Central Projects

Central project 1

Coordination and administration of the Clinical Research Unit (KFO 329)

Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter

Central project 2

In vivo models, phenotyping and imaging

Branko Zevnik, Astrid Schauss, Jan Becker, Martin Höhne

Central project 3

MCD/FSGS registry and histopathological platform

Franziska Grundmann, Lutz Weber, Jan Becker

Research Projects

Research project 1

Alterations of slit diaphragm signaling as a cause of FSGS

Thomas Benzing

Research project 2

Blocking cytoskeletal stress induced calcium signals in podocyte hypertrophy to prevent podocyte loss

Matthias Hackl

Research project 3

Gene-regulatory networks in podocytes in health and disease

Martin Kann and Andreas Beyer

Research project 4

DNA damage response pathways in podocytes: novel targets to treat focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Christine Kurschat and Björn Schumacher

Research project 5

Podocyte lncRNAs – a novel player in focal-segmental glomerulosclerosis

Roman Müller and Christoph Dieterich

Research project 6

Targeting metabolic pathways in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Paul Brinkkötter

Research project 7

The Hippo downstream effectors YAP and TAZ and podocyte’s stress signaling in the context of FSGS

Sandra Habbig and Bernhard Schermer

Research project 8

Genomic profiling and epigenetic biomarker discovery in steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome

Janine Altmüller and Bodo Beck