20 million euros for biological research

Two Collaborative Research Centres are being prolonged. WWU - Robert Matzke Two Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) at the University of Münster in the field of biology are being prolonged: the German Research Foundation is providing a total of around 20 million euros in funding for the interdisciplinary projects "Dynamic cellular interfaces: formation and function" and "A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction". CRC 1348: "Dynamic cellular interfaces: formation and function" Interfaces on which cells can establish contact with one another have a decisive importance in the formation and function of tissues and complex organisms. CRC 1348, which has been running since 2018, deals with the dynamics of cellular interfaces, with an interdisciplinary team of researchers investigating the formation and function of these structures. An exact time control of the cellular differentiation and its precise spatial integration in the organism require constant communication via cellular contact points. "These processes enable correct development and tissue homeostasis to take place," says Dr. Stefan Luschnig from the Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology, "and they are essential for appropriate reactions to any disfunction, for example in wound healing or in inflammation processes. This means that our research represents a fundamental basis of cellular and developmental biology, as well as of biomedicine." The CRC comprises 24 researchers from the faculties of Biology, Chemistry and Medicine at the University of Münster - collaborating intensively with the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Biomedicine.