Cutting-edge research on RNA-based therapies: Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung announces Prize for Medical Research 2025
Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, June 5, 2024 – Today the foundation Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (EKFS) announced its call for proposals for the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2025. Endowed with 2.5 million euros, the prize will be awarded next year for outstanding achievements in the field of RNA-based therapies.
Nachgefragt: Was macht eigentlich Prof. Dr. Simon Lebek, Else Kröner Memorialstipendiat aus dem Jahr 2023?
Nach seinem Medizinstudium erfüllte Prof. Dr. Simon Lebek 2021 die Voraussetzungen zur Habilitation in Experimenteller Innerer Medizin an der Universität Regensburg. Im selben Jahr schloss er sich der Arbeitsgruppe von Prof. Dr. Eric Olson am UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, USA, an. Sein Auslandsaufenthalt wurde mit dem Walter Benjamin-Stipendium der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft gefördert. Während seines Postdocs im „Olson Lab“ lernte er neben vielen molekularbiologischen Methoden vor allem das CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing – auch als Gen-Schere bekannt – kennen.
Extracorporeal Life Support in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock (ECLS-SHOCK)
Cardiogenic shock is caused by a pump failure of the heart and in most cases caused by a heart attack. Currently, still 40-50% of these patients die. For more than ten years, cardiogenic shock has been treated with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which is called VA-ECMO or ECLS, to support the failing heart. In the large ECLS-SHOCK trial, in which a total of 420 patients with cardiogenic shock after myocardial infarction at 44 centers in Germany and Slovenia participated, VA-ECMO therapy in the intensive care unit was compared versus no VA-ECMO in the intensive care unit.
Translational Medicine
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Genome Dynamics and Epigenomics
The Else Kröner graduate study program “Genome Dynamics and Epigenomics” promotes high-achieving medical students with an interest in biomedical research. The program supports them in their intention to accomplish a demanding doctoral thesis in experimental medicine parallel to their studies. This is made possible via networking events, course offers and fellowships for sabbatical semesters to carry out research.
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Extension in 2021