Dagmar Wachten

Prof. Dagmar Wachten leads the Department of Biophysical Imaging and Molecular Physiology at the University of Bonn Medical Faculty. Her interdisciplinary research examines primary cilia as sensory organelles regulating cell communication and metabolism. Using optogenetics, biosensors, and CRISPR-based tools, her team studies cAMP signaling dynamics in subcellular compartments.

Key projects investigate cilia-mediated immune cell interactions, obesity-related metabolic disruptions, and the development of open-source analysis tools like AdipoQ for quantifying adipocyte morphology. Wachten co-directs the Institute of Innate Immunity and has received the Life & Health Research Prize for innovations in light-controlled gene expression systems.