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 Research Programmes Nuclear Safety and Cancer Research in the Helmholtz-Association. 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 (see recent 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

Head
Name	Bld./Office	+49 351 260	Email
Fahmy Prof. Dr., Karim	801/P301	2952 3601	k.fahmyhzdr.de
Employees
Name	Bld./Office	+49 351 260	Email
Tsushima Prof. Dr., Satoru	801/P302	2978	s.tsushimahzdr.de
Other employees
Name	Bld./Office	+49 351 260	Email
Leßmann, Elisabeth	542/134	3734 2193	e.lessmannhzdr.de