Who has successfully applied for Exploration Grants?

Listed below are grantees with the institutions at which they were conducting research upon submitting their applications.

2023

• Johannes Broichhagen – Leibniz Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin
  "Selective protein labelling with synthetic molecules engaging in minimal tag size“
• Jan Meisner – University of Düsseldorf
  “Computational investigation of surface-catalyzed origins of life”
• Alexandra Stolz – Goethe University Frankfurt
  „Identification of small molecules for modulation of selective autophagy
• Jakob Franke – Leibniz University Hannover
  “CLOGS: Development of CRISPR-based localized gene silencing in plants”
• Johannes Brendel – University of Jena
  „Injectable supramolecular polymer fiber networks as artificial cell scaffold”
• Mark Gresnigt – Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena
  „Deciphering macrophage cell death induced by the fungal hyphal morphology and how this sacrifice directs antifungal defense“
• Andreas Gruber – University of Konstanz
  „Exploiting gene expression changes to pinpoint disease-associated genomic variants using REACTIVE”
• Alexander Soutschek – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München
  „Modulating neural representations of subjective value with temporal inference stimulation“
• Oliver Thorn-Seshold – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München
  “Superfluorophores: high-performance fluorophores for single molecule superresolution imaging”
• Jan Philipp Wagner – University of Tübingen
  „Radical mediated activation of molecular hydrogen: Application towards prebiotic carbohydrate formation”

2022

• Maike Frye – University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
  "Novel biosensor tools to study the interplay of matrix stiffness changes and endothelial function in vascular disease"
• Terrance Hadlington –  Technichal University Munich (TUM)
  "Accessing Poly-DiPhospene networks as inorganic conjugated polymers for catalysis and drug delivery"
• Müge Kasanmascheff – Technical University of Dortmund
  "Development of a small, rigid and photoactivable spin label for in cell studies"
• Hajo Kries – Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena
  "Cas9-mRNA display as a new tool for building DNA-templated enzyme cascades (CASPLAY)"
• Christian Roßner – Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden
  "Toward point-of-action diagnostics: Consistent colorimetric biosensing with plasmonic nanoparticles"
• Bernd Schmidt – University of Düsseldorf
  "Catalytic modifications in a supramolecular nanocage and interplay with molecular glue"
• Peter 't Hart – Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund
  "Dithiolane modified cyclic peptides with intrinsic cell permeability"
• Christopher Teskey – RWTH Aachen
  "Expedient synthesis of unnatural amino acids via catalytic arene activation"
• Oliver Thorn-Seshold – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
  "High-resolution enzyme activity imaging: repurposing molecular photoswitches as diagnostic tools"
• Manuel van Gemmeren – University of Kiel
  "Development of palladium-catalysts for the direct C(sp3)-H activation and functionalization of sulfonamides"

2021

• Matteo Bergami – University Hospital Cologne
  "Synaptic innervation of organ-specific cancer cells and its role in tumor progression"
• Bork Berghoff –  University of Giessen
  "Multiple targeting of antibiotic resistance genes with synthetic small RNAs"
• Urs Braun – Central Institute for Mental Health, Mannheim
  "Recurrent neural networks as preclinical models of cognitive dysfunction"
• Dorian Didier – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
  "Enabling cross-coupling reactions via NIR-photocatalysis"
• Urs Gellrich – University of Giessen
  "Three-dimensional coordination frameworks of Frustrated Lewis Pairs for reversible hydrogen and CO2 activation and storage"
• Thomas Grünewald – German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
  "Dissecting and targeting the metaboic hallmarks of pediatric cancer"
• Alexander Hahn – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen
  "Foamy virus host factors"
• Robert Kretschmer – University of Jena
  "Dinuclear aluminium and gallium diyls as supports for transition metals"
• Jürgen Lassak – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
  "Genetic code expansion by beta-amino acids"
• Christian Sindlinger – University of Göttingen
  "Augmenting Frustrated Lewis-Pair reactivity by anti-aromaticity as a driving force"
• Tomohisa Toda – Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Dresden
  "Exploring nuclear architectural RNA in the long-term epigenetic regulation of neural identity"
• Peng Wu – Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund
  "Small molecules modulate the RNA-binding protein-mediated degradation of mRNA"

2020

• Guoliang Cui – German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
  "Social Isolation inhibits protective immunity"
• Robert Göstl –  DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen
  "Nanoscale fractography of polymer nanocomposite interfaces with super-resolution microscopy"
• Lutz Greb – University of Heidelberg
  "Supramolecular encapsulation for p-block element-mediated bond activation and catalysis in water"
• Ute Hellmich – University of Mainz
  "Structure and function of a unique human and parasitic lysosomal TRP ion channel domain"
• Sebastian Henke – Technichal University of Dortmund
  "Ion conduction in metal-organic framework glasses - a new class of solid electrolytes"
• Christian Hering-Junghans – Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Rostock
  "Synthetic strategies towards phospha-polyurethanes"
• Kirill Monakhov – Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Leipzig
  "Bioinspired "DNA-Polyoxometalate-on-a-surface" materials for nanoelectronic applications"

2019

• Tobias Beck – RWTH Aachen
  "Engineering rod-shaped protein containers for imaging and therapy"
• Christine Beemelmanns – Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena
  "Engineering NRP-PKS-hybrid enzymes for the production of Gamma-Amino acids and unique natural products (ENGINA)"
• Josep Cornella Costa – Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mühlheim
  "Practical and direct incorporation of SF₅ into Heteroaromatics"
• Mafalda Escobar-Henriques – University of Cologne
  A novel form of ubiquitin controlling protein homeostasis and stress resistance"
• Matthias Feige – Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  "Chemoenzymatic synthesis of highly bioactive polyketides using polyketide synthase biocatalysis"
• Inga Hänelt – Goethe University Frankfurt
  "Social bacteria: Fundamentals of bacterial electrical signaling by the K⁺ channel YugO"
• Frank Hahn – University of Bayreuth
  "Chemoenzymatic synthesis of highly bioactive polyketides using polyketide synthase biocatalysis"
• Felicitas Lips – University of Münster
  "Synthesis and reactivity of homocyclic silylenes"
• Christian Löw –  EMBL Hamburg
  "Uncovering the iron-responsive gene and protein network in malaria parasites using structural systems biology"
• Dominik Munz – Saarland University, Saarbrücken
  "Carbenes as organic building blocks for photochemistry"

2018

• Miguel Alejandre Alcázar – University Hospital Cologne
  "Linking overactive perinatal adipose tissue and premature pulmonary aging"
• Björn Busse –  University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
  "The African turquoise Killifish (N. furzeri) as unique short-lived vertebrate model to study skeletal maturation and aging"
• Frederik Damm – Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  "Identification of patterns of phylogenetic evolution in patients with myelofibrosis"
• Ivana Fleischer – University of Tübingen
  "Selective reduction of thioesters to aldehydes"
• Michael Giese – University of Duisburg-Essen
  "Self-assembly in confined spaces – a tool for responsive photonic materials"
• Jesko Köhnke – Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Saarbrücken
  "Natural products as inhibitors of horizontal gene transfer"
• René Königs – RWTH Aachen
  "Catalytic C-N coupling reactions with fluorinated azides"
• Steffen Lemke – University of Heidelberg
  "Passive versus active trans-epithelial stem cell migration in flies"
• Pierre Stallforth – Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena
  "Identification of microbially produced amoebicides (IMPA)"
• Eike Steinmann –  University of Bochum
  "Characterization of the natural compound silvestrol as novel hepatitis E virus inhibitor (AntiHepE)"