Researchers at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy take an active part in the following research programs of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG):

Collaborative Research Centres (SFB)

• SFB 796: “Reprogramming of host cells by microbial effectors”
• SFB 953: “Synthetic Carbon Allotropes”

Research Units

• FOR 1878: “funCOS – Functional Molecular Structures on Complex Oxide Surfaces (funCOS)”

Research Training Groups

• 1910: “Medicinal Chemistry of Selective GPCR Ligands”
• GRK 1962: “Dynamic Interactions at Biological Membranes”
• GRK 1896: “In-Situ Microscopy with Electrons, X-rays and Scanning Probes”

Former Collaborative Research Centres

• SFB 583: “Redox-Active Metal Complexes: Control of Reactivity via Molecular Architecture” (expired in 2012)
  
• SFB 473: “Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation” (expired in 2015)

Former Research Training Groups

• 1071: “Viruses of the Immune System”
• 1161: “Disperse Systems for Electronic Applications”