Nearly 10 million Euros for new Research Training Groups The German

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 15 new Research Training Groups to further support early career researchers in Germany. "MeInBio - BioInMe: Exploration of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Gene Regulation Using High-Throughput and High-Resolution Methods" at the University of Freiburg and "Statistical Modeling in Psychology (SMiP)," in which five universities are involved, have been established. They will receive around 10 million Euros in funding. The training group for implementing genetic information into cell systems will be subsidized with around 4.8 million Euros while the training group for statistical modeling of psychological theories will receive around 4.9 million Euros.

The first generation of 12 doctoral students will receive training in molecular-biological lab methods and bioinformatics starting September 2017 in the training group "MeInBio - BioInMe: Exploration of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Gene Regulation Using High-Throughput and High-Resolution Methods." They will examine how various cell systems implement and use genetic information, so-called gene expression control. Modern high-throughput technologies that can automatically execute several thousand tests simultaneously guarantee a high spatio-temporal resolution. The Research Training Group intends to use high-throughput sequencing to adapt established methods to small numbers of cells and single cells. The name "MeInBio" represents the respective working group's fields in the training center along with their research questions in the disciplines of medicine, information science and biology. The contact person is Prof. Dr. Tanja Vogel at the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology.

The Research Training Group "Statistical Modelling in Psychology (SMiP)" forges a link between traditionally loosely connected areas of psychology – research in the basic and applied disciplines of psychology on the one hand and the latest developments in methodology and statistical modeling on the other. To this end, the group will develop statistical models as a framework for the formalization of psychological theories and research questions. Researchers from five institutions are joining forces: along with the University of Freiburg, the University of Mannheim, the University of Heidelberg, the University of Koblenz-Landau and the University of Tübingen are involved. Spokesperson for the training group is Prof. Dr. Edgar Erdfelder from the University of Mannheim. Further contact persons for Freiburg include Prof. Dr. Karl Christoph Klauer and Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel from the Department of Psychology.

Information on all Research Training Group participants

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Tanja Vogel
Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Freiburg
Tel.: 0761/203-5086
E-Mail: tanja.vogel@anat.uni-freiburg.de

Prof. Dr. Karl Christoph Klauer
Department of Psychology
University of Freiburg
Tel.: 0761/203-2469
E-Mail: christoph.klauer@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel
Department of Psychology
University of Freiburg
Tel.: 0761/203-9164
E-Mail: andrea.kiesel@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de