Research at the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg The Medical Faculty of Heidelberg is, according to numerous surveys and rankings, on of the leading institutions of medical research and education in Germany. Research at the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg and Heidelberg University Hospital means close relation between laboratory work and medical care, swift transfer of new insights into clinical trials, modern teaching in step with actual praxis and well-directed promotion of young researchers. It is characterised by a high degree of multidisciplinary collaboration beyond the boundaries of departments and institutes, especially in basic and clinical research. The research at the Faculty of Medicine of Heidelberg focuses on five areas of primary importance: • Infectious Diseases • Vascular Ischemia and Myogenic Dysfunction • Neurosciences • Translational and individualised Oncology • Transplantation and Individualised Immunotherapy The Medical Faculty of Heidelberg and the Heidelberg University Hospital conduct numerous collaborative research centres, research training groups , research units and clinical research units funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation), which represent the above mentioned areas of focus to a large extent. Additionally, further medical and scientific institutions at the University of Heidelberg as well as other cooperating institutions contribute to Heidelberg's position as a location of research. 1 The Deanery of Research of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg The Deanery of Research of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg The Deanery of Research offers researchers at the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg advisory and administrative support with applications and arrangement of research projects, individual inquiries concerning fund raising from third party funds and administrative support with the promotion programmes for research and young researchers, offered by the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg. • Deanery of Reserach • Reserch Database of the University of Heidelberg Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) and CRC/Transregios (SFB and SFB-Transregio) • SFB 1134: ?Functional ensembles: cellular components, patterned activity and plasticity of co-active neurons in local networks? (Coordinator: Prof. Andreas Draguhn, Institute of Physiologiy and Pathophysiology) • SFB 1129: Integrative Analysis of Pathogen Replication and Spread (Coordinator: Prof. Hans-Georg Kräusslich, Department of Infectious Diseases) • SFB 1118: Reactive Metabolites as Cause of Diabetic Complications (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Peter Nawroth, Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine I) • SFB 1036: Cellular Surveillance And Damage Response (Coordinator: Prof. Bernd Bukau, Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg) • SFB 938: Environment specific control of immunological reactivity (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Stefan Meuer, Institute for Immunology) • SFB 873: Maintenance and Differentiation of Stem Cells in Development und Disease (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Anthony D. Ho, Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine V) • SFB 638: Dynamics of macromolecular complexes in biosynthetic transport (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Felix Wieland, Biochemistry Center) • SFB-Transregio 83: Molecular Architecture and Cellular Functions of Lipid/Protein Assemblies (Heidelberg/Dresden/Bonn; Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Söllner, Biochemistry Center) • SFB-Transregio 77: Liver Cancer - From Molecular Pathogenesis to Targeted Therapies (Heidelberg/Hannover; Sprecher: Prof. Dr. Peter Schirmacher, Institute of Pathology) Additionally, the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg participates in following Collaborative Research Centres: • SFB-Transregio 152: Steuerung der Körperhomöostase durch TRP-Kanal-Module (München; Freiburg/Saarbrücken/Heidelberg/Leipzig) • SFB 636: Lerning, Memory and Brain Plasticity: Implications for Pschopathology (Heidelberg/Mannheim) • SFB-Transregio 79: Materials for tissue regeneration within systemically altered bone (Gießen/Heidelberg/Dresden) • SFB-Transregio 23: Vascular Differentiation and Remodeling (Frankfurt/Heidelberg) 2 Research Training Groups (GRK) Research Training Groups (GRK) • GRK 1126: Development of New Computer-based Methods for the Future Working Environment in Visceral Surgery (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Markus W. Büchler, University Hospital of Surgery, division General, Viszeral and Transplantation Surgery) • GRK 1188: Quantitative Analysis of Dynamic Processes in Membrane Transport and Translocation (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Oliver Fackler, Department of Infektiology, division Virologiy) The Medical Faculty participates also in following Research Training Groups: • GRK 2099: Hallmarks of Skin Cancer • GRK 880: Vascular Medicine Research Units (FOR) • FOR 1036: Mechanisms, functions and evolution of Wnt-signaling pathways (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Herbert Steinbeisser, Institute of Human Genetics) • FOR 1202: Mechanisms of persistance of hepatotropic viruses (Heidelberg/Freiburg; Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager, Department of Infektiology, division Molekular Virology) Participation exists also in: • FOR 1332: Physiological Functions of the APP Gene Family in the Central Nervous System • FOR 1228: Molecular Pathogenesis of Myofibrillar Myopathies • FOR 1041: Germ Cell Potential • FOR 855: Cytoplasmic Regulation of Gene Expression Clinical Research Units (KFO) • KFO 227: Colorectal Cancer: From primary tumor progression towards metastases (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Markus W, Büchler, Prof. Dr. Markus W. Büchler, University Hospital of Surgery / Head: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Weitz, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg) • KFO 214: Schwerionentherapie in der Radioonkologie (Head: Prof. Dr. Oliver Jäkel, Heidelberger Ionenstrahl-Therapiezentrum) Participation also exists in: • KFO 256: Mechanisms of Disturbed Emotion Processing in Borderline Personality Disorder 3 Priority Programmes (SPP) Priority Programmes (SPP) • SPP 1175: Dynamics of Cellular Membranes and their Exploitation by Viruses (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Kräusslich, Virology) Participation: • SPP 1468: Osteoimmunology - IMMUNOBONE - A Program to Unravel the Mutual Interactions between the Immune System and Bone • SPP 1464: Principles and evolution of actin-nucleator complexes • SPP 1399: Host-Parasite Coevolution - Rapid Reciprocal Adaptation and its Genetic Basis • SPP 1392: Integrative analysis of olfaction • SPP 1190: The Tumor Vessel Interface Initiative for Excellence • Exzellenzcluster "Cellular Networks" (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Kräusslich, Department of Infektiology, division Virologie) • The Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (Coordinators: Prof. Dr. Elmar Schiebel, ZMBH and Prof. Dr. Michael Lanzer, Department of Infektiology, division Parasitology) For more information on the Initiative for Excellence at the University of Heidelberg visit the University's Initiative for Excellence page. Joint research projects promoted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Scientists at the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg participate in numerous joint research projects promoted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Following projects are being coordiated at present: • Nationales Genomforschungsnetz 2 (NGFN-2): Ursachen und Mechanismen der Kardiomyopathien (Sprecher: Prof. Dr. Hugo A. Katus, Innere Medizin III) • Rahmenprogramm Mikrosysteme - Intravasales Monitoring System für Hypertoniker (HYPER-IMS) (Sprecher: Prof. Dr. Hugo A. Katus, Innere Medizin III) • Zellbasierte, regenerative Medizin - Standardization for Regenerative Therapy - Mesenchymal Stem Cells - START-MSC (Sprecher: Prof. Dr. Anthony Ho, Innere Medizin V) • Forschungsverbund zu kognitiven Leistungen und ihren Störungen beim Menschen: Complex problem solving as a mediator between basic cognition and realworld functioning (Sprecher: Prof. Dr. Mathias Weisbrod, Psychiatrie) • Forschungskooperation Allgemeinmedizin Heidelberg mit den Themenschwerpunkten Morbiditätserfassung (CONTENT), Kommunikationsverhalten (PRAXKOM) und funktioneller Störungen (FUNKTIONAL) in Hausarztpraxen (Sprecher: Prof. Dr. Joachim Szecsenyi, 4 Joint research projects promoted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Allgemeinmedizin und Versorgungsforschung) University's scientific institutions • Biochemistry Center Heidelberg (BZH) • Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg (ZMBH) Other cooperating research institutions • German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) • Max-Planck-Institute (MPI) for Medical Research • European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) • Thoraxklinik Heidelberg • BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen International partnerships • Semmelweis University Budapest • Tonji Medical University Wuhan, China • Cooperation with the Medical Faculty and the Universidad Católica de Chile as well as the Heidelberg Center for Latin America • In the field of medicine and medical equipment engeneering exists an agreement between the Medical Facultys of the Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh) and the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg • Cooperation with the University Ouagadougou (L'Ecole Superieure des Sciences de la Sante), Burkina Faso Last update: 02.12.2014 5
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