Freund Lab
@agfreund.bsky.social
Protein Biochemistry group based in Berlin and led by Prof. Christian Freund. Page managed by Francesco Cannizzaro (fracannizzaro.bsky.social).
website: https://www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/chemie/biochemie/research-groups/freund-group/team/index.html
website: https://www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/chemie/biochemie/research-groups/freund-group/team/index.html
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Science is never a solo project.
From PhD students to our professor, lab managers, postdocs, staff scientists and scientific coordination: this is the team that makes ideas move from whiteboard to experiment. Check out our new group photo below!
From PhD students to our professor, lab managers, postdocs, staff scientists and scientific coordination: this is the team that makes ideas move from whiteboard to experiment. Check out our new group photo below!
High-resolution structures of MHCII, HLA-DM and HLA-DO reveal how the immune system selects which peptides reach CD4⁺ T cells. From peptide exchange to DM/DO regulation, structural biology shows the choreography behind antigen presentation.
🔗solved by us: www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/chemie/bi...
🔗solved by us: www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/chemie/bi...
Structures solved in the AG Freund
www.bcp.fu-berlin.de
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
High-resolution structures of MHCII, HLA-DM and HLA-DO reveal how the immune system selects which peptides reach CD4⁺ T cells. From peptide exchange to DM/DO regulation, structural biology shows the choreography behind antigen presentation.
🔗solved by us: www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/chemie/bi...
🔗solved by us: www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/chemie/bi...
A successful TRR 186 PhD & postdoc retreat in Berlin: 3 days of project updates, posters, workshops on “AI in Science” and publishing, plus time for community building.
Big thanks to the organizers: Tamina Werk, Ana Knez, Ali Lashkari, Yagmur Urem
Details: www.trr186.de/en/node/185
Big thanks to the organizers: Tamina Werk, Ana Knez, Ali Lashkari, Yagmur Urem
Details: www.trr186.de/en/node/185
December 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A successful TRR 186 PhD & postdoc retreat in Berlin: 3 days of project updates, posters, workshops on “AI in Science” and publishing, plus time for community building.
Big thanks to the organizers: Tamina Werk, Ana Knez, Ali Lashkari, Yagmur Urem
Details: www.trr186.de/en/node/185
Big thanks to the organizers: Tamina Werk, Ana Knez, Ali Lashkari, Yagmur Urem
Details: www.trr186.de/en/node/185
🧪 Introducing our research: MHCII antigen processing & presentation
We study how HLA-DM, HLA-DO and MHCII polymorphisms shape CD4⁺ T cell epitopes, linking the structural dynamics of peptide loading to immune recognition in infection, autoimmunity and cancer.
🔗 www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/chemie/bi...
We study how HLA-DM, HLA-DO and MHCII polymorphisms shape CD4⁺ T cell epitopes, linking the structural dynamics of peptide loading to immune recognition in infection, autoimmunity and cancer.
🔗 www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/chemie/bi...
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🧪 Introducing our research: MHCII antigen processing & presentation
We study how HLA-DM, HLA-DO and MHCII polymorphisms shape CD4⁺ T cell epitopes, linking the structural dynamics of peptide loading to immune recognition in infection, autoimmunity and cancer.
🔗 www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/chemie/bi...
We study how HLA-DM, HLA-DO and MHCII polymorphisms shape CD4⁺ T cell epitopes, linking the structural dynamics of peptide loading to immune recognition in infection, autoimmunity and cancer.
🔗 www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/chemie/bi...
Science is never a solo project.
From PhD students to our professor, lab managers, postdocs, staff scientists and scientific coordination: this is the team that makes ideas move from whiteboard to experiment. Check out our new group photo below!
From PhD students to our professor, lab managers, postdocs, staff scientists and scientific coordination: this is the team that makes ideas move from whiteboard to experiment. Check out our new group photo below!
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Science is never a solo project.
From PhD students to our professor, lab managers, postdocs, staff scientists and scientific coordination: this is the team that makes ideas move from whiteboard to experiment. Check out our new group photo below!
From PhD students to our professor, lab managers, postdocs, staff scientists and scientific coordination: this is the team that makes ideas move from whiteboard to experiment. Check out our new group photo below!
Last Thursday we kicked off the #TRR186 online seminar series with a tour of our latest research: from coarse-grained MD & CD95 activation to membrane translocation, neurotransmitter release, clocks & membrane dynamics. Details: www.trr186.de/en/node/181
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Last Thursday we kicked off the #TRR186 online seminar series with a tour of our latest research: from coarse-grained MD & CD95 activation to membrane translocation, neurotransmitter release, clocks & membrane dynamics. Details: www.trr186.de/en/node/181
Hello Bluesky! 👋
We are the Freund Lab at Freie Universität Berlin. We focus on the mechanisms and molecular logic that govern the molecular interactions of proteins.
Here we’ll share our research highlights, collaborations, and a bit of lab life.
Happy to connect with the community!
We are the Freund Lab at Freie Universität Berlin. We focus on the mechanisms and molecular logic that govern the molecular interactions of proteins.
Here we’ll share our research highlights, collaborations, and a bit of lab life.
Happy to connect with the community!
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hello Bluesky! 👋
We are the Freund Lab at Freie Universität Berlin. We focus on the mechanisms and molecular logic that govern the molecular interactions of proteins.
Here we’ll share our research highlights, collaborations, and a bit of lab life.
Happy to connect with the community!
We are the Freund Lab at Freie Universität Berlin. We focus on the mechanisms and molecular logic that govern the molecular interactions of proteins.
Here we’ll share our research highlights, collaborations, and a bit of lab life.
Happy to connect with the community!