Yiqun Su, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: "Mesothelial Cell Plasticity and Function: Insights from In Vivo Lineage Tracing, Injury Models, and Human-Derived Cell Studies“ on October 24th, 2025. Yiqun was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Yuval Rinkevich's (former IRBM) lab. Congratulations!  

For the EHLRS Retreat 2024/ 2025 on January 30th and 31st, the doctoral researchers of our class of 2023 showcased their work through engaging talks and poster presentations. This two-day retreat was a perfect blend of science, collaboration, and inspiration. Further highlights: - Keynote Lecture: Dr. Otmar Schmid on "Lung Research: From Pathomechanisms to Clinical Trials and Beyond." - Panel…

Anna Semenova, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Clinical proteomics of pneumonia — antibody-mediated immunopathology in COVID-19“ on December 9th, 2024. Anna was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Herbert Schiller's (PRM) lab. Congratulations!  

On December 6th, 2024, our new class of the Environmental Health and Lung Research School has officially started the doctoral training program with an engaging team building workshop, fostering connections among peers and setting the stage for collaborative research.  In January, this introductory module will continue with a comprehensive block course about the Fundamentals of Lung Biology and…

      The winners of this year's Grant Writing Challenge as part of the Advanced Scientific Training Module are     Camille Barro (Stöger Lab, LHI), CARMA: influence of the genetic Correction of Alveolar epithelial cells Regarding Macrophages polarisation supporting Alveolar wound repair in the context of STAT3-Hyper IgE Syndrome Deepesh Dhakad (Yildirim-Conlon Lab, LHI), Memoirs of a Dying…

Yue Lin, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Mechanisms of Macrophage-Driven Fibrosis and Its Resolution“ on October 17th, 2024. Yue was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Yuval Rinkevich's lab. Congratulations!  

Bikram Dasgupta, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: "Specialized fibroblasts in wound healing“ on August 1st, 2024. Bikram was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Yuval Rinkevich's lab. Congratulations!

Valeria Viteri Alvarez, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Myeloid cells immunomodulate tissue niches in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis“ on July 1st, 2024. Valeria was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Isis Fernandez' lab. Congratulations!

Anna Dmitrieva, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Virus infections as risk factors in the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)​“ on May 27, 2024. Anna was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Heiko Adler's lab. Congratulations!

On April 17th, 2024, 17 doctoral researchers from within (EHLRS Class of 2023) and outside of Helmholtz Munich gathered at the campus Neuherberg for the EHLRS Project Presentation Day. This event also served as an exam for the EHLRS Lecture Series. The doctoral candidates presented their projects, also relating them to three aspects out of three different areas covered in the Lecture Series. By…

Ayşe Seda Yazgılı, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Regulation of PA200 in lung cancer​“ on February 9, 2024. Ayşe was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Silke Meiners' lab, formerly at the LHI. Congratulations!

Chenxi Li, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Behavior and effect of nanoparticles in the pulmonary microcirculation​“ on January 23, 2024. Chenxi was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Markus Rehberg's lab at the LHI. Congratulations!

María Camila Melo Narváez, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Lung Aging in a dish: ​Induction of cellular senescence and pro-fibrotic changes in human precision-cut lung slices​“ on December 13, 2023. Camila was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Mareike Lehmann's lab at the LHI. Congratulations!

Ruoxuan Dai, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Cellular immune regulation in skin wound healing“ on December 7, 2023. Ruoxuan was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Yuval Rinkevich's lab at the IRBM. Congratulations!

Congratulations go to Yasmin Shaalan (Rehberg Lab/ Stöger Lab), whose grant proposal entitled "The innate immunological capacity of T-cells in the distal lungs" won this year's Grant Writing Challenge.  As part of the Advanced Scientific Training, third-year doctoral researchers each chose a topic related but not identical with their Ph.D. project (not discussed with their supervisors) and…

On November 9th and 10th, 2023, the CPC Research School Class of 2021 presented their projects and discussed their research together with faculty members during an In-House Retreat at the CPC Großhadern. Keynote presentations were given by Alexander Dietrich (Walther-Straub-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, LMU; “TRP channels in lung disease”) and Carola Voss (LHI; “Hoops and Loops – my…

Sabine Behrend, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Mutational processes of thoracic malignancies“ on October 19, 2023. Sabine was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Georgios Stathopoulos' lab at the LHI. Congratulations!

