Main Fields of Research:

Biology

• Pflant research with a molecular, biochemical, phylogenetic/systematic, or ecological orientation
• Neurobiology/behavior, behavior and learning processes of humans and other animals
• Biodiversity and ecology, ecosystems
• Organismic research in zoology and botany
• Genome-based evolution and biodiversity
• Molecular basic research of genes, proteins,  including their three-dimensional structure
• Membranes and membrane interfacial processes and their control of central life processes such as learning and memory in animals and plants

Chemistry

• Biochemistry and relationship to pharmacy
• Supramolecular architectures at biological interfaces
• Molecular research, stereoselective and macromolecular synthesis
• Biomedical research, medical biochemistry, and structural biochemistry
• Nanoscale functional materials, nanotechnology
• Function and chemical reactivity

Pharmacy

• Innovative active agents of synthetic and natural origin and innovative delivery systems for drugs
• Computer-aided drug design
• Pharmaceutical analysis and bioanalysis
• Reconstruction of human organs for alternatives to animal testing in biomedical research and systems biological pharmacometrics
• Nanoscale systems for drug delivery and their toxicological properties
• Health research

Involvement in Multidisciplinary Research Areas:

• Fundamentals of biomedicine
• Human-environment interaction
• Health and quality of life
• Materials research
• Complex systems