PhD Studenten

	Nasim Alebrahimdehkordi Research interest: Mitochondrial ROS in hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension Expertise: Isolated ventilated and perfused lung, fluorescence microscopy, cell culture, histology email: Nasim.Alebrahimdehkordi@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Siddartha Doswada Research topic: Investigation of cell-type specific Noxo1 deletion in the mouse model of cigarette smoke-induced emphysema and pulmonary hypertension email: Siddartha.Doswada@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Claudia Garcia Research topic: Mitochondrial signalling in COPD Expertise: In vivo lung function and hemodynamic measurements, molecular biology, histology, alveolar morphometry, mitochondrial respiration measurements email: Claudia.Garcia@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Marija Gredic Research topic: Oxidative and nitrosative stress-related signaling events leading to smoke-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling. In particular, the iNOS-peroxynitrite-nitrotyrosine axis in myeloid cells during the development of COPD-PH. email: Marija.Gredic@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Stefan Hadzic email: Stefan.Hadzic@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Zeki Ilker Kanbagli Research topic: The CRISPR/Cas9 based iNOS and NoxO1 targeting as a new treatment approach for cigarette smoke-induced emphysema and pulmonary hypertension Expertise: Molecular biology, CRISPR/Cas9 based techniques email: Zeki.I.Kanbagli@med.uni-giessen.de
	Kathrin Malkmus Research topic: The role of classical transient receptor potential (TRPC) proteins 1, 3 and 6 in the pathogenesis of chronic hypoxia induced pulmonary hypertension. In particular, the effect of TRPC1/3/6 deficiency on cellular calcium homeostasis and pulmonary vascular remodeling under normoxic vs. hypoxic conditions. email: Kathrin.Malkmus@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Esraa Mohamed Research topic: The role of mitochondrial ROS in HIF stabilization in the pulmonary vasculature. Expertise: Cell culture, molecular biology email: Esraa.Mohamed@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Anika Nolte Research topic: The role of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 isoform 2 (Cox4i2) in pulmonary oxygen sensing and the pathophysiology of chronic hypoxia and hyperoxia. Expertise: Molecular biology (e.g. blue native gels, supercomplex assays, tranfection) email: Anika.K.Nolte@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Julia Schäffer Research topic: The therapeutic potential of the omega-3 fatty acid derivative Resolvin E1 in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Expertise: Isolated ventilated and perfused mouse lung, in vivo measurements of lung function and hemodynamics, cell culture, functional cellular assays, histology email: Julia.Schaeffer@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Inna Tschipakow email: Inna.Tschipakow@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Cheng-Yu Wu Research interest: Molecular mechanisms underlying the development of pulmonary emphysema. In particular, the role of iNOS in different non-bone marrowed derived cells, and the associated effect of nitrosative and oxidative stress. email: Cheng-Yu.Wu@innere.med.uni-giessen.de