A primary aim of the Department of Biophysics since its foundation in 1968 has been to understand in physiochemical terms the molecular mechanism by which muscles produce force. Muscle contraction involves the cyclic interaction of the proteins myosin and actin, often pictured as the rowing of the myosin and actin filaments past each other, using the hydrolysis of ATP as a source of energy. [mehr]

Der gegenwärtige Arbeitsschwerpunkt dieser Emeritusgruppe ist die funktionelle Anatomie von Schaltkreisen in der Großhirnrinde, welche einfachen Verhaltensweisen zugrunde liegen (z.B. decision making). Die Gruppe arbeitet daran, eine kortikale Säule in silico, also am Computer, zu rekonstruieren. [mehr]