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Dirk Görlich is a Professor and Director of the Department of Cellular Logistics at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen. He holds a Diploma in Biochemistry from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (1989), a Dr. rer. nat. in Biochemistry from Humboldt University Berlin (1993), and completed postdoctoral research at the Laboratory of RA Laskey in Cambridge (1993-1995). He led a research group at the ZMBH Heidelberg (1996-2007) and was a Professor of Molecular Biology at Heidelberg University (2001-2007) before joining the MPI. From 2018-2019, he served as Managing Director of his institute.
His research focuses on nuclear pore complexes, hydrogels, structural biology, and protein transport mechanisms. Key interests include cargo recognition mechanisms of importins/exportins, phase separation phenomena in nuclear transport, and the development of recombinant antibodies for advanced imaging and protein complex analysis. His work bridges biochemistry, cell biology, and biophysics to elucidate nuclear transport dynamics and material properties of biomolecules.
Selected recent publications highlight groundbreaking studies on nuclear pore permeability, FG hydrogel behavior, and nanobody applications in super-resolution microscopy. His research has advanced understanding of nuclear transport barriers, exportin functions, and the structural basis of nucleoporin complexes.
Görlich is affiliated with the Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB), contributing to programs in Molecular Biology and Biomolecules: Structure-Function-Dynamics. His lab’s innovations include novel tools for proteomics and structural biology, emphasizing translational applications in biotechnology.
