Currently funded projects
The role of microglia in the translational 5xFAD wildling mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Institution: Institute of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, University Hospital
Applicant: Daniel Erny
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowship
Defining amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with mutations in the NEK1 gene
Institution: Department of Neurology, University of Ulm
Applicant: PD Dr David Brenner
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowships
Mechanisms of hepatocyte senescence mediating disease progression in chronic liver disease
Institution: Charité – Universtitätsmedizin Berlin; Campus Virchow Klinikum, Klinik für Innere Medizin m.S. Hepatologie und Gastroenterologie
Applicant: Cornelius Engelmann
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowships
Scaling up community-based Primary Eye Care in Ghana
Organisation: Vision Action (Formerly Vision Aid Overseas)
Partner country: Ghana
Partner organisation in partner country: Vision Action Ghana, Ghana Health Service and Ghana Education Service
Formation and detection of impulsivity: insights from multisite, cross-disorder deep brain stimulation and multimodal neuroimaging
Institution: Centre for Neurology and Psychiatry, University Hospital of Cologne
Applicant: Dr Juan Carlos Baldermann
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowships
The Genomic and Clinical Basis of cardiac Arrest without structural heart disease in Germany: The GenCBAG Investigators
Institution: Bergmannsheil University Medical Centre, Ruhr-University-Bochum
Applicant: Ibrahim El-Battrawy
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowships
Targeting a Common Checkpoint of Brain Disease by novel Autotaxin inhibitors
Institution: Institut für Translationale Neurowissenschaften, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Applicant: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Robert Nitsch
EKFS funding line: Translational Research
Molecular and clinical characterization of long-term effects in cancer survivors
Institution: Department of Hematology, Oncology and Cancer Immunology
Applicant: PD Dr Mareike Frick
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowships
Neurocomputational mechanisms of fatigue in Long-COVID and their links to immune activation
Institution: Lübeck University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Social Neuroscience Lab
Applicant: Dr. rer. nat. David Sören Stolz
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications
Women’s Health in Uganda with a focus on treatment of Pelvic Floor Disorders
Organisation: St. Claraspital, Basel, Switzerland. University of Basel.
Partner country: Uganda
Partner organisation in partner country: Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH)