Ban decodes the three-​dimensional atomic structure of biochemical molecules and specialises in large molecules and molecular aggregates. He has elucidated the three-​dimensional structure of the cellular protein synthesis machinery, the ribosome.

Keller’s research involves ultra-​fast laser physics. She investigates physical processes that occur on ultra-​short time scales (during attoseconds – a trillionth of a second) and develops the necessary laser measurement technology.

Vogel focuses on the field of mechanobiology, in which she investigates how biological cells use proteins as mechanochemical switches. She not only looks at the biochemical aspects of proteins and their functions, but also at their mechanical aspects.