Collaborative Research Centers (SFB)
Here you will find an overview of all Collaborative Research Centers the Technical University of Munich is involved in.
What are Collaborative Research Centers?
- Collaborative Research Centers (CRC; short SFB for german ‘Sonderforschungsbereich’) are university research projects which are funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), generally for a period of up to 12 years.
- Transregional Collaborative Research Centers (referred to as TRR) are created when two or three universities apply for funding and jointly steer the research project.
- Sub-projects of other universities or research institutes may be involved.
- Collaborative Research Centers provide a platform for conducting complex, long-term research.
- In particular, they support the professional development of young scientists, promoting cooperation across different disciplines, fields of specialization, institutes and faculties.
- These collaborative alliances strengthen the academic relationships between universities and other research institutes.
For further information about Collaboration Research Centers, please consult the website of the DFG.
11 Collaborative Research Centers coordinated by TUM
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Matthias Rief (Chair of Biophysics at the Physics Department)
Funding: since 2010
Website: www.sfb863.de
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Claus Schwechheimer (Chair of Plant Systems Biology at the TUM School of Life Sciences)
Funding: since 2011
Website: sfb924.wzw.tum.de
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchner (Chair of Biotechnology at the Chemistry Department)
Funding: since 2012
Website: www.sfb1035.tum.de
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Elisa Resconi (Chair of Experimental Physics with Cosmic Particles at the Physics Department)
Funding: since 2017
Website: http://www.sfb1258.de/
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Roland M. Schmid (Department of Internal Medicine II)
Funding: since 2018
Website: www.sfb1321.med.tum.de/en
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Ruland (Chair of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry at the Department of Medicine)
Funding: since 2018
Website: https://sfb1335.med.tum.de/en
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dirk Haller (Chair of Nutrition and Immunology at the TUM School of Life Sciences)
Funding: since 2019
Website: http://www.sfb1371.tum.de/
Speaker: Professor Dr. Stefan Engelhardt (Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Department of Medicine)
Funding: since 2019
Website: https://cardiovascular-ncrna.de/
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mikael Simons (Chair of Molecular Neurobiology at the Department of Medicine)
Funding: since January 2020
Website: https://www.sfb274.de/en
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach (Chair of Organic Chemistry I at the Chemistry Department)
Funding: since July 2021
Website: https://www.department.ch.tum.de/en/oc1/research/crc-325/
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dirk Busch (Chair of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene at the Department of Medicine)
Funding: since July 2021
Collaborative Research Centers with TUM participation
TRR 80: From Electronic Correlations to Functionality
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Philipp Gegenwart (University of Augsburg)
Co-speaker: Prof. Dr. Christian Pfleiderer (Technical University of Munich)
Funding: since 2010
TRR 89: Invasive Computing
Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Teich (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Co-speaker: Prof. Dr. Andreas Herkersdorf (Technical University of Munich)
Funding: since 2010
TRR 109: Discretisation in Geometry and Dynamics
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alexander Bobenko (Technische Universität Berlin)
Co-speaker: Prof. Dr. Folkmar Bornemann (Technical University of Munich)
Funding: since 2012
TRR 110: Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ulf Meißner Rheinische (University of Bonn)
Funding: since 2012
TRR 128: Initiating/Effector versus Regulatory Mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis - Progress towards Tackling the Disease
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Heinz Wiendl (University of Münster)
Funding: since 2012
TRR 179: Determinants and dynamics of elimination versus persistence of hepatitis virus infection
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager (Heidelberg University)
Co-speaker: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Protzer (Technical University of Munich)
Funding: since 2016
TRR 235: Emergence of life: exploring mechanisms with cross-disciplinary experiments
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dieter Braun (LMU Munich)
Co-speaker: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Gerland (Technical University of Munich)
Funding: since 2018
TRR 277: Additive Manufacturing in Construction. The Challenge of Large Scale
Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Kloft (TU Braunschweig)
Co-Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Gehlen (Technical University of Munich)
Funding: since 2020
TRR 333: Brown and Beige Fat – Organ Crosstalk, Signaling and Energetics (BATenergy)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Pfeifer (University of Bonn)
Co-Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nina Henriette Uhlenhaut (Technical University of Munich)
Funding: starting 2022
SFB 814: Additive Manufacturing
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dietmar Drummer (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Funding: since 2011
SFB 870: Assembly and Function of Neuronal Circuits in Sensory Processing
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Benedikt Grothe (LMU Munich)
Funding: since 2010
SFB 1032: Nanoagents for Spatio-temporal Control of Molecular and Cellular Reactions
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Joachim Rädler (LMU Munich)
Funding : since 2012
SFB 1054: Control and Plasticity of Cell-Fate Decisions in the Immune System
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Brocker (LMU Munich)
Funding: since 2013
SFB 1064: Chromatin Dynamics
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Peter Burkhard Becker (LMU Munich)
Funding : since 2013
SFB 1123: Atherosclerosis: Mechanisms and Networks of Novel Therapeutic Targets
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christian Weber (LMU Munich)
Funding: since 2014
SFB 1277: Emergent Relativistic Effects in Condensed Matter: From Fundamental Aspects to Electronic Functionalitytät
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Klaus Richter (Universität Regensburg)
Funding: since 2017
SFB 1309: Chemical Biology of Epigenetic Modifications
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell (LMU Munich)
Funding: since 2018
SFB 1320: EASE – Everyday Activity Science and Engineering
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Beetz (University of Bremen)
Funding: since 2017
SFB 1330: Hearing Acoustics: Perceptual Principles, Algorithms and Applications
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Volker Hohmann (Oldenburg University)
Funding: since 2018
SFB 1340: In vivo Visualization of Extracellular Matrix Pathology „Matrix in Vision“
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bernd Hamm (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Funding: since 2018
SFB 1366: Vascular Control of Organ Function
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hellmut G. Augustin (Heidelberg University)
Funding: since 2019
SFB 1415: Chemistry of Synthetic Two-Dimensional Materials
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Xinliang Feng (TU Dresden)
Funding: since 2020
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Belzig (University of Konstanz)
Funding: since 2021
SFB 1441: Tracking the Active Site in Heterogeneous Catalysis for Emission Control (TrackAct)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Funding: since 2021
SFB 1483: Empathokinaesthetic Sensor Technology – Sensor Techniques and Data Analysis Methods for Empathokinaesthetic Modeling and Condition monitoring (EmpkinS)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Martin Vossiek (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Funding: since 2021
TRR 127: Biology of Xenogeneic Cell and Organ Transplantation – From Bench to Bedside
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Wolf (LMU Munich)
Funding: since 2012
TRR 152: TRiPs to Homeostasis: Maintenance of Body Homeostasis by Transient Receptor Potential Channel Modules
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Gudermann (LMU Munich)
Funding: since 2014
TRR 165: Waves to Weather
Speaker: Prof. Dr. George Craig (LMU Munich)
Funding: since 2015
TRR 174: Spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial cells
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Martin Thanbichler (University of Marburg)
Funding: since 2017
TRR 205: The Adrenal: Central Relay in Health and Disease
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Stefan R. Bornstein (TU Dresden)
Funding: since 2017
TRR 237: Nucleic Acid Immunity
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Gunther Hartmann (University of Bonn)
Funding: since 2018