Currently funded projects

Development of a functional bioink for 3D bioprinting of a vascularized in vitro model of the lacrimal gland
Institution: Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology, Eye Clinic, University Clinic Duesseldorf
Applicant: Joana Witt
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Oral health of centenarians- clinical and sociological cross-sectional examination of oral health, oral health-related quality of life, masticatory function and nutrition
Institution: Poliklinik für Zahnerhaltungskunde, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Applicant: Caroline Sekundo
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Analysis of the influence of extreme prematurity on visual function, visual quality of life and retinal morphology in adulthood - the Gutenberg Prematurity Study
Institution: Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Applicant: PD Dr. med. Achim Fieß
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Development of a biosignature for the chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps
Institution: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Applicant: PD Dr. Sarina Müller
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

High-diversity generation of Nanobodies without animal use and their application in study and treatment of human retinopathies
Institution: Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik
Applicant: Magdalena Schacherl
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Functional tissue engineering of the human vocal fold with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles - Magnetic Tissue Engineering (MTE)
Institution: Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftungsprofessur für Nanomedizin, Sektion für Experimentelle Onkologie und Nanomedizin (SEON)
Applicant: Dr. Marina Pöttler
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Boosting Twice: Systemische Immuneffekte nach Hochdosis-Bestrahlung von Glioblastomen
Institution: Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim
Applicant: Frank Anton Giordano
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Excellence Fellowship

PAROCARD: Oral health and intima-media thickness. A population-representative study of the association between oral health and a surrogate marker for cardiovascular disease.
Institution: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
Applicant: Dr. med. dent. Ghazal Aarabi MSc.
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Identifying novel mechanisms for Huntington’s disease intervention by defining protein homeostasis of stem cells’
Institution: Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne
Applicant: Alvaro Rada-Iglesias
EKFS funding line: key project

Synthetic larynx model SynthVOICE
Institution: Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen
Applicant: PD Dr. Stefan Kniesburges
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications