German Research Foundation Extends Funding for Two Collaborative Research Centers at Freie Universität Berlin

Researchers study the dynamics of living together and the scaffolding of membranes. No 146/2019 from May 23, 2019 The German Research Foundation (DFG) has extended the funding for two Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) at Freie Universität. One is CRC 958, where scientists study the molecular mechanisms by which dynamically organized protein-protein assemblies scaffold cellular membranes. The other is CRC 1171 "Affective Societies," where researchers study the dynamics of human social coexistence in a mobile world. Both projects will be funded for another four years. Collaborative Research Center 1171 "Affective Societies: Dynamics of Social Coexistence in Mobile Worlds" - CRC Director: Birgitt Röttger-Rössler, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Participating research institutions in CRC 1171's second funding period include Freie Universität, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, as well as Universität Hamburg, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale).