Currently funded projects
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
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
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
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
Gender gap in pancreatic diseases: Interplay of Atg5-dependent autophagy and sexual hormones during the transition phase from inflammation to regeneration
Institution: Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM)
Applicant: Kalliope N. Diakopoulos
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications
Die Rolle des Proglucagonpeptid Glucagon-like peptide 2 in der Pathobiologie von chronisch entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen
Institution: Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Abteilung für Gastroenterologie und Endokrinologie
Hauptantragsteller: Dr. Johannes Reiner
EKFS-Förderlinie: Erst- und Zweitantragstellung
Podocyte-specific extracellular vesicles in membranous nephropathy – Towards intercellular disease signalling and individualized diagnostic procedures
Institution: 3rd Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Applicant: Fabian Braun
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowship
Targeted dietary interventions beyond caloric restriction as novel preconditioning strategies for acute kidney injury – a translational research approach
Institution: Department II of Internal Medicine, Center for molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and CECAD Research Center, University Hospital of Cologne
Applicant: Dr. med. Felix Carlo Köhler
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications