrated Piezo Sensors and Actuators (CRC/Transregio 39)
Locations: Chemnitz, Dresden, Erlangen
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Welf-Guntram Drossel, Technische Universität Chemnitz;
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Niels Modler, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Membrane Microdomains and their Role in Human Disease (CRC/Transregio 13)
Locations: Regensburg, Heidelberg, Dresden
Spokeswoman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. Ruth Strasser, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus