BRAMKAMP LAB
Understanding how Prokaryotic Cells Organise in Space and Time
RESEARCH
PROJECTS
Our laboratory is dedicated to deciphering the molecular mechanisms responsible for the spatio-temporal arrange-ment of biochemical processes and to understanding how life ultimately arises from a variety of biochemical reactions.
MORPHOGENESIS
MEMBRANE
DYNAMICS
ANTIBIOTICS
CHROMOSOME
ORGANIZATION
ADVANCED
IMAGING
PHAGE BIOLOGY
OUR LAB
Bacterial cells show a remarkably complex subcellular organization.
Although, most bacteria lack sophisticated endomembrane systems they employ various mechanisms to ensure precise spatio-temporal organization of the diverse cellular processes.
We use advanced imaging methods including single-molecule localization microscopy to study cellular structures with nanometer resolution. Our research ultimately aims at understanding how the precise organization of biochemical reactions leads from chemistry to life.
Our lab was established in 2006 at the University of Cologne. After several years being Professor of Microbiology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU) Prof. Marc Bramkamp followed a call to the
Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel in 2019, where he is chair of microbial biochemistry and cell biology and
head of the bioimaging facility (https://www.biologie.uni-kiel.de/zm/de/).
NEWS
New bacterial species discovered in the intestine
Researchers from MPI-EB Plön and Kiel University hope that the newly described species will provide a better understanding of the evolution of the genus Bacteroides as part of a healthy microbiota.
Molecular powerhouse of the cell division motor
Interdisciplinary research teams from the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry and the Institute of General Microbiology at Kiel University show that dynamic proteins can deform the cell membrane of bacterial cells and thus initiate cell division.
Last line of defense: How bacterial populations are protected against viral infections
A research team from Kiel University describes how a bacterial dynamin protein is involved in a previously unknown protective mechanism against bacteriophage infections.
How proteins regulate the outer envelope of
bacterial cells
Research team in Kiel has identified the involvement of so-called flotillin proteins in the fluidization of bacterial cell membranes.
Previously unknown mode of bacterial growth discovered
Research teams from Kiel University’s Microbiology and the Universities of Amsterdam and Munich use imaging and modelling to explain why single bacterial cells do not always grow exponentially.
New piece of the puzzle in the architecture of life
Kiel research team investigates previously-unknown reproduction mechanism in the biotech-relevant bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum.
Prof. Dr. Marc Bramkamp
Chair of Microbial Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Institute of General Microbiology
Kiel University
Biocenter - Am Botanischen Garten 1-9
D-24118 Kiel
Germany
Email: bramkamp@ifam.uni-kiel.de
Phone: +49 (0)431 880 4341
Room: 119
SECRETARY
Dagmar Haacks
Chair of Microbial Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Institute of General Microbiology
Kiel University
Biocenter - Am Botanischen Garten 1-9
D-24118 Kiel
Germany
Email: dhaacks@ifam.uni-kiel.de
Phone: +49 (0)431 880 4330
Fax: +49 (0)431 880 2194
Room: 114a
BRAMKAMP
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