Research of the PTC Institute concerns the investigation of the microkinetics, molecular dynamics and structure of biomolecules and model systems.
Research topics focus on the investigation of chemical, biochemical and
biophysical processes in complex enviroments, described at a molecular
level. To this end, a variety of methods from modern physics, chemistry and
biochemistry are combined in an interdisciplinary setting. Some emphasis is
placed on the development of new spectroscopic and theoretical techniques that
allow one to characterize complex systems and the underlying fundamental
processes with increasing precision.
The PTC Institute currently hosts the following research groups:
AK Prisner: Electron paramagnetic
resonance (EPR) spectroscopy
AK
Wachtveitl: Time resolved molecular spectroscopy
AK Burghardt:
Theoretical chemistry of complex systems
AK
Schäfer: Computational biophysical chemistry (Emmy Noether fellow)
AK
Brutschy (Emr.): Mass Spectrometry and Laser Spectroscopy of
Biomolecules
The PTC Institute is connected to various research initiatives at the Goethe
University, including the Collaborative Research Center "Transport and
Communication across Biological Membranes" (SFB 807), the Collaborative
Research Center "Molecular Principles of RNA-Based Regulation" (SFB 902), the
Cluster of Excellence "Macromolecular Complexes" (CEF), the Center for
Membrane Proteomics
(CMP) and the Center for
Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance
(BMRZ).
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