Research groups
Source: https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups Parent: https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/teaching-at-cos-heidelberg/phd-studies?overlay=menu
The Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg provides a vibrant research environment for more than 250 scientists organized in 25 departments and research groups. Our work centers around organismal biology and spans all biological kingdoms, imploying a rich spectrum of methods and approaches from all life science disciplines.
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[Cell Signalling
Prof. Sergio Acebrón](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/cell-signalling)
Sergio Acebrón
Cell signalling
Our research focuses on how somatic and stem cells integrate extracellular signals to modulate their fate. The architecture, homeostasis and function ...
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[Animal Evolution
Prof. Detlev Arendt](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/animal-evolution)
Detlev Arendt
Animal evolution
We are intrigued by one of the great remaining mysteries in animal evolution: how did our central nervous system (CNS) come into existence? What did i...
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[Stem Cell Niche Heterogeneity
Dr. Josephine Bageritz](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/stem-cell-niche-heterogeneity)
Josephine Bageritz
Stem Cell Niche Heterogeneity
Our research focuses on the heterogeneity of stem cell niches. Specifically, we want to understand how differences in muscle stem cells within one tis...
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[Clonal analysis of post-embryonic stem cells
Prof. Lazaro Centanin](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/clonal-analysis-of-post-embryonic-stem-cells)
Lazaro Centanin
Clonal Analysis of post-embryonic Stem Cells
My lab is interested in understanding stem cells, a fascinating type of cell that can self-renew and is responsible to generate once and again the ce...
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[Evolutionary Cell Biology
Prof. Yasin Dagdas](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/evolutionary-cell-biology)
Yasin Dagdas
Evolutionary Cell Biology
Our long-term objective is to unravel the molecular mechanisms of cellular quality control that enable eukaryotic organisms to survive and thrive acro...
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[Chronobiologie
Prof. Nick Foulkes](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/circadian-clock-biology)
Nicholas Foulkes
Circadian Clock Biology
Using fish as a model system to study the vertebrate circadian clock.
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[Light Signaling and Cell Biology
Dr. Kasper van Gelderen](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/light-signaling-and-cell-biology)
Dr. Kasper van Gelderen
Light Signaling and Cell Biology
We investigate cell-biological aspects of plant light signaling; How photoreceptor complexes are organized in the nucleus and how the plant shoot can ...
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[Developmental Physiology
Prof. Thomas Greb](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/developmental-physiology)
Thomas Greb
Developmental Physiology
Radial growth of plant shoots and roots is essential for the formation of wood and of large plant bodies, and thus for the creation of biomass on eart...
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[Plant Molecular Biology
Prof. Rüdiger Hell](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/molecular-biology-of-plants)
Rüdiger Hell
Plant Molecular Biology
The Department of Molecular Biology of Plants investigates the mechanisms of metabolic homeostasis in plants that controls growth in relation to devel...
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[Evolutionary Neurobiology
Prof. Gáspár Jékely](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/gaspar-jekely)
Gáspár Jékely
Evolutionary Neurobiology
We reconstruct and study whole-body neural circuits in marine invertebrate larvae to understand the control of movements and the evolution of nervous ...
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[Biodiversity and Plant systematics
Prof. Marcus Koch](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/biodiversity-and-plant-systematics)
Marcus Koch
Biodiversity and Plant Systematics
Evolutionary and biodiversity research in our department is focusing on levels of biological variation varying from molecules to landscapes with a foc...
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[Developmental Biology
Prof. Ingrid Lohmann](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/developmental-biology)
Ingrid Lohmann
Developmental Biology
Current research in my lab is based on an integrated approach of advanced genomic, genetic, molecular, and biochemical methods together with extensiv...
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[Stem Cell Biology
Prof. Jan Lohmann](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/stammzellbiologie)
Jan Lohmann
Stem Cell Biology
The Stem Cell Biology department focuses on the mechanisms that regulate the identity, number and division activity of plant stem cells. We pursue an ...
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[Cell and developmental biology
Prof. Alexis Maizel](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/cell-and-developmental-biology)
Alexis Maizel
Cell and Developmental biology
How does the genetic information encoded in the DNA reliably lead to a specific organismal shape? The laboratory is interested in understanding morpho...
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[Zytoskelett, Zellteilung und Signaltransduktion
Prof. Gislene Pereira](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/cytoskeleton-cell-division-and-signalling)
Gislene Pereira
Cytoskeleton, Cell Division and Signalling
Accurate chromosome segregation depends upon the precise coordination of mitotic events and on safeguard mechanisms, such as the spindle assembly and ...
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[Developmental Genomics
Juniorprof. Lauren Saunders](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/agsaunders)
Lauren Saunders
Developmental Genomics
Our group is interested in understanding the interplay between a cell's developmental history, function, and its flexibility to change. We are working...
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[Zellbiologie
Prof. Karin Schumacher](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/cell-biology)
Karin Schumacher
Cell Biology
Due to their sessile lifestyle, plants need to efficiently adapt their metabolic and developmental program to changing and often unfavourable environm...
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[Physiology and Symbiosis
Prof. Gilles Storelli](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/physiology-and-symbiosis)
Gilles Storelli
Physiology and Symbiosis
We use genetically tractable symbiotic systems to understand how gut bacteria influence animal physiology and metabolism.
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[Glykobiologie
Prof. Sabine Strahl](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/glycobiology)
Sabine Strahl
Glycobiology
Glycosylation is one of the most abundant and complex protein modifications known. In many biological systems more than half of all proteins are glyco...
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[Biological Data Science
Juniorprof. Britta Velten](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/biological-data-science)
Britta Velten
Biological Data Science
Our group works at the interface of data science, machine learning and the life sciences with the aim to develop the computational tools and statistic...
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[Developmental Biology/Physiology
Prof. Jochen Wittbrodt](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/JochenWittbrodt)
Jochen Wittbrodt
Developmental Biology/Physiology
Jochen Wittbrodt is a Principal Investigator in the Excellence Cluster 3D Matter Made to Order and a member of the Graduate School HBIGS. Our work is ...
Former research groups
- [Universität Hohenheim
### Prof. Steffen Lemke](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/morphogenesis-and-the-evolution-of-form) - [Universität Bern
### Prof. Michael Raissig](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/former-research-groups/prof-michael-raissig) - ### All former research groups
- [Plant Molecular Physiology
### Thomas Rausch](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/node/3/research-groups/plant-molecular-physiology) - [Developmental Neurobiology
### Elisabeth G. Pollerberg](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/senior-and-retired-professors/developmental-neurobiology) - ### Senior and retired professors
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