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Core areas, SFBs & Co.

There are 6 different Ph.D. core areas at our faculty. In addition, there are numerous Collaborative Research Centers (SFBs) and associated programs that offer the Ph.D. Medical Research as part of a graduate program.

Core areas and associated programs

There are currently 6 core areas and numerous graduate programs at our Faculty, which offer the Ph.D. in Medical Research. Since not all departments offer a part of a core area or are associated with a research training group, there is also the option to do an “individual Ph.D. Medical Research”.

Core Area: International Health

"International Health" combines health-related research in the widest sense and development cooperation.

Core Area: Oral Sciences

An interdisciplinary focus of dentistry that promotes research in the field of dental health.

Core Area: Epidemiology & Public Health

Research projects range from clinical questions to health services research and evidence-based prevention.

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Core Area: Genomic and Molecular Medicine

Genomic and Molecular Medicine – Personalized Approaches to Childhood Health

Core Area: Lung Health & Immunity

is an international, interdisciplinary, and structured MD and Ph.D. training program.

Core Area: Cardiovascular Science

Combines classical scientific research with clinical medicine in cardiovascular sciences.

Individual Ph.D. Medical Research

The Ph.D. for candidates at departments without a core area or associated program.

SFB 1054

The control and plasticity of cell-fate decisions, their input signals and molecular basis.

SFB 1064

Fundamental aspects of chromatin dynamics and how it responds to environmental and developmental cues.

SFB 1123

Atherosclerosis – Mechanisms and Networks of Novel Therapeutic Targets

i-Target

Preclinical development of tumor immunotherapies (IRTG of the Bavarian Elite Network)

IMPRS-TP

Interdisciplinary training in the field of molecular, cellular and systemic psychiatric research.

IMPRS-ML

Projects in: Molecular Mechanisms, Biological Systems and Computational Biology and Technology Development

IMPRS-BI

IMPRS - Biological Intelligence focuses on how nervous systems develop and produce behaviors that can adapt.

Pilot

explores mechanisms that determine perinatal differentiation of immune cells & their cellular environment.

POKAL

Predictors and clinical outcomes of depressive disorders in primary care (POKAL)

Targets in Toxicology (GRK 2338)

brings together 12 research partners in the Munich area to understand the mechanism of toxic lung injury

T-OP: Training Network for Optimizing Adoptive T cell Therapy of Cancer

targets a pioneering research question: how do cytokines influence the therapeutic outcome of ACT products?

MvPI Infection research

Infection research with a focus on bacterial pathogens, virology and infection immunology

Completed SFBs & Co.

The following SFBs and Research Training Groups have enabled numerous doctoral students to successfully complete their dissertations in recent years.

ITN Keep Control

aims at understanding and treatment of balance and gait deficits in older adults, closed successfully in 2021

SFB 914

Studying the signals that navigate leukocytes within the vascular system, closed successfully in summer 2023.

SFB 1243

Genetic and epigenetic evolution of hematopoietic neoplasms, The SFB was successfully completed in 2020.

ChroMe

ChroMe’s research targeted an important nexus between metabolism and chromatin and closed successfully in 2020

ImmuTrain

Researched bispecific antibodies against tumors and the patient´s immune system, closed successfully in 2019