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Priority Programme Deciphering the mRNP code: RNA-bound Determinants of Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation (SPP 1935)
Termin:
07.10.2015
Fördergeber:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
The Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has established the Priority Programme "Deciphering the mRNP code: RNA-bound Determinants of Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation" (SPP 1935) which is intended to run for six years. This call invites proposals for the first three-year funding period.
Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) interact with trans-acting factors, including proteins and various non-coding RNAs, at all stages of their life. Since there are many mRNA-interacting factors and each mRNA encodes a particular protein, the resulting ribonucleoprotein particle (mRNPs) is unique in its composition. The composition of each mRNP is important because this "mRNP code" is believed to control the fate and function of each individual mRNA in every cell. As many of the mRNP-associated factors become recruited, re-organised and released according to specific needs in the mRNA's life cycle, the code is highly dynamic and reflects the functional status of each mRNA.
It is the goal of this Priority Programme to "decipher the mRNP code" of eukaryotes. We aim to achieve this goal by bringing together researchers from disciplines as diverse as systems biology, biochemistry, structural biology and bioinformatics to develop and apply methods allowing insight into the composition of mRNPs, how they are assembled and remodelled and how they function in specific cellular settings of gene expression.
Projects to be funded within this programme include:
- the systematic identification of binding sites of mRNA-binding proteins (mRBPs) and high throughput analysis of mRNP complexes to study the formation and function(s) of mRNPs
- the analysis of mechanistic and functional aspects of mRNP assembly, remodelling and disassembly
- the analysis of mRNA binding protein function during gene expression within the context of a complex mRNP, and
- the development of new techniques enabling mRNP analysis
Ideally, more than one of the abovementioned research directions are covered in the proposed projects. PIs are also expected to have previous experience in the field of mRNP analysis.
The highly demanding analysis of mRNPs often requires collaborative projects to tackle complex biological questions or to analyse large amounts of data. We therefore encourage researchers to submit tandem/interdisciplinary project with PIs from different but complementary disciplines. Such projects could combine for example bioinformatics and systems biology or biochemistry, structural biology and functional biochemistry etc.
Contact:
Professor Dr. Utz Fischer,
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg,
phone +49 931 31-84029,
e-mail: utz.fischer@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
Privatdozent Dr. Niels Gehring,
Universität zu Köln,
phone +49 221 470-3873,
e-mail: ngehring@uni-koeln.de
Further Information:
http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/info_wissenschaft_15_27/index.html
Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) interact with trans-acting factors, including proteins and various non-coding RNAs, at all stages of their life. Since there are many mRNA-interacting factors and each mRNA encodes a particular protein, the resulting ribonucleoprotein particle (mRNPs) is unique in its composition. The composition of each mRNP is important because this "mRNP code" is believed to control the fate and function of each individual mRNA in every cell. As many of the mRNP-associated factors become recruited, re-organised and released according to specific needs in the mRNA's life cycle, the code is highly dynamic and reflects the functional status of each mRNA.
It is the goal of this Priority Programme to "decipher the mRNP code" of eukaryotes. We aim to achieve this goal by bringing together researchers from disciplines as diverse as systems biology, biochemistry, structural biology and bioinformatics to develop and apply methods allowing insight into the composition of mRNPs, how they are assembled and remodelled and how they function in specific cellular settings of gene expression.
Projects to be funded within this programme include:
- the systematic identification of binding sites of mRNA-binding proteins (mRBPs) and high throughput analysis of mRNP complexes to study the formation and function(s) of mRNPs
- the analysis of mechanistic and functional aspects of mRNP assembly, remodelling and disassembly
- the analysis of mRNA binding protein function during gene expression within the context of a complex mRNP, and
- the development of new techniques enabling mRNP analysis
Ideally, more than one of the abovementioned research directions are covered in the proposed projects. PIs are also expected to have previous experience in the field of mRNP analysis.
The highly demanding analysis of mRNPs often requires collaborative projects to tackle complex biological questions or to analyse large amounts of data. We therefore encourage researchers to submit tandem/interdisciplinary project with PIs from different but complementary disciplines. Such projects could combine for example bioinformatics and systems biology or biochemistry, structural biology and functional biochemistry etc.
Contact:
Professor Dr. Utz Fischer,
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg,
phone +49 931 31-84029,
e-mail: utz.fischer@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
Privatdozent Dr. Niels Gehring,
Universität zu Köln,
phone +49 221 470-3873,
e-mail: ngehring@uni-koeln.de
Further Information:
http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/info_wissenschaft_15_27/index.html