Incoming Class of 2012
Further details about the 19 students currently enrolled in the Incoming Class of 2012 are available here.
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Student: Christoph Arens Country: Germany Project: Fungal infections and the cardiopulmonary system PI/co-PI: Weigand/Schlüter/Uhle Contact: christoph.arens@gmx.de Sponsorship: Department of Anaesthesiology |
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Student: Mariola Bednorz Country: Germany Project: ROS signaling in the pathogenesis of cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary hypertension and emphysema. PI/co-PI: Weissmann Contact: mariola.bednorz@t-online.de Sponsorship: DFG |
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Student: Salma Dilai Country: Morocco Project: Role of FGF 10/FGFR2b signaling during lung development PI/co-PI: Bellusci Contact: dilai.salma@gmail.com Sponsorship: DFG |
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Student: Natalia El-Merhie Country: Lebanon Project: Role of peroxisomes in COPD PI/co-PI: Baumgart-Vogt/Reinacher Contact: Natalia.El-Merhie@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de Sponsorship: Department of Anatomy |
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Student: Rebecca Hasseli Country: Germany Project: Characterization of pulmonary fibroblast subtypes in a murine model of compensatory lung growth PI/co-PI: Voswinckel Contact: rebecca@hasseli.de Sponsorship: Max Planck Society |
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Student: Christina Herkt Country: Germany PI/Co-PI: Schmeck/Sittka Project: miRNA-mediated response of human macrophages to Legionella pneumophila infection Contact: Christina.herkt@staff.uni-marburg.de Funding: DFG |
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Student: Dijana Iloska Country: Macedonia PI/Co-PI: Pullamsetti Project: Epigenetic mechanisms of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension Contact: Dijana.Iloska@mpi-bn.mpg.de Funding: DFG |
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Student: Lina Jankauskaite Country: Lithuania PI/Co-PI: Lohmeyer/Herold Project: Mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of influenza virus induced acute lung injury Contact: Lina.Jankauskaite@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Funding: BMBF |
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Student: Luciana Carla Mazzocchi Country: Argentina PI/Co-PI: Vadász Project: The role of the ubiquitin system in regulating lung fluid balance Contact: Luciana.Mazzocchi@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Funding: DFG |
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Student: Anna Lena Merkel Country: Germany PI/Co-PI: Schmeck Project: The role of exosomes in pneumonia Contact: anna.merkel@staff.uni-marburg.de Funding: UGMLC |
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Student: Ivana Mižíková Country: Slovakia PI/Co-PI: Morty Project: Extracellular matrix remodelling in late lung development Contact: Ivana.Mizikova@mpi-bn.mpg.de Funding: Max Planck Society |
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Student: Balram Neupane Country: Nepal PI/Co-PI: Schermuly/Herden Project: Role of obesity in the pathology of pulmonary hypertension Contact: Balram.Neupane@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Funding: UGMLC |
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Student: Karla María Rubio Nava Country: México PI/Co-PI: Barreto/Preissner Project: Induction of cardiac cells proliferation and heart tissue regeneration driven by developmental genes Contact: karlarubiomedicina@yahoo.com.mx Funding: DAAD-CONACYT |
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Student: Jordi Ruiz Camp Country: Spain PI/Co-PI: Morty Project: MicroRNA networks in late lung development Contact: jruizcamp6@gmail.com Funding: Max Planck Society |
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Student: Jan Niklas Schneider Country: Germany PI/Co-PI: Schermuly Project: Potential role of alarmins in pathology of pulmonary hypertension Contact: janschnei@googlemail.com Funding: UGMLC |
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Student: Amit Shrestha Country: Nepal PI/Co-PI: Bellusci Project: Role of FGF10 signaling in adipocyte formation Contact: amshre@hotmail.com Funding: DFG |
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Student: Kathrin Siebers Country: Germany PI/Co-PI: Grau Project: Pathogenesis of chronic lung allograft dysfunction Contact: kathrin.siebers@arcor.de Funding: BMBF |
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Student: Shalini Venkatesan Country: India PI/Co-PI: Günther Project: Mitochondrial autophagy in the development of amiodarone-induced pulmonary fibrosis Contact: Shalini.Venkatesan@innere.med.uni-giessen.de Funding: DFG |
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Student: Gayathri Viswanathan Country: India PI/Co-PI: Schermuly/Dammann Project: Role of miRNAs in the regulation of growth factors for therapeutic applications in the treatment of PAH Contact: gayathriviswanath123@gmail.com Funding: DFG |