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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.
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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 1158: "Pain" (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Rohini Kuner, Institute of Pharmacology)
• 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-Transregio 179: Determinants and dynamics of elimination versus persistence of hepatitis virus
infection(Heidelberg/Freiburg/München); Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager, Zentrum für
Infektiologie
• SFB-Transregio 156: The skin as sensor and effector organ, orchestrating local and systemic
immunity (Heidelberg/Mainz/Tubingen; Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Alexander Enk, Department of
Dermatology)
• SFB-Transregio 125: Cognition-Guided Surgery (Heidelberg/Karlsruhe Coordinator: Prof. Dr.
Markus Büchler, Surgical Hospital)
• SFB-Transregio 83: Molecular Architecture and Cellular Functions of Lipid/Protein Assemblies
(Heidelberg/Dresden/Bonn; Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Söllner, Biochemistry Center)
Additionally, the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg participates in following Collaborative Research Centres:
• SFB 1036: Cellular Surveillance And Damage Response (Coordinator: Prof. Bernd Bukau,
Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg)
• SFB 873: Maintenance and Differentiation of Stem Cells in Development and Disease
• SFB-Transregio 186: Molecular Switches in the Sepatio-Temporal Control of Cellular Signal
Transmission (Heidelberg/Berlin)
• SFB-Transregio 152: TRiPs to Homeostasis: Maintenance of Body Homeostasis by Transient
Receptor Potential Channel Modules(München; Freiburg/Saarbrücken/Heidelberg/Leipzig)
• SFB-Transregio 79: Materials for tissue regeneration within systemically altered bone
(Gießen/Heidelberg/Dresden)
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Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) and CRC/Transregios (SFB and SFB-Transregio)
• SFB-Transregio 23: Vascular Differentiation and Remodeling (Frankfurt/Heidelberg)
Research Training Groups (GRK)
The Medical Faculty participates also in following Research Training Groups:
• GRK 2099: Hallmarks of Skin Cancer
• iGRK 1874: Diabetic Microvascular Complications ? DIAMICOM
Research Units (FOR)
• FOR 2289: Calcium homeostasis in neuroinflammation and -degeneration: New targets for therapy of
multiple sclerosis? (Heidelberg/Homburg, Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ricarda Diem, Department of
Neurooncology)
• 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 2407: Exploring Articular Cartilage and Subchondral Bone Degeneration and Regeneration in
Osteoarthritis (ExCarBon)
• 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: Heavy Ion Therapy in Radiation Oncology (Head: Prof. Dr. Oliver Jäkel, Heidelberger
Ionenstrahl-Therapiezentrum)
Participation also exists in:
• KFO 256: Mechanisms of Disturbed Emotion Processing in Borderline Personality Disorder
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Priority Programmes (SPP)
Priority Programmes (SPP)
• SPP 1923: Innate Sensing and Restriction of Retroviruses (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Oliver Till Fackler,
Department of Virology)
Participation:
• SPP 1738: Emerging roles of non-coding RNAs in nervous system development, plasticity & disease
• SPP 1710: Dynamics of Thiol-based Redox Switches in Cellular Physiology
• SPP 1665: Resolving and Manipulating Neuronal Networks in the Mammalian Brain - from
Correlative to Causal Analysis
• 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
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:
• Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF)
• Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK)
• Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL)
• Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung (DKTK)
• Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) - associate participation
• Nationale Kohorte (NAKO)
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Joint research projects promoted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
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: 02.03.2017
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