The department "Genome Analysis" is responsible for sequencing and analyzing the human genome and disease-causing pathogens. Only a portion of the genome sequences code the genes. The other genome segments are responsible for regulating the genes. Researchers in the work group "Epigenetic Regulation Mechanisms" are investigating the mechanisms that turn genes on and off.
Scientists in the department "Gene Regulation and Differentiation" are studying how the genes and their gene products interact with one another and what sort of networks they form. The work group "Systems Biology" focuses on explaining the complex connections between the cell networks using mathematical models.
But, of course, interaction not only takes place inside the cell, but also between disease-causing pathogens and their hosts. How these interactions can be controlled to the benefit of the patient (host) is being studied by the department "Molecular Immunology".
