The researcher will use the prestigious grant to investigate how microorganisms reactivate their metabolism after prolonged dormancy.

LMU researchers have shown that specific ion channels enable rapid transmission of calcium signals to chloroplasts and strengthen the defense response to recurring stress.

The distribution of mitochondrial DNA–containing nucleoids is essential for mitochondrial function and genome inheritance; however, no known mechanisms can explain nucleoid segregation or their regula...

Clearance of arrested nascent polypeptides resulting from ribosomal stalling is essential for proteostasis. Stalled endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-bound ribosomes are marked by ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (...

Clearance of arrested nascent polypeptides resulting from ribosomal stalling is essential for proteostasis. Stalled endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-bound ribosomes are marked by ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (...

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is not static but undergoes a regulated ‘life cycle’ that encompasses replication, maintenance, spatial distribution and turnover. Here, we update emerging mtDNA degradative ...

Conference "Molecular Biology of Plants" - Annual meeting of the Section Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology in the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG)

Mitochondrial research and genome maintenance at Ludwig-Maximilians-University.

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Published online: 27 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41594-026-01756-0Kroczek et al show that degradation of DNAJC15 by OMA1 and AFG3L2 under stress limits mitochondrial protein import and OXPHOS biogenesis. Non-imported proteins lead to the induction of the unfolded protein responses from the endoplasmic reticulum.

Protein engineering is limited by the inefficient search through a high-dimensional sequence space to find combinations of synergistic mutations. Traditional approaches use stepwise mutation stacking,...

Sequencing of marine sediments finds 136 newly identified Heimdallarchaeia and several novel lineages, and indicates that Heimdallarchaeia evolved distinct metabolic capabilities from other Asgar...

The emergence of a chemical system capable of self-replication and evolution is a critical event in the origin of life. RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but their large size and structural ...

Plants close their stomata to block pathogen entry, but how this defence is supported at the organelle level remains unclear. Our study reveals that immune signalling promotes MIRO1-dependent mitochon...

LMU biologists decipher the ionome of chloroplasts and create the foundations for new biotech strategies.