ERS Educational Award 2023 to Professor Felix Herth
Professor Felix Herth received the ERS Educational Award 2023 t this year's European Respiratory Society Congress (ERS), which is the largest…
Using epigenetic profiling to identify potential COPD treatments
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) symptoms are associated with impaired lung fibroblast function. German and British scientists have now…
Enhancing lung cancer prevention in Europe across all social and economic groups
Europe-wide project SOLACE, short for "Strengthening the Screening of Lung Cancer in Europe", under the scientific leadership of Heidelberg University…
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Sarcoidosis Research Award to Katharina Buschulte
We congratulate Katherina Buschulte for receiving the sarcoidosis research award for her work about „ How informed are patients with sarcoidosis about…
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Milestone in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension
In a recently published international phase III clinical trial involving several DZL scientists, Sotatercept, a drug that is still to receive approval…
One of the major British Daily Newspapers, The Guardian, has chosen works by TLRC/DZL scientist Robert Prevedel and his lab as one of the 10 biggest science stories of 2022.
Prevedel lab published a study demonstrating groundbreaking improvements in a method to measure cell-stiffness, known as Brillouin microscopy. This…
AIO Science Award 2022 granted to Petros Christopoulos for the study of molecular risk factor and tumor microenvironment in lung cancer.
We are happy to announce that Prof. Christopoulos received the 2022 Science Award of the Working Group of Internal Oncology (AIO) for identification…
Cystic fibrosis association supports project at Heidelberg University Hospital
The German Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Mukoviszidose e.V.) is funding a project on the antibacterial effect of specific fatty acids on the growth of…