Incoming Class of 2025
Further details about the 19 students enrolled in the Incoming Class of 2025 are available here.
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Full name: Sukanya Bhat Country: India Project: Investigating the mode of action of repair-supportive mesenchymal cells in airway regeneration PI/co-PI: Elie El Agha E-mail: sukanya.bhat@stud.uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: DZL |
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Full name: Marieke Böcker Country: Germany Project: Decoding the obesity-lung cancer axis: A multi-omics approach to metabolomic and epigenetic reprogramming PI/co-PI: Rajkumar Savai E-mail: marieke.boecker@mpi-bn.mpg.de Sponsorship: Deutsche Krebshilfe / ILH |
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Full Name: Bhaskarjyaa Chatterjee County: India Project: Evaluating the therapeutic potential of recombinant BMP2 in pulmonary fibrosis PI/co-PI: Elie El Agha Email: bhaskarjyaa.chatterjee@stud.uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: ILH |
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Full name: Ayushi Chauhan Country: India Project: Investigating the modulation of INF signaling by human influenza and human coronavirus PI: Susanne Herold / Irina Kuznetsova Email: chauhanayushi212001@gmail.com Sponsorship: Coropan, LOEWE |
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Full name: Dana Cojocaru Country: Republic of Moldova Project: Investigation of mural and alveolar epithelial cell interactions during emphysema development and alveolar repair in COPD PI/co-PI: Norbert Weissmann / Stefan Hadzic E-mail: dana.cojocaru@uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: JLU |
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Full name: Lois Fletcher-Wheeler Country: United Kingdom Project: Investigating the adipose tissue-lung axis in the context of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis PI/co-PI: Mareike Lehmann E-mail: fletcher@uni-marburg.de Sponsorship: |
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Full name: Danielle Fomferra Country: Germany Project: Impact of oxidative/nitrosative stress modulation on Acta2+ cell-mediated remodeling and regeneration in COPD PI/co-PI: Stefan Hadzic E-mail: danielle.fomferra@uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: JLU |
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Full name: Gamze Çiğdem Gelincik Country: Türkiye Project title: Stem–immune interactions in the lung: A conversation promoting lung health and contributing to tissue regeneration PI/co-PI: Ana Pardo-Saganta E-mail: gamze.c.gelincik@stud.uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: ILH |
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Full name: Sana Hachem Country: Lebanon Project: Investigating the interplay between the lungs and the skeletal muscle system in COPD- induced mice models and the role of exercise in managing the disease PI/co-PI: Miguel A. Alejandre Alcázar E-mail: sana.hachem@uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: DZL |
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Full name: Fatemeh Kheirollahzadeh Country: Iran Project: Regulation of endocytic processes in influenza virus-induced lung injury by hypercapnia PI/co-PI: Istvan Vadasz / Martin Diener E-mail: kheirollahzadeh.f@gmail.com Sponsorship: DZL |
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Full name: Johanna Kohlhaas Country: Germany Project: Establishment of a tuberculosis granuloma model in human lung organoids as a tool to study the role of macrophages in the progression from latent to active disease PI/co-PI: Susanne Herold E-mail: johanna.kohlhaas@uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: DZL funding 4.0 |
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Full name: Chudamani Nuguri Country: India Project: Investigating the role of epithelial FGFr2b deletion in the mouse model of emphysema and pulmonary hypertension PI/co-PI: Norbert Weissmann / Stefan Hadzic E-mail: chudamani.nuguri@ab.uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: ECCPS, Justus Liebig University, Giessen |
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Full name: Maduwuike Okpara Country: Germany Project: Sepsis-induced macrophage–endothelial interaction: Bacterial extracellular vesicles as modulators of RNase1 PI/co-PI: Katrin Laakmann / Bernd Schmeck E-mail: okpara@staff.uni-marburg.de Sponsorship: UKGM |
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Full name: Maike Elisabeth Schneider Country: Germany Project: Role of Siah2 during adaptation of the heart to increased afterload and the development of right heart failure PI/co-PI: Susanne Rohrbach / Christoph Rummel E-mail: maike.e.schneider@uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: --- |
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Full name: Zixiong Shen Country:China Project: The role of CEACAM6 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease PI/co-PI: Stefan Hadzic E-mail: zixiong.shen@uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: Mianyang Central Hospital |
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Full name: Muhammad Faizan Tariq Country: Pakistan Project: Phenotyping of human iPSC-derived lung organoids at single cell resolution and in spatial context PI/co-PI: Susanne Herold / Benjamin Lamp E-mail: muhammad.f.tariq@uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: ILH |
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Full Name: Sardharganesh Hukumathi Venkata Country: India Project: The role of Cox4i2 in normal and aberrant lung development PI/co-PI: Norbert Weissmann / Natascha Sommer E-mail: sardharganesh.hukumathi.venkata@ab.uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: |
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Full Name: Weiwei Yang Country: China Project: Elucidating the role of Fgf10+ mesenchymal cells in PNX-induced alveolar regeneration PI/co-PI: Saverio Bellusci E-mail: dr.weiweiyang@gmail.com Sponsorship: China scholarship council |
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Full name: Jan Luca Zimmermann Country: Germany Project: Role of Proenkephalin during adaptation of the heart to increased afterload and the development of right heart failure PI/co-PI: Susanne Rohrbach / Reinhard Dammann E-mail: jan.l.zimmermann@uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: DFG / SFB1213 |


















