Biophysics Leipzig University

The Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics counts among the clinical-theoretical institutes of the Medical Faculty of Leipzig University. The members of the institute are of diverse origin, hold multidisciplinary educational backgrounds and share interdisciplinary research interests. We are using different techniques like NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, cell-based assays, electron paramagnetic resonance and much more.

This club should develop as a sustainable contribution to the development towards unconfined OpenScience practices in the area of publishing and knowledge sharing. At our institute, it should initially give PhD students access to the peer review system and educate them in giving adequate feedback on research data.

Club leads

Jenny Leopold and Benedikt Schwarze

PREreviews

1. Jenny Leopold and Mahsa Kianpoor reviewed Vitamin D is a biomarker of clinical disease severity in oral lichen planus

   • Periodontics
   • Pharmacy
   • Oral Surgery

   Review published

   October 28, 2025

   Preprint server

   medRxiv

2. Emelyne M. Pacull, Jeannette Laugwitz, and Matthias Voitel reviewed Cryo-EM structure of cell-free synthesized human histamine H₂receptor coupled to heterotrimeric G_sprotein in lipid nanodisc environment

   • Molecular Biology
   • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
   • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

   Review published

   December 19, 2023

   Preprint server

   bioRxiv

3. Julia Belyaeva, Sebastian Krebs, and Dilara Öğütcü reviewed Biased activation of the vasopressin V2 receptor probed by NMR, paramagnetic ligands, and molecular dynamics simulations

   • Molecular Biology
   • Social Psychology
   • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

   Review published

   December 14, 2023

   Preprint server

   bioRxiv