Christian Münch joins SFB 1177 as project leader

11. Jul 2018

Recently, the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved Christian Münch’s supplementary proposal to study Mitophagy induction by the mitochondrial unfolded protein response within the framework of SFB 1177. Protein misfolding in mitochondria has been associated with numerous diseases, including neurodegeneration and cancer, and leads to activation of a mitochondrial stress response – the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt). For the next two years, Christian Münch will address the role of mitophagy induction by the UPRmt to resolve mitochondrial protein folding defects.