When blood starts flowing again after a heart attack, it can literally flood the affected heart muscle cells with oxygen and nutrients and thus cause secondary damage. The DFG-funded research training group »TCI repAMI« at the University Hospital Essen and ISAS is investigating how immune cells, blood vessel cells and heart muscle cells interact in this process. Clinical and research experts are working together in tandem teams in eleven sub-projects to provide interdisciplinary training for a total of 33 doctoral students.
The European Union is funding the NUCLEAR PhD training network with the aim of training young scientists in the fields of metabolic regulation of genome function and cell identity in the context of stem cell biology and cancer research. Twelve partner organisations, including ISAS, are participating in NUCLEAR, pooling their expertise in stem cell biology, precision nutrition, mass spectrometry and drug development, among other areas.
In the »Targeted & Non-Targeted Metabolomics« project, NMR spectroscopy is used for both targeted and non-targeted metabolome analyses.
The DFG Collaborative Research Centre Transregio 332 is investigating the role of neutrophils, a type of immune cell, in various diseases. ISAS is involved in this project through two sub-projects, with the long-term aim of enabling new therapeutic approaches, for example for rheumatoid arthritis.