Tasks and Responsibilities

General Responsibilities

Cardiovascular Research Coordination

Support of DFG Statutory Bodies

Sektion 3

Scientific Areas of Responsibility

205-09   Pharmacology
205-10   Toxicology, Occupational Medicine, Clinical Chemistry
205-12   Cardiology, Angiology

Scientific Areas of Responsibility (Deputy Contact)

205-03   Human Genetics
205-04   Physiology
205-13   Pneumology, Thoracic Surgery
205-26   Cardiac and Vascular Sugery

Coordinated Programmes (procedural matters)

Clinical Research Units

311	Cardiac and pulmonary failure: mechanical unloading andrepair
329	Disease pathways in podocyte injury – from molecular mechanisms to individualized treatment options

Research Units

5046	Integrated analysis of epithelial SLC26 anion transporters - from molecular structure to pathophysiology

Coordinated Programmes (scientific matters)

CRC/Transregios

152	TRiPs to Homeostasis: Maintenance of Body Homeostasis by Transient Receptor Potential Channel Modules
259	Aortic Disease

Clusters of Excellence (ExStra)

2026	Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI)

Collaborative Research Centres

992	MEDEP - Medical Epigenetics - from basic mechanisms to clinical applications
1002	Modulatory Units in Heart Failure
1039	Signalling by fatty acid derivatives and sphingolipids in health and disease
1116	Master switches in cardiac ischemia
1123	Atherosclerosis: Mechanisms and Networks of Novel Therapeutic Targets
1366	Vascular Control of Organ Function
1425	Heterocellular Nature of Cardiac Lesions: Identities, Interactions, Implications
1470	Multilevel mechanistic characterisation of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction - Towards a novel classification of HFpEF for targeted therapies
1525	Cardio-Immune Interfaces

International Research Training Groups

1902	Intra- and Interorgan Communication of the Cardiovascular System

Research Training Groups

2338	Targets in Toxicology - Deciphering Therapeutic Targets in Lung Toxicology
2407	Inflammatory and cellular stress signaling: Switches to vascular dysfunction
2578	Impact of genotoxins on the differentiation efficacy of murine and human stem and progenitor cells and functional competence of thereof derived differentiated progeny