Groups in the research area Epigenetics and RNA Biology focus their research on:
- the Design and Development of Programmable Chemical Probes that can bind specific RNA sequences for the selective release of fluorescent reporters or drugs within cells (Goldeck),
- the functional consequences of RNA Editing Mechanisms (Jantsch),
- functional and evolutionary long- and short-term Dynamics of Mobile Genetic Elements (Miller),
- Chromatin Dynamics during the Aging process (Pusch),
- the Biology of Mitochondrial RNA Processing enzymes (Rossmanith),
- the Impact of RNA Modifications on RNA stability and function (Schaefer),
- the role of HDACs in the Control of Cellular Identity (Seiser),
- (Epi)transcriptomic changes in Inflammation and Host-Microbiome Crosstalk (Vesely/Gawish),
- the influence of Specific RNA modifications on tRNA Structure and Function (Vilardo),
- the Epigenetic Reprogramming of Cellular Potency in early embryogenesis and stem cell biology (Wossidlo/Arand)