Succesfull interdisciplinary training of graduates

After a successful evaluation the Graduiertenkolleg 1591 (GRK 1591) “Post-transcriptional control of gene expression: mechanisms and role in pathogenesis” was recently funded for a second period of 4.5 years by the German Research Council (DFG). The new period, with a financial support of 4.5 million euros, starts in October 2014. The GRK 1591 includes twelve different groups from the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry organized in three sections (molecular mechanisms, human diseases and plant physiology and immunity). The main focus of the GRK 1591 is the interdisciplinary training of graduates in biochemistry and cell biology. The IPB participates in the GRK 1591 with the project “The role of natural antisense long non-coding RNAs in plants”, directed by Dr. Selma Gago Zachert from the Molecular Signal Processing Department.