Stigler Lab - Biophysics of Structural Dynamics in Chromosomes

Research Topics

Mechanics of Intrachromosomal Crosslinks
Establishment of Hierarchically Structured Chromosomes

Prof. Johannes Stigler

phone: +49 (0)89 - 2180 76951
stigler@genzentrum.lmu.de

Chromosomes provide the fundamental scaffold for the maintenance, regulation and propagation of genetic information. Recent experimental findings have shown that eukaryotic chromosomes are highly structured and that the three-dimensional folding of chromosomes is directly linked to gene regulation. Our lab uses biophysical single molecule techniques to determine the processes that lead to the three-dimensional folding of chromosomes. Read more...

Selected Publications

Single-Molecule Imaging Reveals a Collapsed Conformational State for DNA-Bound Cohesin.
Stigler J, Çamdere GÖ, Koshland DE, Greene EC.
Cell Rep. 2016 May 3;15(5):988-998. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.04.003. Epub 2016 Apr 21. PubMed

Sequence-resolved free energy profiles of stress-bearing vimentin intermediate filaments.
Ramm B, Stigler J, Hinczewski M, Thirumalai D, Herrmann H, Woehlke G, Rief M.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Aug 5;111(31):11359-64. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1403122111. Epub 2014 Jul 21. PubMed

The complex folding network of single calmodulin molecules.
Stigler J, Ziegler F, Gieseke A, Gebhardt JC, Rief M.
Science. 2011 Oct 28;334(6055):512-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1207598. PubMed