Bioactive materials for drug delivery and tissue regeneration

Structure, function, and design of antimicrobial peptides; Structure and function of lipid nanoparticles (LNP); Design of LNPs; Composition, structure, and mechanical properties of bacterial membranes

Multidimensional analytics and diagnostics in cross-linked smart systems; Human sensory perception and physiological metabolism

Microencapsulation of environmentally friendly crop protection products and bioactive ingredients for feed additives; Enzymatic synthesis of precursors of pharmaceutical compounds; Molecular communication

Proteomics-based profiling techniques; Analytical and statistical techniques for complex data profiling; Polyphenol–protein reactions

GMP-compliant production of new Investigational Medicinal Products and APIs for clinical trials

Photopharmacology; Chemical biology; Organic and photochemistry

Inhibitors of protein-protein interactions; Antiviral peptides

Polymer-based nano systems for the transport of active agents including biopharmaceutical analysis methods

Transport mechanisms for endogenous molecules and drugs; Drug-drug interactions; Metabolomics; Medication safety; Personalized medicine

Extracellular vesicles in infection and inflammation

Targeted and untargeted proteomics; Proteinmodification; Sugar degradation

Metabolomics; Endogenous substrates for transport proteins; LC-MS based quantification of small molecules in body fluids and/or tissue

Freeze drying (lyophylization); Formulation strategies for proteins (ADCs), peptides, and vaccines; Manufacturing science and scale-up

Selective ligands for G-protein coupled receptors

Approaches to studying and controlling signalling in the the nervous system

Advanced synthesis methods and their application in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology

Translational imaging of interaction and information integration of analgesics and food items in the brain

Transport proteins for endogenous substances and drugs; Cell models (single and multiple transfectants) for the analysis of protein-mediated transport processes and studies on the role of transport proteins in pathological processes

Odor perception and chemocommunication

Function of cardial and neuronal ion channels; Transgenic mouse models

Identification, analytics, and characterization of human biomarkers and risk markers including metabolomics, metabolism, and transport of endogenous substances and drugs; Drug safety

Identification of new targets and inhibitors for tumor therapy

Plant-based natural products and protein engineering

Molecular principles of food bioactivity and functionality

Development of selective radioligands for preclinical multimodal imaging in vivo

Toxicological assays and untargeted metabolomics for the assessment of hazardous substances

Bioinformatics (structure, dynamics and interactions of biomolecules)

Bacterial extracellular vesicles; Antimicrobial resistance; Interkingdom interaction studies

Interactions of multifunctional ligands with G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs)

Development of temporally and spatially light-controllable proteasome inhibitors as new anti-cancer drugs; Functional characterization of light-controllable kinase inhibitors as new anti-cancer drugs

Immunopeptidome of food proteins and allergenes; Gastrointestinal digestion of proteins; Allergic sensitization by food proteins/food processing