Junior Research Groups

Qualified young researchers have the opportunity to qualify for a university professorship over a period of six years by leading a junior research group on their own responsibility.

Current Projects

• Adaptive-innate lymphocyte crosstalk - mechanisms, functions and consequences
  Prof. Dr. Georg Gasteiger – Faculty of Medicine / Chair of Systems Immunology II

• More than meets the eye: Untersuchungen zur Integration, Funktion und Beeinträchtigung der Verarbeitung von direktem Blickkontakt
  Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anne Böckler-Raettig – Faculty of Human Sciences / Department of Psychology III

• Hormonal regulation of metabolism
  Dr. Grzegorz Sumara – Rudolf Virchow Center / DFG Center for Experimental Biomedicine

• MYC-dependent Coordination of RNA polymerase activitities during ribosome biogenesis and cell growth
  Dr. Elmar Wolf – Biocenter / Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• Encoding a time-compensated sun compass
  Dr. Basil EL Jundi – Biocenter / Chair of Zoology II

• Ecology and evolution of cooperative fungiculture in beatles
  Dr. Peter Biedermann – Biocenter / Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology

• Elucidating specifcity and mechanism of the ubiquitination machinery
  Dr. Sonja Gisela Lorenz – Rudolf Virchow Center / DFG Center for Experimental Biomedicine

• Studies on the role of microtubule and actin filament regulatory proteins in megakaryo and thrombopoiesis
  Dr. Markus Bender – Universitätsklinikum Würzburg / Rudolf Virchow Center / Chair of Experimental Biomedicine

The program supports highly qualified young oncologists in the establishment of an independent working group and the further development of their scientific careers.

• Engineering von ROR1-CAR modifizierten T Zellen für die adoptive Immuntherapie von ROR1+ Tumoren
  Dr. Michael Hudecek – Universitätsklini­kum Würzburg / Medizini­sche Klinik und Poliklinik II

In order to promote outstanding research, the University of Würzburg has launched the Excellent Ideas program in each of its Faculties, offering junior researchers the opportunity to kick-start their academic careers in an esteemed research environment. Junior researchers, who have already gained experience in an international environment and have made a contribution to the international research community in their field while in a postdoctoral position, will intensify their research activities and take over more responsibility in the context of a dynamic junior research group.

For an initial period of up to 5 years, JMU provides support for a total of 13 junior research groups across the whole range of disciplines covered by the University. For this program, the university has identified cutting-edge fields of research in all of its faculties. Junior researchers will contribute to the program with their own innovative approach to research in one of these fields.

• "Fluorescent probes for high-end microscopy"
  Dr. Hans Michael Maric
   
• "Chemistry of Molecular Nanosystems"
  Dr. Prince Ravat
   
• "The Coptic Magical Papyri: Vernacular Religion in Late Antique Egypt"
  Dr. Korshi Dosoo
   
• "Computer Linguistics / Using machine learning for semantic text analysis"
  Dr. Annemarie Friedrich
   
• "Kognitive Kontrolle im Kontext von Stress und Gesundheit"
  Dr. Andre Pittig
   
• "Social and Legal Implications of Artificial Intelligence"
  Dr. David Roth-Isigkeit