MOLIFE Research Center - Molecular Life Science Research Center

The Molecular Life Science Center (MOLIFE Center) studies subjects including the structure, behavior and function of vital bio-molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids, regulation of gene expression, the activity and mechanisms of cells, and the theoretical description and modeling of biological structures, mechanisms and processes. Research at the molecular level plays a central role in all disciplines of modern life sciences. For the first time, a mechanistic understanding of the phenomenon of life in all its facets is within reach. Molecular Life Science provide essential contributions in Molecular Medicine, Energy and Sustainable Development, Culture and Philosophy, Public Responsibility and Society.

MoLife research approaches major challenges as defined by Jacobs University:

  • Health: study of drug targets, establish bio-assays, test compounds in drug development, tissue engineering
  • Water and food: food components, nutrition, and the microbiological contamination of water
  • Energy and materials: nanobiomaterials, biofuels, bioengineered products

See also the Molecular Life Science Graduate Program (MSc/PhD) at Jacobs University Bremen: http://ses.jacobs-university.de/ses/molife/

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   *NEWS *                                     MOLIFE Center                                     *NEWS*  

From 18 to 29 of June 2012  30 partidipants from all over Europe and the US will join a short course for marine bioinformatics organised by Prof. Dr. Frank Oliver Glöckner (Jacobs University Bremen) and Prof. Dr. Jennifer Biddle (School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, USA). They will be trained by international experts and enjoy living two weeks together on the Jacobs campus. The course is co-financed by the European Commission and the National Science Foundation (NSF)

*Towards solving the plantkon paradox 
Nutrient supply after algal bloom determines the succession of the bacterial populations in the North Sea (Helgoland Roads). The collaborative study was performed by Prof. Dr. Frank Oliver Glöckner from Jacobs University, as well as researcher form the Max-Planck-Institute Bremen, The Alfred Wegener Institute for Marine and Polar Research and the University of Greifswald and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

*Screening for Alzheimer's drugs in tandem
A simple assay based on sequential enzymatic reactions and a fluorescent sensor to discover new Alzheimer's disease drugs was developed by Werner Nau's team (MOLIFE Center of Jacobs University Bremen) and Yu Liu at Nankai University, China.

* RHO-PRO Rhododendron Project: 
The MOLIFE Research Center announces its new center-based research project RHO-PRO as a cooperation of the laboratories of Prof. Klaudia Brix, Prof. Dr. Matthias Ullrich, and Prof. Dr. Nikolai Kuhnert. RHO-PRO aims at the identification and characterization of bio-active secondary metabolites from Rhododendron plants. Cell biologists, natural chemistry researchers, and molecular microbiologists cooperate on this with the laboratory of the evolutionary geneticist, Prof. Dr. Dirk Albach (University of Oldenburg), and the Stiftung Bremer Rhododendron Park.

* Gordon Research Conference on Proteolytic Enzymes & Their Inhibitors - Klaudia Brix & James Whisstock - 17-22 June 2012 - Il Ciocco, Italy & NEW Gordon Research Seminar - Sheena Mc Gowan - 16-17 June 2012.

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