Institute of Biochemistry
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Welcome on the website of the Institute for Biochemistry in the Medical Faculty of the Justus-Liebig-Universtity in Giessen.
The Biochemical Institute is located on the northeast flank of the Medical Campus of the Justus Liebig University and can look back on a successful 80-year history. After its completion in the late 1920s as the "most beautiful physiological institute in Germany", it served as a research institute for the disciplines of physiology, physiological chemistry, anatomy, pharmacy and pharmacology and can therefore be described as one of the first medical research centers on German soil. Renowned institute directors, such as Prof. Robert Feulgen or Prof. Hansjürgen Staudinger, made the institute known beyond the borders of the university city through their research. The discovery of nucleic acid staining, the lipid class of plasmalogens or the first cell fractionation can be traced back to research work carried out by members of the Biochemical Institute in the 1930s and 1940s.
Research at the Institute of Biochemistry focuses on the analysis of molecular mechanisms of cellular signal transduction, gene expression and rare diseases. Our research also focuses on autoimmune diseases, lung tumors, inflammatory mediators in the tumor secretome, cell senescence and RNA viruses. We also investigate mechanisms of gene regulation and post-transcriptional mRNA regulation in mammalian cells. Research groups from the Institute are also integrated into several research networks that deal with aspects of heart and lung research. In the field of academic teaching, the Institute of Biochemistry offers a wide range of lectures, seminars and practical courses for students of medicine and dentistry and participates in specific programs of international graduate education as well as in the Master's program “Biology”. The internationally and interdisciplinary networked institute also houses the core facility “Proteomics”.
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Institute for Biochemistry
Friedrichstrasse 24
35392 Giessen
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