TUM Center for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA)
Innovations for Health and Sustainability
The CPA allows scientists from different research groups investigating protein function and interaction with the overall goal to understand how functional properties of proteins emerge. With state-of-the-art technologies, CPA Central facilities offer new opportunities to gain unprecedented knowledge of protein interactions over a wide variety of interdisciplinary research fields.
CPA - Our Vision
By integrating the key disciplines of modern biosciences under one roof, the CPA overcomes conventional disciplinary restrictions and methodological boundaries. It targets the formulation of new research perspectives. The CPA serves as an incubator for multifunctional teams that think outside traditional scientific and technical disciplines and thus jointly develop solutions for the complex issues of the life sciences. This stimulating atmosphere gives rise to new project ideas directly to be implemented immediately without any hierarchical hurdles.
CPA - Our Mission
CPA Scientists study specific protein interactions and the underlying microscopic operating mechanisms. This complements other centers of system biology with a focus on gene expression regulation. Through a comprehensive and unique combination of interdisciplinary basic research with application-oriented aspects, the CPA teams identify protein mechanisms that lead to emergent functions.
News
The Sommer Semester CPA Seminar Series started! (Fridays, 2pm - CPA EG.006)
Special Talk by Prof. Justin Benesch, University of Oxford, on July 16th, 3pm (CPA Conference room): "Weighing up protein interactions: mass measurement to quantity protein assembly and dynamics”
MIBE invites on July 19th to the MIBE Bioengineering Day! Science Slam, Music, Get together with food & drinks https://www.bioengineering.tum.de/bioengineering-day-2024
Special Talk by Jeff Ti, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (https://www.sbms.hku.hk/staff/shih-chieh-jeff-ti): June 11th 2pm (CPA Conference room) "Dissecting the mechanism by which tubulin acetyltransferases access and modify the confined microtubule lumen"
D.E. Shaw Research was giving a scientific talk on April 29th (4:30 pm) in CPA, followed by networking event with food & drinks!
MERCK Days at TUM: MERCK booth on 17th and 18th April 2024, 9:30-15:00 at the CPA lobby with talks on molecular biology & advanced cell culture
topics (18th am).