Currently funded projects

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

Innovative strategies for optimization of randomized therapeutic trials using molecular imaging and artificial intelligence
Institution: Clinic for Nuclear Medicine and Münster University Hospital, Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Essen
Applicant: Dr. Robert Seifert
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

OptoCilia - Targeting ciliary signaling in the development of polycystic kidney disease
Institution: Institute of Innate Immunity, Biophysical Imaging, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn
Applicant: Prof. Dr. Dagmar Wachten
EKFS funding line: Key Project

Coating of implants and endoprostheses with activatable properties
Institution: University Hospital Muenster, Clinic for General Orthopedics and Tumor Orthopedics - Experimental Orthopedics
Applicant: Dr. rer. medic. Dr. med. Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Martin Schulze
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

Immunometabolic reprogramming to target cholesterol crystal-mediated inflammation in alveolar macrophages during lung fibrosis
Institution: Institute for Functional Anatomy, Charité Universtätsmedizin-Berlin
Applicants: Elena Lopez-Rodriguez, PhD
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

The Contribution of Salivary Extra-Cellular Vesicles to Taste-Cell Transcriptomics and Eating Behavior in Obesity
Institution: Helmholtz-Institute for Metabolic-, Obesity- and Vascular Research (HI-MAG)
Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Leipzig and the University Medical Center Leipzig AöR
Applicant: Kerstin Rohde-Zimmermann
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

C-type natriuretic peptide-mediated crosstalk of endothelial cells with fibroblasts: a protective role in lung inflammation and fibrosis?
Institution: Institute of Vegetative Physiology, University of Würzburg
Hauptantragstellerin: Dr. Swati Dabral
EKFS-Förderlinie: First and Second Applications

Dissecting novel immune evasion strategies of Staphylococcus aureus
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School
Applicant: Dr. rer. nat. Volker Winstel
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Identifying novel gene regulatory functions of glucocorticoids
Institution: Helmholtz Zentrum München
Applicant: Henriette Uhlenhaut
EKFS funding line: Key Project