The Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (EKSF) is funding the UKE junior researcher program “iPRIME- PhD - Integrative (Inter-)Organ Immunology and Career Development” as one of only three Medical Scientist Programs in Germany with 1.1 million euros over four years. The aim of the college is to enable outstanding young scientists in the field of basic research to become more firmly anchored in the medical context and to specifically promote their work towards clinical application.

The new iPRIME research group investigates immune processes at three levels: organ-specific immunity, systemic immune response and inter-organ communication and is headed by Prof. Dr. Tobias Huber, Dr. Sybille Köhler and Dr. Kristina Schulz from the III. Department of Medicine and Prof. Dr. Petra Arck from the Centre for Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the UKE. The aim is to identify new therapeutic approaches and translate clinical observations into new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Young scientists benefit from personalized career plans, intensive mentoring and interdisciplinary networking.

The program for Medical Scientists complements the already established iPRIME Medical student and the iPRIME Clinical Scientist program at the UKE. Together, they now form a nationally unique, interdisciplinary EKFS cluster with a focus on immune-mediated diseases.

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