Research of the consortium “Environmental Chemicals and Cellular Stress Responses” investigates how acute and chronic exposure to environmental chemicals affects eukaryotic cells and intercellular communication. The interdisciplinary consortium brings together eight research groups with complementary expertise in cell biology, immunology, toxicology, molecular biology, microbiology and polymer and analytical chemistry. Our research aims to identify signaling pathways, cellular stress responses and changes in intercellular communication across different cellular contexts, thereby advancing our understanding of how environmental stressors perturb cellular homeostasis and function. 

Members of the consortium: 

Prof. Julia von Maltzahn www.b-tu.de/fg-stammzellbiologie-des-alters

Prof. Kristin Schubert www.b-tu.de/fg-zellbiologie

Prof. Manuela Rossol www.b-tu.de/fg-molekulare-immunologie

Prof. Anja Worrich www.b-tu.de/fg-mikrobiologie

Prof. Johannes Hohlbein https://www.b-tu.de/fg-biosensorik

Prof. Axel Neffe www.b-tu.de/fg-organische-chemie-polymere

Prof. Ruben Rosencrantz www.iap.fraunhofer.de/de/Forschungsbereiche/Life_Science_und_Bioprozesse/biofunktionalisierte_materialien_und_glykobiotechnologie.html

Prof. Jörg Acker www.b-tu.de/fg-physikalische-chemie