Speaker
Prof. Dr.
Veit Hornung
Chair of Immunobiochemistry, Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Cluster for Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies
NUCLEATE Cluster unites researchers in RNA and DNA biology, gene regulation, structural and chemical biology, bioengineering, computation and translational medicine.
Our shared mission: to advance the full spectrum of nucleic acid research – from fundamental mechanisms to next generation nucleic-acid based therapeutics.
Speaker
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Immunobiochemistry, Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Dr.
Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Director
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
TUM School of Medicine and Health
Technische Universität München
Speaker
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Molecular Infection Biology II, Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
“NUCLEATE reflects our shared ambition to drive fundamental research and unite disciplines in building an internationally leading center for nucleic acid science and technologies.”
Steering Committee
Prof. Dr. Dr.
Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Director
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
TUM School of Medicine and Health
Technische Universität München
Steering Committee
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Biochemistry, Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Steering Committee
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Immunobiochemistry, Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Steering Committee
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Structural Biology, Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum, Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging and Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Steering Committee
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Biomolecular NMR-Spectroscopy, Director, Institute of Structural Biology and Bavarian NMR Center, Department of Bioscience, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Head of Helmholtz Molecular Targets & Therapeutics Center
Technische Universität München and Helmholtz Munich
Steering Committee
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Molecular Infection Biology II, Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
“With NUCLEATE, we are empowering the next generation of nucleic acid scientists.”
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Cellular Biochemistry, Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Affiliated Group
Dr.
Research Group Leader "RNA Splicing Mechanisms", Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Affiliated Group
Dr.
Research Group Leader "mRNA Translation in Human Immunity", Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Director Department Cell and Virus Structure
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Ethics in Medicine and Health Technologies, Institute of History and Ethics in Medicine, TUM School of Medicine and Health
Technische Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Epigenetics and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Biomedical Center and Department Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Director Department Structural Cell Biology
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Professor of Biomolecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Center for Functional Protein Assemblies, TUM School of Natural Sciences
Technische Universität München
Principal Investigator
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Dr.
Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Director
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
TUM School of Medicine and Health
Technische Universität München
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Professor for Microbial Interactions, Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Biochemistry I, Theodor Boveri Institute, Biocenter, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Professor of Gene Editing, TUM Center for Organoid Systems and Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I, TUM School of Medicine and Health
TUM Universitätsklinikum
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Theodor Boveri Institute, Biocenter, Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Biomedical Center and Institute for Immunology, Faculty of Medicine
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Organic Chemistry I, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Biochemistry, Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Principal Investigator
Speaker
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Immunobiochemistry, Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Independent Research Group Leader, Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Translational Genomics
Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Helmholtz Zentrum München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Structural Biology, Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum, Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging and Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Biochemistry and RNA Biology, Theodor Boveri Institute, Biocenter, Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Molecular Vascular Medicine, Director, Institute of Molecular Vascular Medicine, TUM School of Medicine and Health
TUM Universitätsklinikum
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Research group leader, Institute of Computational Biology, Computational Health Center
Helmholtz Zentrum München
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Department of Medicine I, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Drug Delivery, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Regenerative Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease, Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I, TUM School of Medicine and Health
TUM Universitätsklinikum
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Professor of Viral Immunopathology, Institute of Virology, TUM School of Medicine and Health
Technische Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Virology, Director, Institute of Virology, TUM School of Medicine and Health
Technische Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Molecular Oncology and Functional Genomics, Director, Institute of Molecular Oncology and Functional Genomics, TUM School of Medicine and Health
TUM Universitätsklinikum
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Organic and Biological Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Professor Single Cell Analysis, Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Group Leader, Helmholtz Institute of RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI)
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and Helmholtz Institut für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI)
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Biomolecular NMR-Spectroscopy, Director, Institute of Structural Biology and Bavarian NMR Center, Department of Bioscience, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Head of Helmholtz Molecular Targets & Therapeutics Center
Technische Universität München and Helmholtz Munich
Principal Investigator
Speaker
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Molecular Infection Biology II, Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Biomedical Center and Department of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Cellular Biochemistry, Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Director Department of Totipotency
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems, Director, Institute of Computational Biology and Department of Mathematics, TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology
Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Director Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells
Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Molecular Infection Biology I, Director Institute of Molecular Infection Biology and Director, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and Helmholtz Institut für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI)
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Theodor Boveri Institute, Biocenter, Faculty of Biology
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Bioinformatics II, Theodor Boveri Institute, Biocenter, Faculty of Biology
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Professor of Tanslational Genomics, Institute of Translational Genomics, Computational Health Center
Helmholtz Zentrum München
Associated Investigator
Prof. Dr.
Chair of Machine Biophotonics, Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum, Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging, Faculty of Medicine
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
“NUCLEATE will lay the foundation for a new generation of therapeutics.”
Science and Education
The NUCLEATE Cluster for Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies provides a unique environment to study, research and lead in one of the most dynamic fields of modern life sciences.
Find out how NUCLEATE is shaping research, training, and collaboration in nucleic acid science.
Participating Universities & Partners
Successful science thrives on cooperation and collaboration. We are part of a vital and innovative research community.
By collaborating with leading partners such as Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, NUCLEATE offers researchers access to a unique network exploring nucleic acids across life and therapy.
