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.