Prof. Dr. Gunnar Schröder

The group uses cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine the structure of amyloid proteins. We aim to understand the molecular basis of diseases that involve amyloid aggregation, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinsons's, and diabetes. For this, we study the polymorphism of amyloid fibrils of Aβ, α-synuclein, IAPP, and amyloid model systems such as SH3.
Furthermore, the group develops computational methods for modeling and refinement of protein structures using low resolution or sparse experimental data. The focus is on the integration of structure prediction approaches with experimental data from different sources such as single particle cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography and NMR.