Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research

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Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research - WG Kerckhoff Institute
Category: research Institute
Carrier: Max Planck Society
Legal form of the carrier: Registered association
Seat of the wearer: Munich
Facility location: Bad Nauheim
Type of research: Basic research
Subjects: Natural sciences
Areas of expertise: Molecular biology , gene therapy , stem cell research , developmental biology
Basic funding: Federal government (50%), states (50%)
Management: Thomas Braun (Managing Director), Stefan Offermanns , Didier Stainier , Werner Seeger
Employee: approx. 350
Homepage: www.mpi-hlr.de

The Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research - WG Kerckhoff Institute in Bad Nauheim is a research institute of the Max Planck Society . From 1931 to 1972 the institute was named after the founder William G. Kerckhoff Heart Research Institute , after it had joined the Max Planck Society in 1951, from 1972 to 2004 it was called the Max Planck Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research .

The MPI for Heart and Lung Research deals with the embryonic development of the heart, the lungs and the vascular system as well as with the remodeling processes of these organs, especially in the context of diseases. The methodological focus is on molecular biology , gene therapy and stem cell research .

history

The forerunner of the institute was an institute for heart research founded in 1931 by the private William G. Kerckhoff Foundation . In 1951 the institute was incorporated into the Max Planck Society and renamed the Max Planck Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research in 1972. In addition to physiology and cardiology, however, ophthalmology was one of the focal points initially under Eberhard Dodt . Over the decades, however, the concentration on circulatory and vascular research has been strengthened through new appointments .

After Eckart Simon retired and Werner Risau died early in 1998, Wolfgang Schaper was the sole director of the institute. In connection with his upcoming retirement, the Max Planck Society considered closing the institute. The decision was then made to realign the subject, which began with the appointment of Thomas Braun and the re-establishment of the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research. The scientific expansion of the institute has now been completed with the appointment of Werner Seeger (2008), Stefan Offermanns (2009) and Didier Stainier (2012).

Research departments

  • Department I: Development and remodeling of the heart (Thomas Braun)
  • Department II: Pharmacology ( Stefan Offermanns )
  • Department III: Genetics of Development ( Didier Stainier )
  • Department IV: Development and remodeling of the lungs ( Werner Seeger )

Scientific junior research groups

  • Cell Polarity and Organogenesis Laboratory (Masanori Nakayama)
  • Angiogenesis & Metabolism Laboratory (Michael Potente)

International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)

The MPI for Heart and Lung Research is involved in the International Max Planck Research School for Heart and Lung Research . The IMPRS operates an English-language doctoral program . The "mission of this IMPRS is to familiarize basic researchers with patient-oriented scientific approaches". Further partners of the IMPRS are the Justus Liebig University in Giessen and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt / Main. The spokesman for the IMPRS is the biochemist Thomas Braun. (See the IMPRS homepage under web links.)

Literature on the history of institutes and buildings

  • Britta Spranger: The William G. Kerckhoff Institute in Bad Nauheim. Its donors and its building history. Self-published by the Hessian Historical Commission Darmstadt and the Historical Commission for Hesse, Darmstadt / Marburg 1993. ISBN 3-88443-178-1 (Sources and research on Hessian history, vol. 89).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Brochure International Max Planck Research Schools - Graduate programs in a first-class research environment, Max Planck Society, July 2012, page 19 (not online).


Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 11.1 ″  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 28.4 ″  E