Currently funded projects
Prevention of intestinal anastomotic leakage by stimulation of serosal healing and induction of mesothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in mesothelial cells
Institution: Klinikum rechts der Isar, Department of Surgery, TUM School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich
Applicant: Dr. Marie-Christin Weber
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships
Friend or foe? Investigating the role of fractalkine signaling and its therapeutic potential in FSGS
Institution: Innere Medizin II – Nephrologie, Rheumatologie, Diabetologie und Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Uniklinik Köln
Applicant: Paul Diefenhardt
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications
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
Analysis of a novel ADPKD disease modifier with a 3D bioprinting ‘kidney‐on‐chip’ platform and an in vivo model
Institution: Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Applicant: Dr. Roman Pichler
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications
Transcription factor RelA as a therapeutic target in kidney and heart fibrosis
Institution: University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Division of Nephrology
Applicant: Dr Turgay Saritas
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowships
Pre-clinical evaluation of kidney engineering to prevent organ rejection in a large animal model
Institution: Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Engineering, Hannover Medical School
Applicant: Prof. Dr Constanca Figueiredo und Prof. Dr Rainer Blasczyk
EKFS funding line: Key Project
Modelling Johanson-Blizzard syndrome (JBS) in a dish – molecular insights into UBR1 deficiency using pluripotent stem cell-derived pancreatic organoids
Institution: Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology
Applicant: Markus Breunig
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications
Endophenotypes of kidney disease progression at the single cell level
Institution: Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité – University Hospital
Applicant: Dr. Michael S. Balzer
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships
The functional role of nephrocytes in the immune response of Drosophila melanogaster
Institution: Universitätsklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf
Applicant: Sybille Köhler
EKFS funding line: First and Second Application
Impact of antigen recognition and immunosuppression on pathogen-specific follicular T helper cells
Institution: Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Freiburg
Applicant: Tobias Böttler
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowships