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Successful Science Day of the Deparment of Medicine at the JLU Giessen Under the motto “Let’s talk science!”, the Faculty of Medicine at Justus Liebig University Giessen once again hosted its annual Science Day...

Under the motto “Let’s talk science!”, the Faculty of Medicine at Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen once again hosted its annual Science Day. Around 160 early-career researchers, including numerous CPI Academy members, presented their research. cpi-online.de/news/science...

Don't miss the upcoming Science Day of the Deparment of Medicine @jlugiessen.bsky.social! Read more: cpi-online.de/news/8th-jlu...

Alcazar et al. uncover the mechanistic link between mechanical ventilation (MV), inflammation, and arrested alveolarization of reduced alveolar epithelial cells in bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Read more: cpi-online.de/researchofth...

DFG funding for Miguel Alejandre Alcazar & Julian Wagner Awarded for research on the neuro-cardiopulmonary interface in health and aging...

Over half a million euros in DFG funding goes to Prof. Dr. Dr. Miguel Alejandre Alcazar and Dr. Julian Wagner to investigate the inter- and transgenerational metabolic priming of the neuro-cardiopulmonary interface in health and aging. Read more: cpi-online.de/news/dfg-fun...

The long non-coding RNA Snhg15 protects the heart after myocardial infarction Cardiomyocytes are postmitotic cells that do not proliferate in the heart. In order to maintain the structural integrity of the heart, cardiomyocyte l…

Wow, that was fast @jmccardiology.bsky.social! Our article exploring the protective role of Snhg15 after myocardial infarction is already available :)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations to all authors, specially to the infatigable @MarianaShumliakivska! (I'll get her to @bsky.app)

DFG Funding for Marija Gredić: Investigating the Role of Cathepsin D in COPD-associated pulmonary hypertension Dr. Marija Gredić has been awarded a research grant of € 324 032 for three years (2026–2028) from German Research Foundation (DFG) to study novel mechanisms driving pulmonary hypertension in COPD...

Congratulations to Dr. Marija Gredić, DZL scientist at Justus Liebig University Giessen (UGMLC), who has been awarded a €324,032 DFG research grant, investigating the role of Cathepsin D in COPD-associated pulmonary hypertension. Read more: cpi-online.de/news/dfg-fun...

Ageing-associated endothelial decorin induction and the impact of non-glycanated decorin on cardiac inflammation AbstractAims. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the European Union and ageing is one of its major risk factors resulting in the progr

Look how cool, Felix Trogisch and Joerg Heineke highlight our decorin paper academic.oup.com/cardiovascre... in their last editorial in Cardiovascular Research academic.oup.com/cardiovascre.... I love the title 💃🏻💃🏻
Decorin expression is increased by ageing and contributes to inflammation and leakage.

You are looking for a Postdoc position to advance your career at a world-leading institution in cardiopulmonary research? We invite you to apply for our highly competitive Postdoc Grants: cpi-online.de/uncategorize...

CPI Academy Postdoc Grants - CPI online – Cardio-Pulmonary Institute https://youtu.be/o7LZxblkgQg   You are looking for a Postdoc position to advance your career at a world-leading institution in cardiopulmonary research? We invite you to apply for our highly competiti...

Last Call: CPI Postdoc Grants
The @cpi-exstra.bsky.social is awarding competitive Postdoc Grants for outstanding early-career researchers.
Apply now: cpi-online.de/academy-post...
The application deadline is approaching fast!
#Postdoc #Fellowship #Career #Research #CPI #LungResearch #HeartResearch

YouTube video by Rhein-Main-Universitäten (RMU) RMU Insights: Exzellenzcluster Cardiopulmonary Institute (CPI)

Im Exzellenzcluster @cpi-exstra.bsky.social untersuchen #Forschende interdisziplinär das Zusammenspiel von Herz und Lunge, Ziel ist u.a. die Entwicklung neuartiger Therapeutika. Zum Interview mit Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Stefanie Dimmeler von der @goetheuni.bsky.social geht es hier: youtu.be/aik52E5AlXg

@navbo.bsky.social 2025 starts this Sunday and the great @leahvanicek.bsky.social will be flying the colours of the @instcardregffm.bsky.social. She will present her work on HFpEF and microvascular cells. Watch out for funky pericyte stuff 💃🏻🤘🏻🫀
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Prof. Dr. Amparo Acker-Palmer honored with Reinhart Koselleck DFG grant 1,25 Million Euro for neurovascular research at the Goethe University Frankfurt...

1,25 Million Euro for neurovascular research at the @goetheuni.bsky.social receives Prof. Acker-Palmer from the prestigious Reinhart Koselleck DFG grant. In her project, she aims to investigate the hidden functions of vascular-neuronal interfaces. Read more: cpi-online.de/news/acker-p...

September 2025 Loss of Y chromosome: proteomic signatures in human cardiovascular disease

Weyrich and colleagues profiled the plasma proteome of 20,645 men and uncovered 332 proteins whose levels track with loss of the Y chromosome (mLOY) burden. Strikingly, many of these proteins predicted incident cardiovascular disease. Read more: cpi-online.de/researchofth...

The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI) is hiring! Starting January 1, 2026, we are seeking a full-time Project Coordinator (m/f/d) in science administration at the Justus Liebig University Giessen site in Gießen. In this role, you will support the cluster’s speaker with administrative tasks, coordinate events such as seminars and workshops, communicate with researchers and funding bodies, and contribute to science communication. Applicants should hold a university degree in natural sciences, medicine, or veterinary medicine, have experience in research management, and possess excellent proficiency in both German and English. Flexible working options, mobility ticket, and further training opportunities are included. Apply by October 23, 2025. Find the full job description here: https://lnkd.in/e_-EiT8X

The @cpi-exstra.bsky.social is hiring!

Starting January 1, 2026, we are seeking a full-time Project Coordinator (m/f/d) in science administration at the @jlugiessen.bsky.social site in Gießen.

Find the full job description here:
www.pulmonary-infections.com/jobs/

🚀 Call for Applications - CPI Postdoc Grants

You want to shape the future of heart and lung research? We are seeking talented, ambitious postdocs to join our interdisciplinary team of over 200 scientists. Deadline: Oct 31!

Details and how to apply: cpi-online.de/academy-post... #ResearchGrant

And the Microvasculature and Extracellular Matrix in cardiac ageing and disease Spain Tour 2025 comes to an end with a visit to @cicbiogune.bsky.social. Thank you very much for having me, it has been a blast 💃🏻
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@leahvanicek.bsky.social and I are back at the @instcardregffm.bsky.social after a fantastic week visiting @jldelapompa-cnic.bsky.social at @CNIC. Always a pleasure to collaborate with them and a real joy to reconnect with so many good old friends!💃🏻🫀🤘🏻
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📢Have you just completed your PhD and are looking for a Postdoc position? We invite You to apply for our highly competitive Postdoc Grants. 👀
Read more and apply here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

August 2025 Exercise haemodynamics in pulmonary hypertension - a prospective pressure-volume loop study on right ventricular adaptation and prognosis

Khodr Tello, Bruno R. Thal and colleages show that exercise unmasks two functional strategies of the right ventricular in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). These insights move us one step closer to personalized care in PH. #PaperOfTheMonth cpi-online.de/researchofth...

Today the SFB 1531 retreat brings our consortium together for a one-day program full of networking, poster presentations, and inspiring exchange - all in preparation for the renewal review in March. 👩🏻‍🔬🫀👨‍🔬 #Networking #ScienceExchange #Collaboration

At the @sfb1531.bsky.social retreat with @cbodemer.bsky.social presenting our latest data and cool future plans. We are having fun interacting with colleagues and designing new and exciting collaborations 💃🏻💃🏻
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👏Congratulations to Annika Braun for winning the Early Career Researcher Oral Communication Award at her very first conference “Cross-Talk of Cells in the Heart 2025: Novel Mechanisms of Disease and Arrhythmias” in Birmingham, UK. The first success of a promising career in cardiovascular research. ✨

🚀 Two exciting days of Computational Biology at the Cardio-Pulmonary Institute in Bad Nauheim @cpi-exstra.bsky.social ! 🔬 Workshop on single-cell analysis + the CPI repository data ressource; 💡 Hackathon together with the Schulz Lab @themarcelschulz.bsky.social
Collaboration, coding & discovery

Researchers at @goetheuni.bsky.social ‬uncovered a previously unrecognized immune-regulating role of cardiac endothelial cells after myocardial infarction - revealing a new cellular player that may shape post-heart-attack inflammation and healing. Read more: cpi-online.de/paperofthemo...

Treatment of NSCLC after chemoimmunotherapy — are we making headway? - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology Immune-checkpoint inhibitors have dramatically improved the outcomes in patients with advanced-stage driver-negative non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), although most patients will ultimately have dis...

Researchers from the @jlugiessen.bsky.social and @ilh-lunghealth.bsky.social show mechanisms of primary and secondary resistance and cutting-edge therapeutic strategies of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in their collaborative review. Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

June 2025 Orphan receptor GPR153 facilitates vascular damage responses by modulating cAMP levels, YAP/TAZ signaling, and NF-κB activation

Nina Wettschureck, Jingchen Shao and colleages from the @mpi-hlr.bsky.social found a key protein in the development of vascular diseases, whose inhibiting could offer a potential therapeutic approach. Find out more: cpi-online.de/researchofth...

*Seminar Alert*

Prof. Sergej Djuranovic, PhD
Brown University, USA

Date: 02.09.2025. 15:00

Venue: Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University, Seminar room 4, Haus 23 (S23-4)

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YouTube video by Cardio-Pulmonary Institute Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI) celebrates fourth funding period

🎉 Join our celebration in our latest YouTube video: youtu.be/Q1RK4oiSYNw 📽

We are thrilled to announce that our team at the department "Developmental Genetics" has been awarded the prestigious ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) grant to advance a groundbreaking RNA-based therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)!

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🎉 To mark the fourth extension of the CPI, we celebrated our success at the @mpi-hlr.bsky.social 🥳 We are delighted about the renewed funding and would like to thank everyone who made this step possible! Read more in the latest issue of "Synapse": www.unimedizin-ffm.de/fileadmin/re...