Currently funded projects
Catheter Ablation for atrial fibrillation in patientS with end-sTage heart faiLure and Eligibility for Heart Transplantation (CASTLE-HTx)
Institution: Clinic for Electrophysiology, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen
Applicants: Prof. Dr. Christian Sohns, Prof. Dr. Philipp Sommer, Dr. Vanessa Sciacca
EKFS funding line: Key Projects
Single-cell in vivo evaluation of base editing as treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy
Institution: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Applicant: Lars Steinmetz
EKFS funding line: Key Project
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction – developement of therapeutic concepts by pathomechanistic characterization, clinical phenotyping and prevention
Institution: Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology Leipzig
Applicant: PD Dr. Karl-Philipp Rommel
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowships
Gender-specific mechanisms of inflammation and cardiac dysfunction in doxorubicin-induced heart failure and the role of AMPK
Institution: Department of Cardiology – Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz
Applicant: Dr. Paul Stamm
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications
Hemostatic Profiling to Enable Personalized Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (HemosTAVR)
Institution: Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Heart Center Freiburg University, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg
Applicant: PD Dr. Christoph B. Olivier
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications
Active celiac disease as promoter of cardiovascular morbidity: exploration of underlying mechanisms and effect of therapeutic intervention
Institution: Department for Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz
Applicant: PD Dr. Sebastian Steven
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowship
Deciphering chronic lung graft dysfunction
Institution: Hanover Medical School, German Center for Lung Research, Hanover
Applicant: Jonas Christian Schupp
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications
Characterization of cardiac energetics in heart failure in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Institution: Department of Internal Medicine I, RWTH Aachen University Hospital
Applicants: Ben Kappel
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications
Characterization of Post Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Atrial Fibrillation Patterns (CABG-AF)
Institution: Department of Cardiac Surgery, LMU Klinikum, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich
Applicant: Dr. Florian Herrmann
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications
Endothelial angiocrine signals as a driving force of cardiac ageing
Institution: Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration, Goethe University Frankfurt
Applicant: Guillermo Luxán
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications