Rajkumar Savai receives the „Mid-Career Achievement Award“ of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) - 04 July 2023
Professor Rajkumar Savai, MD, was awarded the Thoracic Oncology “Mid-Career Achievement Award” for his significant and meaningful contribution to thoracic oncology research at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in Washington, DC, USA.
Rajkumar Savai aims to understand how the lung microenvironmental niche drives tumor initiation and progression. Of particular interest is the identification of specific targets that inhibit or reverse tumor niche maintenance and the functional competence of tumor cells. The long-term goal of the Savai lab is to translate tumor microenvironment-based therapeutic approaches into clinical trials to stop lung cancer in its tracks.
More Information here:
https://www.mpi-hlr.de/349747/rajkumar-savai-erhaelt-den-mid-career-achievement-award?c=47048
Rajkumar Savai © JLU/Rolf K. Wegst
Visit from Tongji Medical College PhD students - 20 June 2023
In an internationalization program the CardioPulmonary Institute has just established a Sino-German laboratory for CardioPulmonary Research at Tongji Medical College. The laboratory is headed by Prof. Dr. Ingrid Fleming and Prof. Dr. Jiong Hu and aims to bundle expertise on this topic at the different sites and facilitate the exchange of students and personnel. As part of this exchange Prof. Hu spends part of his time in Frankfurt and is one of the PIs in SFB1531. At the start of June Prof. Fleming was awarded the title of “Advisory Professor” at Tongji Medical College and will spend time in Wuhan each year working on research as well as teaching.
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Fleming with Prof. You Zheng, President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, at the official appointment as “Advisory Professor” at Tongji Medical College in Wuhan.
The visit of a delegation of 32 excellent doctoral students from China to the university hospital was also particularly valuable for the intercultural dialogue and cooperation in science. As part of the trip, the German Research Foundation (DFG) organized a visit to excellent science locations in Germany, including the CPI. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Ingrid Fleming, scientists from the CPI presented our research and methods to the visitors in lectures and laboratory tours. This resulted in many lively discussions and both sides were enthusiastic about the opportunity to make personal contacts and to promote potential cooperation in this way.
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Fleming presents the CPI for the Chinese delegation at the Niederrad campus.
Christina Malainou receives 1st prize for her presentation at KIT2023 - 17 June 2023
CPI clinician-scientist Christina Malainou received 1st prize for her presentation at the 16th Congress for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (KIT). She presented her work on Tnfsf14-driven apoptosis of tissue-resident alveolar macrophages that enables the establishment of post-influenza pneumococcal pneumonia.
https://kit-kongresse.de
Christina Malainou at the KIT2023 award ceremony
Loss of Y Chromosome - 12 June 2023
TV feature on Andreas Zeiher about the loss of the Y chromosome in NANO 3sat.
full TV clip: https://www.3sat.de/wissen/nano/230512-sendung-chronisches-fatigue-syndrom-mehr-als-nur-muede-nano-100.html
CPI Retreat at MPI in Bad Nauheim - 1-2 June 2023
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Two awards for Julian Better at ATS 2023 - 23 May 2023
Julian Better won two Awards at the American Thoracic Society Conference 2023: the International Trainee Scholarship and the best abstract ATS2023 Award for his work in neutrophil efferocytosis…
Collaborative research center TRR267 on "Non-coding RNA in the Cardiovascular System" will be continued for four more years! 22 May 2023
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dimmeler, Co-Speaker TRR 267 „Non-coding RNA in the cardiovascular system“ (Picture: Dettmar)
The Collaborative Research Center to study non-coding RNA in the Cardiovascular System has been launched in 2019. Now, the German Research Foundation has announced that it is extending funding for the research network led by Goethe University and TU Munich for another four years with Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dimmeler as Co-Speaker.
The scientists investigate non-coding RNAs as potential drugs and already identified several ncRNAs that play a role in cardiovascular disease and could be potential targets for therapeutic drugs.
RNA, or ribonucleic acids, are known to encode genetic information for protein production. Lately scientists have discovered numerous RNA molecules with diverse functions beyond protein synthesis. Some regulate cellular processes like microRNA, while others form complex structures and act as enzymes or switches. Non-coding RNAs are important in cardiovascular diseases and could have therapeutic applications.
CPI academy seminar series welcomes Kari Alitalo in Frankfurt 08 May 2023
As part of the CPI academy seminar series our guest Kari Alitalo from
Prof. Alitalo with CPI Academy members.
Honorary Membership DGIM 28 April 2023
More information here: Ehrenmitgliedschaft DGIM
More information here: Pressemitteilung Preisverleihung
Prizes at DGK 2023 15 April 2023
Congratulations to alle CPI members who received a prize at the annual meeting of the German Cardiac Society 2023.
Pieterjan Dierickx receives the research prize “AG 23 Herz und Diabetes”
Valentina Puntmann and Eike Nagel received the Karl-Ludwig-Neuhaus-Forschungspreis der ALKK
Andreas Zeiher receives the “Goldene Ehrennadel” for his engagement in the DGK.
Mariana Shumliakivska and Maria Drekolia received a poster prize.
Hector RCD Award 14 February 2023
More information about Sofia-Iris Bibli: https://ivs.uni-frankfurt.de/id-bibli/
More information about Hector Fellow Academy
Best oral presentation at CIRCLE-DOME 2 Meeting 13 January 2023
Pieterjan Dierickx won the award for best oral presentation at the Circadian Rhythm and Timing of Lifestyle Factors on Cardiometabolic Risk – the CIRCLE-DOME 2 meeting in Copenhagen.
More information about the Dierickx Lab: https://www.dierickxlab.com/team/
More information about the conference: https://www.dierickxlab.com/team/
Highly Cited Researchers 2022 November
Excellent news: 4 CPI researchers belong to the highly cited researchers 2022 ClarivateAG. They rank in top 1% by citations for a field and publication year in webofscience. Congratulations to Ivan Dikic, Stefanie Dimmeler, Stefan Knapp & Stefan Offermanns.
Merz Stiftungsprofessur Prof. Wu and Symposium “Cardiovascular repair and regeneration” 11 - 13 October 2022 - October 2022
The guest of honor at this year’s Friedrich Merz Foundation Visiting Professorship is heart specialist Joseph C. Wu, Professor at Stanford University, USA, and President of the “American Heart Association”.
The Merz Professorship facilitated Lab-visits, Students Lectures, the Award Symposium on “Cardiovascular Repair and Regeneration”, and the Citizen Lecture with Professor Wu and other leading cardiac researchers.
The panel discussion on new developments in cardiovascular medicine focused, among other things, on how stem cells can be used to improve diagnostics and develop targeted, new therapies for heart disease. It also addressed the current status of regenerative therapies and recently developed new drug treatments.
“German Respiratory Society” (DGP) prize for Marija Gredic
Marija Gredics Research provides new insights into the development and possible treatment of pulmonary hypertension in COPD, for which she was awarded the 10,000 € by the German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine (DGP)
Poster prize at Europhysiology
Melina, Frederike and Sebastian won a Poster awards at the Europhysiology 2022 conference…
Sharpey-Schafer Prize Lecture
Iris Bibli gave the Sharpey-Schafer Prize Lecture at Europhysiology 2022…
Poster prize at IMPRS Retreat
María José Alonso won the poster prize at the IMPRS for Molecular Organ Biology Retreat…
Poster and Presentation Awards at the NGSymposium
Igor Macinkovic, Wesley Abplanalp and Lukas Tombor received poster and presentation awards at NGSymposium in Computational Biology in Warsaw
Best Presentation at EVBO Summer School
Anita Tamiato was awarded best presentation EVBO/ESM award at EVBO Summer School …
Poster Prize at FEBS Course
Chiara Mura Poster Prize at FEBS Course on Inter-organ communication
Poster prize Weinstein Conference 2022
Joao Cardeira received a poster prize at the Weinstein conference 2022…
Poster Award DGK 2022
Simone-Franziska Glaser receives Poster Award of the DGK Jahrestagung 2022
Franz-Maximilian-Groedel Prize-2022
Jorge Andrade receives Franz-Maximilian-Groedel Prize at DGK Jahrestagung 2022
"German Respiratory Society" (DGP) prize for Marija Gredic
- June 2022
Marija Gredic has been recognized for her work on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide and is caused by air pollution or tobacco smoke. The young scientist Marija Gredic’s work has provided new insights into the development and possible treatment of pulmonary hypertension in COPD, for which she was awarded the 10,000 euro of the German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine (DGP).
Three ERC Advanced Grants and 7.2 million euro for CPI researcher
- April 2022
Three ERC Advanced Grants for CPI top researchers Stefanie Dimmeler, Ivan Đikić and Andreas Zeiher. A total of 7.2 million € for their high-risk projects aiming towards scientific breakthroughs on remodeling of the ER, aging processes in the heart, and CHIP and valve stenosis
Find more information here –> http://www.cpi-online.de/erc2022/
Otto Warburg Medal 2022 for Stefanie Dimmeler - April 2022
Stefanie Dimmeler has been awarded the Otto Warburg Medal 2022. The Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) as well as its cooperation partners, the information analytics company Elsevier and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) journals, honoured Prof. Dimmeler her pioneering work in the field of cardiovascular disease
With her findings, Prof. Dimmeler has been able to make a fundamental contribution to the understanding of cardiovascular diseases and develop therapeutic approaches aimed at improving cardiovascular regeneration after a heart attack.
Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death worldwide. Prof. Dimmeler and her team have succeeded in using an inhibitor against a non-coding RNA to improve blood flow and strengthen cardiac function. The goal of their various approaches is to develop new cellular and pharmacological therapies to improve the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
LOEWE-Spitzen-Professur for Prof. Dr. Herold - March 2022
Prof. Dr. Susanne Herold has been awarded a LOEWE-Spitzen-Professur at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU). The LOEWE research funding program of the state of Hesse is providing three million euros over a period of five years to endow her professorship.
Discover the lab of new CPI Faculty member Lei Gu
The Gu lab at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research combines bioinformatics, epigenomics, cancer biology, fly genetics and mass spectrum to identify and investigate roles of novel epigenetic modifications and their regulating enzymes in aging, development and diseases, and novel mechanisms in transgenerational epigenetics inheritance.
More information on their website https://gulaboratory.com/
Genome Biologics funded with up to €9.8M by EIC - December 2021
CPI faculty member Jaya Krishnan, co-founder of genome biologics, is honoured to be selected by the European Innovation Council (EIC) to receive up to €9.8M in equity funding to accelerate the development of the company and clinical programs for cardiovascular disease.
CPI " A day of science" on 9 September 2021 - September 2021
The CPI “A day of science” took place on 9 september 2021 in Frankfurt am Main. Almost 120 CPI members participated and made this a very interesting event with scientific talks, poster session and networking. Many thanks to all the speakers and attendees for this wonderful day of science.
NEW CPI Postdoc and Startup Grant awarded - July 2021
Congratulations to our CPI Postdoc Grant awardees Simone Glaser | FFM, Julian Wagner | FFM, Poonam Sarode | GI, Negah Ahmadvand | GI, Claudio Nardiello | GI, Swathi Veeroju | GI and Lei Wang | BN
Congratulations to our CPI Startup Grant awardees Silvia Mas-Peiro | FFM, Prakash Chelladurai | GI, Chi-Chung Wu | BN, Zhen Jiang | BN
Preisverleihung 87. DGK Jahrestagung 2021 - April 2021
Congratulations! At the 87th annual meeting of the German Society for Cardiology – Heart and Circulatory Research e. V. (DGK) Stefanie Dimmeler received the Paul-Morawitz-Preis and Sofia-Iris Bibli received the Oskar-Lapp-Forschungspreis.
Watch the award ceremony here: https://dgk.meta-dcr.com/jt2021/crs/eroffnung-4
DFG Emmy Noether Grant - April 2021
Emmy Noether Grant
Prof. Sofia-Iris Bibli was awarded the prestigious DFG Emmy Noether Grant to study the role of cystein-metabolism in aging and regeneration of blood vessels.
