Perspective projects
In order to further develop our research field, our network supports innovative research projects that complement and strengthen our research strategy and have the potential for interdisciplinary collaboration. These projects are granted to group leaders who are not yet members of our network on a competitive basis after review by our Executive Board and External Advisory Board.
Funded projects
- PEP-2026-03 – Label-free NIR-based imaging of neutrophil location and activity in psoriasis vulgaris
Principal investigator: Luise Erpenbeck (Department of Dermatology)
Project term: 07/2026–06/2027 - PEP-2026-05 – Identification of ascending chronic urinary tract infections including vascular and functional consequences with longitudinal dynamic PET-MRI
Principal investigator: Selina Jorch (Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine)
Project term: 07/2026–06/2027 - PEP-2026-06 – Host-microbiota interactions: visualizing translocating gut pathobionts in an autoimmune-prone mouse model
Principal investigator: Martin Kriegel (Department of Translational Rheumatology and Immunology)
Project term: 07/2026–06/2027 - PEP-2023-02: Multi-scale, model-driven image reconstruction of the tumor micro-environment
Principal investigator: Christian Engwer (Institute for Applied Mathematics: Analysis and Numerics)
Project term: 07/2023–06/2024 - PEP-2023-03: Cell-cell collisions augment collective swarm dynamics in immune cells
Principal investigator: Milos Galic (Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics)
Project term: 07/2023–06/2024 - PEP-2022-05: Functional analysis of cardiac resident hematopoietic cells during post-injury recovery in zebrafish
Principal investigator: Felix Gunawan (Institute of Cell Biology)
Project term: 01/2023–12/2023 - PEP-2022-09: All-in-one cell therapy of tumors combining antigen-specific T cell activation with local depletion of immunosuppressive macrophages: Visualization of local CSF1R antagonist secretion in tumors
Principal investigator: Claudia Rössig (Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology)
Project term: 01/2023–12/2023 - PEP-2022-12 – Chemiluminescent activation of optogenetic proteins for the targeting sites of inflammation
Principal investigator: Seraphine Wegner (Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry)
Project term: 01/2023–12/2023