Independent Junior Research Group Leader
At the Faculty of Medicine, young scientists are active in the following areas through various funding programmes:
Emmy-Noether Junior Research Groups
PD Dr. Dr. Philipp Schommers
Department I for Internal Medicine (2022-2024)
Characterization of HIV-1 Antibody Resistance in Humans and its Impact on Viral Fitness
Dr. Silvana Valtcheva
Department for Vegetative Physiology (2022-2024)
Neural circuits for oxytocin release and maternal behavior
Dr. Othman Al-Sawaf
Department I for Internal Medicine (2023-2026)
Integrative Modellierung der Plastizität, Evolution und Prognose von Krebs
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Knorr
Zentrum für Biochemie (2021 - 2026)
(appointed as of 15.06.2024)
Morphogenesis of membrane-bound organelles by phase-separated compartments)
BMBF funded Junior Research Group
Dr. Alexander Simonis
Department I for Internal Medicine (2022-2027)
Immunotherapies against bacterial infections
Junior Research Groups funded by the Mildred Scheel School of Oncology (MSSO) Cologne-Bonn
Dr. Johannes Brägelmann
Translational Genomics (2020-2024)
Dissecting functional determinants of therapy response and immune-interactions in squamous cell carcinomas
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julie George
(appointed as of 01.03.2021)
Translational Genomics (2020-2024)
Evolutionary adaption of cancer to therapeutic response
Dr. Filippo Beleggia
Translational Genomics (2020-2024)
Mutation-driven vulnerabilities in Small Cell Lung Cancer
NRW return program
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Bozek
(appointed as of 01.08.2022)
CMMC (2019-2024)
UzK/MPI Junior Research Group
Dr. Stephanie Panier
Max Planck Institute for Biology og Ageing (2020-2025)