Department of Biophysics

Research

The Biophysics Department conducts interdisciplinary research at the interface of biomolecular function, physical chemistry and radiochemistry. The activities contribute to the Helmholtz Research Programmes Nuclear Safety and Cancer Research in the Helmholtz-Association. We are member of the Cluster of Excellence "Physics of Life" (PoL) in Dresden. 

We are particularly interested in:

• structural and dynamic aspects of biomembranes
• conformational transitions in membrane proteins
• interactions between (radio)metals and biomolecules
• effects of metals and radionuclides on the metabolism of microorganisms (Televised MDR report)

Education

The Biophysics department participates in the Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering (DIGS-BB) supported by the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments.

Practicals on Molecular Spectroscopy and Calorimetry are offered. The following lectures are held at the technische Universität Dresden and are elgible for the Master Specialization "Soft Condensed Matter and Biological Physics":

• Biological Thermodynamics (English, summer semester)
• Biophysical Methods (German, winter semester)

Seminar lectures  for the International BIOTEC-Master Programme,

• Vibrational Spectroscopy (English)
• Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy (English)

Experimental Methods

• Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
• Circular dichroism
• Static and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy
• Calorimetry
• Mass-Spectroscopy

Spectroscopic data are evaluated in combination with Density Functional Theory to understand photochemoical and photophysical properties of organic complexes of actinides

Staff

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Head
Name	Bld./Office	+49 351 260	Email
Prof. Dr. Karim Fahmy	801/P301	2952 3601	k.fahmyhzdr.de
Employees
Name	Bld./Office	+49 351 260	Email
Daniel Dornbusch	801/P303	3375	d.dornbuschhzdr.de
Dr. Charlotte Kielar	801/P303	3247	c.kielarhzdr.de
Lisa Nucke	801/P303	3375	l.nuckehzdr.de
Dr. Jana Oertel	801/P301	2911 3570	j.oertel@hzdr.de
Jenny Philipp	801/P303	3247 3568	j.philipphzdr.de
Dr. Ahmed Moustafa Taha Sayed	801/P303	3247	a.sayedhzdr.de
Prof. Dr. Satoru Tsushima	801/P302	2978	s.tsushimahzdr.de