Currently funded projects

Gender differences in CD8+ T cell mediated immune control of chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Institution: Department of Medicine II, University Hospital Freiburg
Applicant: Dr. Julia Lang-Meli
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

AI-guided characterization of copy number signatures in the context of cancer therapies
Institution: Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, NCT-West, University Hospital Essen
Applicant: Dr. Dr. Emre Kocakavuk
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

Tumor monitoring and molecular risk stratification by means of liquid biopsy in the case of meningeoma patients prior to radiotherapy
Institution: Dept. of Radiation Oncology and Radiation Therapy, Heidelberg University Hospital
Applicant: Dr. Maximilian Y. Deng
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

The interferon network in inflammatory neurodegeneration
Institution: Institute of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis (INIMS), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
Applicant: Dr. Marcel Seungsu Woo
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

Prevention of intestinal anastomotic leakage by stimulation of serosal healing and induction of mesothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in mesothelial cells
Institution: Klinikum rechts der Isar, Department of Surgery, TUM School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich
Applicant: Dr. Marie-Christin Weber
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

Deciphering shared tumoral and neural immunity in human paraneoplastic neurological syndromes: a systems immunological approach
Institution: Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf
Applicant: Dr. Saskia Räuber
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

Define immune cell dependent- and independent age-related alterations in sensory neuron physiology
Institution: Clinical Dept. for Haematology, Haemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Applicant: Dr. Caroline Perner
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing of CaMKIIδ as an antiarrhythmic therapy for sleep-disordered breathing
Institution: Clinic and Policlinic for Internal Medicine II University Hospital Regensburg
Applicant: PD Dr. Simon Lebek
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

Identification of immunological characteristics which influence the response to immunotherapies
Institution: I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Applicant: Dr. Jan Kempski
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

EValuate: characterization of extracellular vesicles as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
Department Signaling and Functional Genomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg and
Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg, University Hospital Heidelberg
Applicant: Dr. Antonia Schubert
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications