The Participating Scientists
Work conducted within the framework of IRTG1062 is supervised by 39 principal investigators Here you can find detailed information about each of the scientists involved, together with their contact details.
The Coordinators |
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Werner Seeger (Programme Speaker) Professor and Chairman of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Werner.Seeger@ innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942350 Fax: +49 641 9942359 Subject area: Pulmonary medicine and biology, experimental therapeutics |
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Rory E. Morty (Programme Coordinator) Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Aulweg 123 (Room 6-11) D-35392 Giessen Rory.Morty@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942300 Fax: +49 641 9942309 Subject area: Acute lung injury (ALI) and lung development |
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Jahar Bhattacharya, MD DPhil (On-site coordinator: Columbia) Professor of Clinical Physiological Medicine College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University 630 West 168th Street (BB 8-812) New York, NY 10032, USA jb39@columbia.edu Tel.: +1 212 305 7093 Fax.: +1 212 305 6701 Subject area: Lung epithelial and endothelial biology |
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J. Iasha Sznajder, MD (On-site coordinator: Pulmonology) Professor & Chairman of Pulmonary and Critical Care Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Feinburg School of Medicine Northwestern University 240 E. Huron (McGaw M300) Chicago, IL 60611, USA j-sznajder@northwestern.edu Tel.: +1 312 908 7737 Fax.: +1 312 503 0411 Subject area: Acute lung injury (ALI), critical care |
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Paul T. Schumacker, MD (On-site coordinator: Pediatrics) Professor of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics Northwestern University 303 E Chicago Ave (Ward 12-191) Chicago, IL 60611, USA p-schumacker@northwestern.edu Tel.: +1 312 503 1476 Fax.: +1 312 503 2441 Subject area: reactive oxygen |
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The Participating Scientists: |
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Thomas Braun Chairman Department of Cardiac Structure and Development Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research Parkstrasse 1 D-61231 Bad Nauheim Thomas.Braun@mpi-bn.mpg.de Tel.: +49 6032 705402 Fax: +49 6032 705419 Subject area: Developmental biology and stem cell biology |
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Ludger Fink Consultant Pathologist Institute for Pathology Justus Liebig University Langhansstrasse 10 D-35392 Giessen Ludger.Fink@patho.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9941167 ax: +49 641 9941169 Subject area: Lung pathology |
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Rio Dumitrascu Resident in Internal Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Rio.Dumitrascu@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942422 Fax: +49 641 9942419 Subject area: Pulmonary vascular disease |
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Hossein A. Ghofrani Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Ardeschir.Ghofrani@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942421 Fax: +49 641 9942419 Subject area: Pulmonary vascular disease, ischemia-reperfusion injury, experimental therapeutics |
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Veronika Grau Associate Professor of Experimental Surgery Division of Experimental Surgery Department of General Surgery Rudolf-Buchheim-Strasse 7 D-35392 Giessen Veronika.Grau@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9944791 Fax: +49 641 9944709 Subject area: Lung transplantation, bronchioitis obliterans |
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Friedrich Grimminger Professor and Chairman of Medical Oncology Division of Medical Oncology Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Friedrich.Grimminger@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942370 Fax: +49 641 9942359 Subject area: Lung cancer, experimental therapeutics, pulmonary vascular disease |
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Andreas Günther Professor of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Andreas.Guenther@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942515 Fax: +49 641 9942508 Subject area: Lung fibrosis and acute lung injury (ALI) |
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Matthias Hecker Resident in Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Matthias.Hecker@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942422 Fax: +49 641 9942419 Subject area: Acute lung injury (ALI) |
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Susanne Herold Resident in Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Susanne.Herold@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942705 Fax: +49 641 9942679 Subject area: Lung infection and inflammation, and acute lung injury (ALI) |
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Wolfgang Kummer Professor and Chairman of Anatomy Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology Justus Liebig University Aulweg 123 D-35392 Giessen Wolfgang.Kummer@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9947000 Fax: +49 641 9947009 Subject area: Alveolar macrophages |
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Grazyna Kwapiszewska Staff Scientist Institute for Pathology Justus Liebig University Langhansstrasse 10 D-35392 Giessen Grazyna.Kwapiszewska@patho.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9941167 Fax: +49 641 9941169 Subject area: Pulmonary vascular disease |
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Jürgen Lohmeyer Professor of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Juergen.Lohmeyer@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942654 Fax: +49 641 9942149 Subject area: Lung infection and inflammation, and acute lung injury (ALI) |
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Philipp Markart Resident in Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Philipp.Markart@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942423 Fax: +49 641 9942359 Subject area: Lung fibrosis and acute lung injury (ALI) |
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Konstantin Mayer Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Konstantin.Mayer@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942687 Fax: +49 641 9942359 Subject area: Acute lung injury (ALI), lung inflammation, critical care and parenteral nutrition |
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Stephan Pleschka Professor of Virology Institute for Medical Virology Frankfurterstrasse 107 D-35392 Giessen Stephan.Pleschka@mikro.bio.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9947750 Fax: +49 641 9941209 Subject area: influenza virus infection, intracellular trafficking |
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Klaus Preissner Professor and Chairman Institute for Medical Biochemistry Justus Liebig University Friedrichstrasse 24 D-35392 Giessen Klaus.T.Preissner@biochemie.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9947500 Fax: +49 641 9947509 Subject area: Thrombosis and haemostasis, acute lung injury (ALI) and lung fibrosis, physiological roles of extracellular nucleic acids |
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Soni Pullamsetti Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Soni.Pullamsetti@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942422 Fax: +49 641 9942419 Subject area: Pulmonary vascular disease, experimental therapeutics |
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Heinrich Sauer Professor of Physiology Institute for Physiology Justus Liebig University Friedrichstrasse 24 D-35392 Giessen Heinrich.Sauer@physiologie.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9947333 Fax: +49 641 9947219 Subject area: Stem cells, pulmonary vascular disease |
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Rajkumar Savai Staff Scientist Division of Medical Oncology Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Rajkumar.Savai@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942422 Fax: +49 641 9942419 Subject area: Lung cancer |
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Ralph T. Schermuly Department of Lung Structure and Development Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research Parkstrasse 1 D-61231 Bad Nauheim Ralph.Schermuly@mpi-bn.mpg.de Tel.: +49 6032 7050 Fax: +49 6032 705211 Subject area: Pulmonary vascular disease, lung fibrosis |
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István Vadász Resident in Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Istvan.Vadasz@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942548 Fax: +49 641 9942359 Subject area: Acute lung injury (ALI), alveolo-capillary barrier function |
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Robert Voswinckel Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen Department of Lung Structure and Development Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research Parkstrasse 1 D-61231 Bad Nauheim Robert.Voswinckel@mpi-bn.mpg.de Tel.: +49 6032 7050 Fax: +49 6032 705211 Subject area: Pulmonary vascular disease and lung development |
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Norbert Weissmann Professor of Experimental Pulmonology Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Department of Internal Medicine Justus Liebig University Klinikstrasse 36 D-35392 Giessen Norbert.Weissmann@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9942414 Fax: +49 641 9942419 Subject area: hypoxia, emphysema, pulmonary vascular disease |
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Malgorzata Wygrecka Staff Scientist Institiute for Medical Biochemistry Justus Liebig University Friedrichstrasse 24 D-35392 Giessen Malgorzata.Wygrecka@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Tel.: +49 641 9947500 Fax: +49 641 9947509 Subject area: Acute lung injury (ALI) and lung fibrosis |
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Janine d’Armiento, MD PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine Columbia University 622 West 168th Street (PH8E-105J) New York, NY 10032, USA jmd12@columbia.edu Tel.: +1 212 305 3745 Fax.: +1 212 305 5052 Subject area: Emphysema |
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Charles Emala, MD Associate Professor of Anesthesiology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University 630 West 168th Street (P&S Box 46) New York, NY 10032, USA Cwe5@columbia.edu Tel.: +1 212 305 8360 Fax.: +1 212 305 3117 Subject area: Signal transduction |
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Charles A. Powell, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Columbia University Medical Center 630 West 168th Street (Box 91) New York, NY 10032, USA cap6@columbia.edu Tel.: +1 212 305 3584 Fax.: +1 212 305 0089 Subject area: Lung Cancer, Functional Genomics |
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Saul Silverstein, PhD Department of Microbiology Columbia University 701 West 168th Street (BB 8-812) New York, NY 10032, USA sjs6@columbia.edu Tel.: +1 212 305 8149 Fax.: +1 212 305 5106 Subject area: Varicella zoster virus |
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Gregory R.S. Budinger, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Feinburg School of Medicine Northwestern University 240 E. Huron (McGaw M300) Chicago, IL 60611, USA g-budinger@northwestern.edu Tel.: +1 312 503 2548 Fax.: +1 312 503 0411 Subject area: Acute lung injury, sepsis, nanoparticles |
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Hau Kwaan, MD Professor of Hematology Division of Hematology/Oncology Northwestern University 303 East Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611, USA h-kwaan@northwestern.edu Tel.: +1 312 503 1358 Fax.: +1 312 695 6189 Subject area: Thrombosis and haemostasis |
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Gökhan M. Mutlu, MD Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Feinburg School of Medicine Northwestern University 240 E. Huron (McGaw M300) Chicago, IL 60611, USA g-mutlu@northwestern.edu Tel.: +1 312 908 8163 Fax.: +1 312 503 0411 Subject area: Acute lung injury (ALI), pulmonary fibrosis |
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Karen Ridge, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Feinburg School of Medicine Northwestern University 240 E. Huron (McGaw M300) Chicago, IL 60611, USA kridge@northwestern.edu Tel.: +1 312 503 1648 Fax.: +1 312 503 0411 Subject area: Acute lung injury (ALI), cell cytoskeleton |
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Robin H. Steinhorn, MD Professor and Head of Neonatology Division of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics Northwestern University 303 E Chicago Ave (Ward 12-196) Chicago, IL 60611, USA r-steinhorn@northwestern.edu Tel.: +1 773 880 4142 Fax.: +1 773 880 3061 Subject area: pulmonary vascular disease of the newborn |
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Stephen Wedgwood, PhD Research Assistant Professor Division of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics Northwestern University 303 E Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611, USA s-wedgwood@northwestern.edu Tel.: +1 312 503 4232 Fax.: +1 312 503 2441 Subject area: Vascular endothelium and smooth muscle |