Three New EU Projects with Universität Hamburg Researchers

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari The significance of research at Universität Hamburg is also clear in its mission statement-here on the University's Main Building: To Research, To Teach, To Educate and Form. The structure-function dynamic of proteins, the cultural history of artificial cooling, and new methods for analyzing Buddhist texts: the European Research Council is funding 3 new projects through its ERC Synergy Grants. Three researchers from Universität Hamburg are taking part. The well-funded grants support outstanding research groups in the European Union. The funded researchers and their teams will work on innovative research issues while also cooperating with various scientific institutions. The project groups will bundle their different skills, knowledge, and resources in an innovative way to tackle research questions together. Funding can amount to up to €15 million and be granted for a duration of up to 6 years. University president Hauke Heekeren: -Universität Hamburg-University of Excellence stands for outstanding research and the Universität Hamburg researchers involved in the 3 new EU projects are carrying the banner. These extraordinary researchers and their outstanding scientific achievements and projects in top-level research have now been duly recognized with these ERC Synergy Grants-among the most prestigious scientific grants offered by the European Research Council. I congratulate all of the recipients on this success, which underscores Universität Hamburg's thematic spectrum. Arwen Pearson and Dr. Irene Fernandez-Cuesta: Time-Resolved Imaging of Membrane Transporter Dynamics under Physiological Ionic Gradients (GRAIL). The cells of all living systems interact permanently with their environment. But what happens exactly when proteins do their work?