The Enrolled Students
Student enrollment in the UGMLC School
| Name of student (surname, name) | Primary UGMLC supervisor | Doctoral degree | Student email address | Doctoral project title |
| (name not released) | Kummer | PhD | (email address not released) | Para- and auto-crine intermedin signaling by alveolar macrophages |
| Alrifai, Mohammed | Garn | Dr. med. | alrfai@staff.uni-marburg.de | Resolution of airway remodelling in chronic asthma |
| al-Tamari, Hamza | Pullamsetti | PhD | Hamza.Al-Tamari@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Role of FoxO transcription factors in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis |
| Becker, Christin | Herold | PhD | Christin.Becker@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Pathogenesis of IV-induced acute lung injury – impact of viral and host factors on alveolar fluid clearance |
| Becker, Sven | Voswinckel | Dr. rer. nat. | Sven.becker@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Differentiation and integration of murine embryoninc stem cell derived endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells into pulmonary vascular tissues in experimetal models of pulmonary hypertension |
| Benzel, Anita | Stiewe | Dr. rer. nat. | anita.benzel@imt.uni-marburg.de | p73-dependence in lung cancer |
| Blume, Anna | Morty | Dr. med. | blumeanna@web.de | Influence of Fxyd1, Fxyd3 and Fxyd5 on alveolar ion transport |
| Böcking, Christian | Pfefferle | Dr. rer. nat. | boecking@staff.uni-marburg.de | The role fatty acids from milk in allergy prevention |
| Böcking, Christian | Renz | Dr. rer. physiol. | boecking@staff.uni-marburg.de | Fettsäuren, Milch und Asthma |
| Böhmer, Rebecca | Christina Nassenstein | Dr. med. | Rebecca.boehmer@gmx.de | Effect of fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) on vagal C-fibers in allergic asthma |
| Buchäckert, Yasmin | Vadász | Dr. biol. hom. | yasmin.buchaeckert@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Role and mechanisms of alveolar protein transport during acute lung injury |
| Debus, Heiko | Kissel | PhD | heiko.debus@staff.uni-marburg.de | Non-viral vectors for (pulmonary) gene delivery |
| El-Agha, Elie | Bellusci | PhD | elieagha@gmail.com | Role of cleftin in lung development and disease |
| Evers, Alena | Grau | Dr. rer. nat. | alena.evers@freenet.de Alena.Evers@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de | Alloantigen independant stimuli in the pathogenesis of chronic rejection of experimental lung allografts |
| Gabrielli, Nieves | Vadász | PhD | niegabar32@hotmail.com | Role of Na,K-ATPase ubiquitination in epithelial junctional restrictiveness and barrier function during lung injury |
| Gattinger, Nadja | Kwapiszewska | Dr. rer. nat | Nadja.Gattinger@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Involvement of neuronal signalling in PH development |
| Gecks, Antje | Vogelmeier | Dr. med. | agecks@gmx.de | Cytokine Profil in EBC of obstructive sleep apnoea patients |
| Grzesik, Benno | Vadász | Dr. rer. nat. | benno.grzesik@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Regulation of epithelial sodium transport by hypercapnia |
| Harb, Hani | Renz | Dr. rer. physiol. | harbh@staff.uni-marburg.de | Effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) and its components on the development of allergic immune responses |
| Hattesohl, Akira | Vogelmeier | PhD | SeverinSchmid@gmx.net | Distinguishing of pulmonary diseases with an electronic nose |
| Hoegner, Katrin | Herold | PhD | Katrin.hoegner@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Cell-type specific roles of the TRAIL-DR5 axis in influenza virus pneumonia: impact on viral replication, host defense and pathogenicity |
| Hühn, Martin | Günther | PhD | martin.huehn@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Characterization of downstream signaling pathways and cellular consequences of the ER-stress sensor molecules ATF4, ATF6 and XBP-1 in the alveolar epithelium |
| Hüttmann, Eva | Vogelmeier | Dr. med. | EvaHuettmann@web.de | Comparison of two devices for EBC sampling |
| Ibrahim, Rouba | Renz | Dr. rer. physiol. | Rouba.ibrahim85@yahoo.de | TBA |
| Jositsch, Gitte | Kummer | Dr. rer. nat. | Gitte.Jositsch@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de | Localization and function of muscarinic receptor subtypes on airway smooth muscle and intrinsic neurons |
| Kiehl, Steffen | Dammann | Dr. rer. nat. | Steffen.Kiehl@bio.uni-giessen.de | Steffen Kiehl will start his project in Mai and will work on epigenetics, tumor suppressor genes and lung cancer |
| Kilic, Ayse | Renz | Dr. rer. physiol. | kilica@staff.uni-marburg.de | NGF and subepithelial fibrosis in bronchial asthma |
| Klein, Friederike | Voswinckel | Dr. rer. nat. | Friederike.klien@mpi-bn.mpg.de | The role of lipofibroblast and fibroblast (progenitors) in alveolar septation and lung regeneration |
| Körner, Christian | Grau | Dr. med. | Christian.Koerner@med.uni-giessen.de | Prevention of ischemia/reperfusion injury in mouse lungs by intermedin |
| Kumar, Manish | Voswinckel | PhD | Manish.kumar@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Pulmonary and systemic markers of cellular senescence in COPD |
| Kuse, Nicola | Voswinckel | Dr. rer. nat. | Nicola.kuse@mpi-bn.mpg.de | In vivo tracing of fluorescently tagged alveolar cell types during septum formation |
| MacKenzie, BreAnne | Bellusci | PhD | breannemackenzie@gmail.com | Role of FGFR2b signaling in lung fibrosis |
| Mehta, Aditi | Barreto | Dr. biol. hom. | Adithi.mehta@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Epigenetic regulation of lung development |
| Mey, Lilli | Renz | Dr. med. vet. | meyl@staff.uni-marburg.de | VEGF receptors and regulation in endothelial cells |
| Murtaza, Ghulam | Kummer | Dr. biol. hom. | Ghulam.Murtaza@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de | TASK-1 channels in airways and pulmonary vessels |
| Nave, Alexander | Morty | Dr. med. | alex@nave.de | Extracellular matrix stability in pulmonary arterial hypertension |
| Nemeth, Katharina | Renz | Dr. rer. physiol. | Nemeth.k@gmx.de | Rolle von OSCAR im Gefäßsystem |
| Nicole Hagel | Hackstein | Dr. med. | Nicole.Hagel@immunologie.med.uni-giessen.de | Modulation of pulmonary leukocytes after topical imiquimod (TLR7 ligand) application |
| Niess, Gero | Morty | Dr. rer. nat. | Gero.Niess@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Type I and type III TGF-b receptors in pulmonary vascular development |
| Nikam, Sandeep | Voswinckel | PhD | Sandeep.nikam@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Calorie restricted mouse model to study lung regeneration using designed based stereology |
| Noeske, Sarah | Vogelmeier | Dr. med. | noeske@med.uni-marburg.de | Alpha-1-antitrypsin in exhaled breath condensate |
| Piskulak, Katarzyna | Günther | PhD | katarzyna.piskulak@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Regulation and role of the notch signaling pathway in progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation in the normal and the fibrotic lung |
| Quantius, Jennifer | Herold | PhD | Jennifer.quantius@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Role of mononuclear phagocyte-epithelium crosstalk in alveolar repair |
| Rauschkolb, Peter | Voswinckel | PhD | Peter.rauschkolb@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Characterization of the elastogenic and mechano-transduction machinery in lung regeneration and smoke induced emphysema |
| Riassi Dekhorti, maria | Voswinckel | PhD | Maria.riassi@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Murine embryoninc stem cell derived endothelial cells under VE-cahderin promoter for pulmonary vascular diseases |
| Rommel, Frank Risto | Hackstein | Dr. med. | Frank.R.Rommel@med.uni-giessen.de | Pulmonary dendritic cell subsets in bacterial pneumonia |
| Rühl, Ramona | Vadász | Dr. med. vet. | Ramona.Ruehl@gmx.de | Effects of intermedin on epithelial barrier integrity during acute lung injury |
