Uni-Tübingen

Collaborative Research Centers

The Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs) bring together experts to work on long-term interdisciplinary projects. CRCs are funded by the German Research Foundation.

Collaborative Research Centers at the University of Tübingen

Different Aesthetics (CRC 1391)

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Annette Gerok-Reiter, Institute of German Language and Literature

Duration: July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2027

Homepage of the "Different Aesthetcics" CRC

Robust Vision – Inference Principles and Neural Mechanisms (CRC 1233)

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Matthias Bethge, Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Institute for Theoretical Physics

Duration: January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2028

Homepage of the "Robust Vision" CRC 

Molecular Encoding of Specificity in Plant Processes (CRC 1101)

Sppkesperson: Prof. Dr. Klaus Harter, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP)

Duration: April 1, 2014 to December 31, 2025

Homepage of the "Molecular Encoding of Specificity" CRC

ResourceCultures (CRC 1070)

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Martin Bartelheim, Institute of Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology

Duration: October 1, 2013 to June 30, 2025

Homepage of the "ResourceCultures" CRC

Collaborative Research Centers with a Tübingen principal investigator

Negation in Language and Beyond (CRC 1629)

Spokesperson's university:  Universität Frankfurt

Tübingen Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Barbara Kaup, Psychology – Language and Cognition

Duration: April 1, 2024 through December 31, 2027

Homepage of the “Negation” CRC

Decoding and Targeting Mechanisms of Neuroblastoma Evolution (CRC 1588)

Spokesperson's university: Humboldt University, Berlin

Tübingen Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Johannes Schulte, University Hospital Tübingen - Paediatrics

Duration: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027

Homepage of the “Decoding and Targeting Mechanisms of Neuroblastoma Evolution” CRC

4f for Future (CRC 1573)

Spokesperson's university: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Michael Seitz, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry

Duration: January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026

Homepage of the "4f for Future" CRC

Aging at Interfaces (CRC 1506)

Spokesperson's university: Ulm University

Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Daniel Sauter, Tübingen University Hospital, Institute for Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases

Duration: January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025

Homepage of the "Aging at Interfaces" CRC

Oncogene-driven immune escape (CRC 1479)

Spokesperson's university: University of Freiburg

Tübingen Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Mathias Heikenwälder, University Hospitals - M3 Research Center

Duration: July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2025

Homepage of the “Oncogene-driven immune escape” CRC

FONDA – Foundations of Workflows for Large-Scale Scientific Data Analysis (CRC 1404)

Spokesperson's university: Humboldt University, Berlin

Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Ritter, Faculty of Medicine - Computational Neuroscience

Duration: July 1, 2020 trhough June 30, 2028

Homepage of the “FONDA” CRC

Mechanisms of Drug Sensitivity and Resistance in Small Cell Lung Cancer (CRC 1399)

Spokesperson's university: Universität of Cologne

Tübingen principal investigators: Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Rammensee and Dr. Cécile Gouttefangeas, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology

Duration: July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2027

Homepage of the "Mechanisms of Drug Sensitivity and Resistance" CRC

Molecular and Functional Characterization of Selective Autophagy (CRC 1177)

Spokesperson's university: Goethe University Frankfurt

Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Tassula Proikas-Cezanne, Institute for Cell Biology (IZB)

Duration: January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2027

Homepage of the "Selective Autophagy" CRC

Wave Phenomena: Analysis and Numerics (CRC 1173)

Spokesperson's university: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Christian Lubich, Department of Mathematics – Numerical Analysis

Duration: July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2027

Homepage of the "Wave Phenomena" CRC

Synaptic Micronetworks in Health and Disease (CRC 1089)

Spokesperson's university: University of Bonn

Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Jakob Macke, Department of Computer Science – Machine Learning in Science

Duration: October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2025

Homepage of the "Synaptic Micronetworks" CRC

Completed Collaborative Research Centers of the last five years

Threatened Orders (CRC 923)

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Mischa Meier, Institute of Ancient History

Duration: July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2023

Homepage of the "Threatened Orders" CRC

CAMPOS – Catchments as Reactors: Metabolism of Pollutants on the Landscape Scale (CRC 1253)

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Peter Grathwohl, Center for Applied Geoscience

Duration: January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021

Homepage of the "CAMPOS" CRC

The Construction of Meaning - the Dynamics and Adaptivity of Linguistic Structures (CRC 833)

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Beck, Institute of English Language and Literatures

Duration: July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2021

Homepage of the "Construction of Meaning" CRC

The Bacterial Cell Envelope: Structure, Function and Infection Interface (CRC 766)

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wohlleben, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine

Duration: July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2019

Homepage of the "The Bacterial Cell Envelope" CRC