Heisenberg Program

The Heisenberg Program is designed to enable outstanding scientists who meet all the requirements for appointment to a long-term professorship to continue preparing for a senior scientific position and to work on advanced research topics during this period.

Heisenberg Professorship
Deciphering the mechanics that control cell shape and movement in living tissues – implications for cardiovascular biology
Project leader
Prof. Dr. Florian Gärtner
Institution
Department of Medicine I
Funding
since 2023
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Heisenberg Professorship
Unraveling molecular mechanisms of the preferential degeneration of midbrain neurons in neurodegenerative diseases
Project leader
Prof. Dr. Lena Burbulla
Institution
Chair of Metabolic Biochemistry, Biomedical Center (BMC)
Funding
since 2022
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Project in GEPRIS
Heisenberg Professorship
Intra- and Interpersonal Synchrony in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Project leader
Prof. Dr. Christine M. Falter-Wagner
Institution
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Funding
since 2021
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Heisenberg Professorship
Environment and development of immunological tolerance with the focus on the development of allergic diseases
Project leader
Prof. Dr. Bianca Schaub
Institution
Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital
Funding
since 2017
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