| Salwig, Isabelle | Voswinckel/Dr. med. Martin Szibor | PhD | Isabella.salwig@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Specific genetic targeting of stem cells of the distal lung |
| Samsonova, Olga | Kissel | PhD | olga.samsonova@staff.uni-marburg.de | Biodegradable polycationic carriers for gene transfer |
| Schäfer, Jens | Bakowsky | Dr. rer. nat | j.schaefer@staff.uni-marburg.de | Lipid beschichtet Nanopartikel für eine pulmonale Applikation |
| Schlappkohl | Pleschka | Dr. biol. hom. | Marco.Schlappkohl@viro.med.uni-giessen.de | Effect of influenza virus-induced signaling on post-translational NP-processing: relevance for influenza virus RNP-function and localization |
| Schlenz, Heike | Kummer | Dr. biol. hom. | Heike.schlenz@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de | Function of caveolins in lower airways |
| Schmall, Anja | Savai | Dr. rer. nat | anja.m.schmall@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Analysis and manipulation of tumour stroma in lung cancer |
| Schmidt, Severin | Vogelmeier | Dr. med. | SeverinSchmid@gmx.net | Non invasive phenotyping of COPD patients with and without alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency |
| Schmitz, Jessica | Grau | Dr. biol. hom. | Jessica.Schmitz@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de | The role of leukocytic neuropetide Y in acute and chronic allograft rejection |
| Schwartze, Julian | Morty | Dr. med. | Julian_schwarzte@yahoo.de | Potentiation of TGF-beta signalling by glucocorticoids |
| Singh, Indrabahadur | Barreto | Dr. biol. hom. | Indrabahaudr.singh@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Functional characterisation of HMGA2 in early lung development |
| Skwarna, Sylwia | Günther | Dr. biol. hom. | sylwia.skwarna@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Role of hepatocyte growth factor in mediating protective effects on alveolar epithelial cells in lung fibrosis |
| Szelepusa, Kirsten | Voswinckel | Dr. rer. nat. | Kirsten.szelepusa@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Circulating fibrocytes in pathogenesis and therapy of pulmonary hypertension – role of kinase receptors and its inhibitors |
| Turowski, Pawel | Morty | Dr. biol. hom. | Pawel.Turowski@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de | Molecular mechanisms of ventilator-induced acute kideny injury |
| Unkel, Barbara | Herold | Dr. med. | Barbara.unkel@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Mononuclear phagocyte-epithelial interactions in influenza virus pneumonia: Role of epithelial GM-CSF |
| Veith, Christine | Kwapiszewska | Dr. rer. nat | Christine.Veith@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | The cytoskeletal protein paxillin - a focal adhesion protein involved in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension |
| von der Beck, Daniel | Günther | Dr. med. | daniel.v.beck@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | Pathomechanisms and clinical implications of viral infection in models of pulmonary fibrosis |
| Vong, Joaquim | Dobreva | PhD | Joaquim.Vong@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Epigenetic changes in lung cancer |
| Wendel, Isabel | Matrosovich | Dr. rer. nat | isabel.wendel@staff.uni-marburg.de | Die Rolle des PB1-Gens bei der Entstehung pandemischer Influenza A-Viren |
| Wujak, Lukasz | Morty | PhD | Lukasz.Wujak@innere.med.uni-giessen.de | The role of Fxyd proteins in regulation alveolar ion transport |
| Yilmaz, Osman | Christina Nassenstein | Dr. med. | y.osman@hotmail.de | GDNF-dependent modulation of TRP receptor channels in vagal C-fibers innervating the lung |
| Yin, Minmin | Voswinckel | PhD | Minmin.yin@mpi-bn.mpg.de | Identification of molecular key mediators of alveolar septation and lung regeneration |
| Zhao, Min | Garn | Dr. rer. physiol. | Zhaom@students.uni-marburg.de | Development and characterisation of murine model of non-eosinophilic asthma |