Project description
Measuring electric forces between biological molecules and their environment
Opposite charges attract, while like charges repel each other. This is easy enough to see and measure in a simple high school physics experiment using balloons and static electricity. It is much more difficult when it comes to charged biological molecules in their natural environment, physiological saline, that consists of polar water molecules and positively charged ions. The EU-funded BIOVIB project will take an unprecedented closer look at hydrated RNA and DNA molecules. By harnessing multidimensional vibrational spectroscopy and externally applied THz electric fields, scientists plan to open a new window on the electric forces pulling and pushing biological molecules and stabilising their structure.
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Funding Scheme
ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant
Host institution
FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN EV
Net EU contribution
€ 2 330 492,50
Address
Rudower Chaussee 17
12489 Berlin
Germany
12489 Berlin
Germany
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Region
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
Beneficiaries (1)
FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN EV
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 2 330 492,50
Address
Rudower Chaussee 17
12489 Berlin
12489 Berlin
See on map
Region
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00