René Baumgart Research Award 2021- Feburary 2021
Congratulations to Christoph Zehendner and Chanil Valasarjan for receiving the René Baumgart research award 2021 for their TYKRIL publication.
The joint work “Long Noncoding RNA TYKRIL Plays a Role in Pulmonary Hypertension via the p53 mediated Regulation of PDGFRβ” of Christoph Zehendner and Chanil Valasarajan should is the research award winner 2021 of the René Baumgart Foundation.
TOP 1% Highly Cited Researchers 2020 - December 2020
Highly Cited Researchers in CPI Faculty
Congratulations to our CPI PIs Ivan Dikic, Stefanie Dimmeler, Christian Hamm and Stefan Offermanns who 2020 again belong the top 1% highly cited researcher.
https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2020/
ERC Consolidator Grant - December 2020
Fantastic News! CPI PI Reinier Boon received an ERC Consolidator Grant to investigate the contribution of non-coding RNAs in aging-related diseases!
The „European Reaserch Council“ (ERC) announced on 9 December 2020 the top researchers that successfully applied for a consolidator grant. ICR group leader Reinier Boon is one them. He will receive funding for 5 years to investigate the role of non-coding RNAs in aging.
Ageing is the most prominent cause of heart failure. The main type of heart failure in the elderly is heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, in which the heart does not properly fill with blood. In the consolidator project, Prof Boon will investigate the contribution of non-coding RNAs in this aging-related disease. The ultimate goal of the project is to identify novel targets to treat aging-induced heart failure.
The ERC Consolidator Grant funding helps mid-career researchers to address frontier research questions, build up their teams & have far-reaching impact. In total 327 top researchers received a ERC consolidator grant funding worth in total €655 million
ESC Gold Medal 2020 - August 2020
In recognition of her outstanding achievements, Stefanie Dimmeler is honored with the gold medal of the European Society for Cardiology. She receives the award for her research work that has contributed to a better understanding of cardiovascular diseases and to the development of new treatment approaches. The gold medal is awarded annually to two or three outstanding cardiologists or cardiovascular researchers worldwide as the highest award of the European Society of Cardiology
Prof. Stefanie Dimmeler. Photo credits: Uwe Dettmar.
Watch the live award ceremony session and a short movie about Stefanie Dimmelers research focus and daily lab live (starting at 03:24:52)
Press release Universität Frankfurt: https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/menschen/herzforscherin-der-goethe-universitaet-erhaelt-goldmedaille-der-europaeischen-gesellschaft-fuer-kardiologie/
ESC Gold Medal Awardees: https://www.escardio.org/The-ESC/About/Awards/ESC-Gold-Medal/
NEW CPI Webinar Series - August 2020
Prof. Katja Sträßer elected EMBO Member - July 2020
CPI PI Prof. Katja Sträßer, biochemist from the Justus Liebig University Gießen, has been accepted into the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Find more information here…
European Research Council promotes lung research at the Max Planck Institute in Bad Nauheim - December 2019
Soni Savai Pullamsetti received ERC consolidator grant. More information here and here…
Dr. Soni Savai Pullamsetti. Photo credits: M.Heil.
Highly cited researchers 2019
Five CPI Faculty members belong the the “highly cited researchers 2019” who published multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science. Congratulations to Ivan Dikic, Stefanie Dimmeler, Stefan Knapp, Christian Hamm and Stefan Offermanns!
First CPI Symposium - December 2019
The first CPI symposium on “Cellular Heterogeneity in the Cardio-Pulmonary System”, organized by Area 1 leaders, took place on 3 December at the university hospital in Frankfurt am Main. It was a very exciting day with scientific talks, poster sessions of the CPI academy and networking. We thank all speakers and attendees for this wonderful kick-off symposium.
CPI on Twitter - December 2019
The CPI is on Twitter now! You can find us under @CPI_ExStra.
CPI Retreat at MPI-HLR in Bad Nauheim 02 & 03 June 2022
- June 2022
After a long time of online meetings the CPI members finally were able to meet in person again! More than 200 scientists from Gießen, Frankfurt and Bad Nauheim met at the Max-Planck-Institute for the CPI Retreat. Many thanks to all the speakers and attendees for this wonderful day of science.