Tasks and Responsibilities

Support of DFG Statutory Bodies

Permanent Senate Commission on Food Safety

Scientific Areas of Responsibility

205-05 Nutritional Sciences
205-17 Endocrinology, Diabetology

Scientific Areas of Responsibility (Deputy Contact)

205-15 Gastroenterology, Metabolism
205-16 Nephrology

Coordinated Programmes (procedural matters)

Priority Programmes

1629	THYROID TRANS ACT - Translation of Thyroid Hormone Actions beyond Classical Concepts
1656	INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA - a microbial ecosystem at the edge between immune homeostasis and inflammation

Research Units

2558	Interactions of essential trace elements in healthy and diseased elderly (TraceAge)

Coordinated Programmes (scientific matters)

CRC/Transregios

127	Biology of xenogeneic cell, tissue and organ transplantation - from bench to bedside
205	The Adrenal: Central Relay in Health and Disease

Clusters of Excellence (ExStra)

2030	CECAD - Excellent in Aging Research

Collaborative Research Centres

1052	Obesity Mechanisms
1118	Reactive metabolites as a cause of diabetic complications
1371	Microbiome Signatures -- Functional Relevance in the Digestive Tract

International Research Training Groups

1874	Diabetic Microvascular Complications
2251	Immunological and Cellular Strategies in Metabolic Disease (ICSMD)

Research Training Groups

1957	Adipocyte - Brain - Crosstalk