Young Investigators Groups Health
Integrative Knowledge Discovery to Explore Complex Biological Systems
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Claudia Plant
Research Field: Health / HMGU
Partneruniversität: Technische Universität München
Molecular mechanisms of Salmonella virulence and type-III secretion
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. rer. nat. Marc Erhardt
Research Field: Health / HZI
University Partner: Techniche Universität Braunschweig
Interplay of inflammasomes, commensals and pathogens at mucosal interfaces: Impact on host response to infection and vaccination
Young Investigators Group Leader: Till Strowig, Ph.D.
Research Field: Health / HZI
University Partner: MedH Hannover
Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections: Towards Anti-Adhesion Therapeutics for Biofilm Dispersal and Inhibition
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Alexander Titz
Research Field: Health / HZI
University Partner: Universität Saarbrücken
A comprehensive approach to the understanding of T cell biology in health and disease
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. rer. nat. Stefanie Eyerich
Research Field: Health / HMGU
University Partner: TU München
Vascular Signaling and Cancer
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Andreas Fischer
Research Field: Health/DKFZ
Regulation and herpesviral immune evasion of Toll-likereceptor (TLR) signaling
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Melanie M. Brinkmann
Research Field: Health/ HZI
University Partners: Hannover Medical School
Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Barbara Burwinkel
Research Field: Health/ DKFZ
University Partners: University of Heidelberg
Chronic Infections and Immunosenescence
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Luka Cicin-Sain
Research Field: Health/ HZI
University Partners: Hannover Medical School
Structure and Membrane Interaction of GTP-binding Proteins
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Oliver Daumke
Research Field: Health/ MDC
University Partners: Charité Berlin
MicroRNA Biogenesis, Regulation and Function in Cancer
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Sven Diederichs
Research Field: Health/ DKFZ
University Partners: University of Heidelberg
Intracellular trafficking of phagosomes and immunity: lessons from mycobacteria
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Maximiliano Gutierrez
Research Field: Health/ HZI
University Partners: University of Hannover
Bioinformatics and transcriptomics of non-protein coding rNAs controlling epigenetic modifications in T cell differentiation
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Jörg Hackermüller
Research Field: Health/ UFZ
University Partners: University of Leipzig
Inflammation induced chronic tissue destruction
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Mathias Heikenwälder
Research Field: Health/ Helmholtz Zentrum München
University Partners: Technical University Munich
Fast algorithms for biomedical imaging
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Stefan Kunis
Research Field: Health/ Helmholtz Zentrum München
University Partners: Osnabrück University
Regulation of normal and neoplastic brain stem cells
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Hai-Kun Liu
Research Field: Health/ DFKZ
University Partners: University of Heidelberg
Exploitation of actinomycetes genomics to produce novel drug leads
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Andriy Luzhetskyy
Research Field: Health/ HZI
University Partners: University of Saarbrücken
RNA editing and hyperexcitability disorders
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Jochen Meier
Research Field: Health/ MDC
University Partners: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Oncolytic Adenoviruses for Targeted and Multimodal Cancer Therapy
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Dirk M. Nettelbeck
Research Field: Health/ DKFZ
University Partners: University of Heidelberg
Electrochemical Signaling in Development and Disease
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Daniela Panáková
Research Field: Health/ MDC
University Partners: Charité Berlin
Mechanisms of tumour immune escape and autoimmunity in the central nervous system
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Michael Platten
Research Field: Health/ DKFZ
University Partners: University of Heidelberg
Leipzig Study on the Role of Indoor Pollutants in Allergy Development (LIPAD)
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Tobias Polte
Research Field: Health/ UFZ
University Partners: University of Leipzig
microRNA and Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Diseases
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Matthew N. Poy
Research Field: Health/ MDC
University Partners: Charité Berlin
Virulence and prion properties of functional amyloids utilized by microorganisms
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Christiane Ritter
Research Field: Health/ HZI
University Partners: Technical University of Braunschweig
Spatio-temporal regulation of Rho protein signaling
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Oliver Rocks
Research Field: Health/ MDC
University Partners: Freie Universität Berlin
Structural Biology of Autophagy in Infection and Disease
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Andrea Scrima
Research Field: Health/ HZI
University Partners: Technical University of Braunschweig
Experimental Systems Biology of Cell Signalling
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Matthias Selbach
Research Field: Health/ MDC
University Partners: Charité Berlin
Molecular and Cellular Basis of Embryonic Development
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Francesca M. Spagnoli
Research Field: Health/ MDC
University Partners: Charité Berlin
Novel Probes for molecular fMRI
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Gil Gregor Westmeyer
Research Field: Health/ Helmholtz Zentrum München
University Partners: Technical University Munich
"Senescence Surveillance" in chronic hepatitis and heoatocellular carcinoma-Biological significance in liver cancer suppression
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. Lars Zender
Research Field: Health/ HZI
University Partners: Hannover Medical School
Molecular Mechanisms of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Young Investigators Group Leader: Dr. med. Anne Hilgendorff
Research Field: Health / HMGU
University Partner: LMU München