Jianlong Jia (Fernandez Lab, LHI), member of the CPC Research School, received the Best Abstract Award for Thoracic Oncology at the ERS International Congress 2023 (September 9th-13th) in Milan, Italy. His abstract entitled 'Integrated multi-omics unraveled a basal cell-dependent signature predictor of outcome and immunotherapy response in LUSC' won him a waiver of the conference fees and a…

The second official EHLRS Retreat took place in July 2023. Eleven doctoral researchers (our ‘Class of 2022’), Research School Management, and Institute Representatives traveled to Herrsching am Ammersee for scientific discussions and networking. Keynote speakers were LMU-Professor Dr. Olivia Merkel (LMU; ‘’New Approaches for Therapeutic Pulmonary RNA Delivery“) as well as Dr. Siegfried Ussar (IDO)…

Ceylan Onursal, member of the CPC Research School/ Environmental Health and Lung Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Differential effects of prolyl-3-hydroxylases 1 and 4 on collagen biosynthesis highlight prolyl-3-hydroxylase 4 as a potential novel drug target in pulmonary fibrosis“ on July 18, 2023. Ceylan was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Claudia Staab-Weijnitz's lab at…

Aydan Sardogan, member of the CPC Research School/ Environmental Health and Lung Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "In vivo clonal analysis of mesothelium from development to ageing and healthy to injured conditions“ on July 3, 2023. Aydan was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Yuval Rinkevich's lab at the IRBM. Congratulations!

On June 29th, 2023, 18 doctoral researchers from within (EHLRS Class of 2022) and outside of Helmholtz Munich gathered at the campus Neuherberg for the EHLRS Project Presentation Day. This event also served as an exam for the EHLRS Lecture Series, making it even more significant. The students, from diverse academic backgrounds, presented their projects, also relating them to three aspects out of…

Ashesh Chakraborty, member of the CPC Research School/ Environmental Health and Lung Research School, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: "Harnessing primary human bronchial epithelial cell culture for studies of airway epithelial injury and regeneration“ on June 19, 2023. Ashesh was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Claudia Staab-Weijnitz' lab at the LHI/CPC. Congratulations!  

Verena Häfner, member of the CPC Research School/ Environmental Health and Lung Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: "Latent MHV-68 reactivation - The link between acute pulmonary inflammation and chronic lung diseases“ on June 7, 2023. Verena was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Tobias Stöger's lab at the LHI/CPC. Congratulations!  

What size is the surface of the human lung? Why does it take so long to get from basic research to a drug that fights incurable lung diseases? These and many other questions were answered at the Pint of Science Event at the “Gans am Wasser” in Munich Westpark. With great enthusiasm, many pictures, videos and gadgets like the Alveoli-style “squishy balls” the three LHI/CPC students (and members of…

Haifeng Ye, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: "Cellular and molecular mechanisms of tissue repair by fascia“ on April 11, 2023. Haifeng was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Yuval Rinkevich's lab at the IRBM. Congratulations!

Shaohua Zhu, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: "AAV mediated gene delivery in cutaneous wound  healing“ on March 2, 2023. Shaohua was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Yuval Rinkevich's lab at the IRBM. Congratulations!

Qianjiang Hu, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: "Epithelial Cell Reprogramming in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis“ on March 2, 2023. Qianjiang was a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Melanie Königshoff's lab  (formerly LHI/CPC) and co-supervised by Mareike Lehmann. Congratulations!

On November 15th and 16th 2022, 13 senior doctoral researchers, Research School Management, Faculty, and Institute Representatives came together for two days of scientific presentations, discussions, networking, and improving the EHLRS curriculum in Herrsching am Ammersee. As further highlights, two excellent keynote lectures were given by Dr. Andreas Fleischmann ('Modern University Teaching')…

The winners of this year's Grant Writing Challenge as part of the Advanced Scientific Training Module are Yuexin Chen (Schiller lab), To Transit or Not to Transit (that’s the question) - A deep characterization of potential EMT and/or UJT in staged IPF metaplastic epithelia with 4i method and Lilith Trassl (Fernandez lab), Cytokine fingerprints of malignant pleural effusions as hints to…

Michal Mastalerz (Staab-Weijnitz Lab) has successfully defended his thesis entitled "Validation and application of human in vitro models for investigating the bronchial response to cigarette smoke" on November 2, 2022. Congratulations!

At the end of September, young investigators from all sites of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL) in the field of DPLD (Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease) met in Giessen. In three research areas, the Ph.D. students and postdocs presented the results of their research and discussed their findings. In the area of "Omics for the discovery of novel cell types and targets in DPLD", Yuexin Chen…

Ashesh Chakraborty, a Ph.D. student at Staab-Weijnitz lab “Immune barriers in lung health and disease” has been awarded a student travel grant of 1000 EUR by the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) to attend the European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EUSAAT congress) at the University of Linz, Austria between 26-28 September 2022. The EPAA…

Vijayanand Rajendran, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: "Harnessing Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) Technology for the Treatment of Scarring“ on June 3, 2022. Vijay was a doctoral student (Ph.D.) in Yuval Rinkevich' lab at the Institute of Regenerative Biology and Medicine (IRBM). Congratulations!

Are you interested in miniaturized in vitro models such as lung-on-chip? We, the Laboratory for Pulmonary Aerosol Delivery (AG Dr. Schmid) at the Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI) of Helmholtz Munich are working on the development of advanced in vitro models for the lung. With our newly developed mini-lung model, we aim to investigate the efficacy (pharmacokinetics) of aerosolized…

Camila, Ceylan, and Ursula are the winners of the CPC Research School Grant Writing Challenge in 2021 Congratulations!

98.000 Euro for research on a genetic immunodeficiency causing chronic lung infections

Early-career scientist investigates impact of cigarette smoke on the epithelial cells in the lung

Junior researcher Georgia Giotopoulou, PhD student at ILBD/CPC (Stathopoulos Lab) and GRK 2338 doctoral student has been nominated for the William MacNee Award at the ERS Lung Science Conference, March 2021

Sezer Orak, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: "Bridging gaps between in vitro and in vivo data in pulmonary aerosol delivery with focus on pharmacokinetics“ on October 10, 2021. Sezer was a doctoral student (Ph.D.) in Otmar Schmids lab at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!    

Within the format of a symposium, the annual CPC Research School Retreat gives Ph.D. candidates the unique opportunity to present and discuss their own research projects to their peers, members of the CPC Research School Faculty, and selected external keynote speakers.

Shruthi Kalgudde Gopal, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: “Adipocytes mobilize in response to injury without plasticity” on August 10, 2021. Shruthi was a doctoral student (Ph.D.) in Yuval Rinkevich’s lab at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!

Mario Pepe, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his thesis: "Mapping carcinogen-specific patterns of mutation acquisition in the lungs" on July 19, 2021. Mario was a doctoral student (Ph.D.) in Georgios Stathopoulos' lab at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!

Gizem Günes Günsel, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her thesis: "Role of PRMT7 in the recruitment of monocyte-derived macrophages into lung tissue and COPD pathogenesis" on June 30, 2021. Gizem was a doctoral student (Ph.D.) in Ali Önder Yildirim's lab at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!

Ernesto Elorduy Vergara, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his thesis "The Role of Parental Obesity in Lung Development and Alveolar Macrophage Priming" on June 28, 2021. Ernesto was a former doctoral student (Dr. rer. nat.) in Tobias Stöger's lab at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!

Congratulations! The Dissertation Award Pneumology 2021 of the ‚Deutsche Lungenstiftung e.V.‘ went to Carmela Morrone. She was awarded for the best experimental work in the overall field of pneumology. The award winners were honored at the 61st Digital Congress of the German Society of Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine on June 4, 2021. Carmela Morrone was awarded for her dissertation "Cathepsin…

Ali Doryab, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his thesis "Next generation bioreactor with cyclic mechanical stretch on biomimetic lung tissue" on May 27, 2021. Ali was a doctoral student (PhD) in Otmar Schmid's lab "Pulmonary Aerosol Delivery" at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!

Ilias Angelidis, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his thesis “Single cell transcriptomic mapping of cell state identities in lung aging, injury and repair” on May 20, 2021. Ilias was a doctoral student (PhD) in Herbert Schiller’s lab “Cell Circuits in Systems Medicine of Lung Disease” at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!

How should scientists deal with the flood of information, but also with deliberately spread false reports? How can researchers keep their own knowledge and that of their fellow citizens up to date and correct in a committed and informed manner? A seminar series of the CPC Research School "Lung Biology and Disease" and the Research Training Group "Targets in Toxicology" (GRK 2338) during the winter…

LIn Yang, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his thesis "Deciphering Pulmonary Delivery and Biokinetics of Nanoparticles in Murine Lungs using Novel Imaging Techniques" on November 4, 2020. Lin was a doctoral student (PhD) in Otmar Schmid's lab "Pulmonary Aerosol Delivery" at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!      

Donovan Correa-Gallegos, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his thesis "Ontological and anatomical origin of cutaneous scar-forming cells" on February 25, 2021. Donovan was a doctoral student (PhD) in Yuval Rinkevich’s lab “Cellular therapeutics in chronic lung disease” at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!

Pushkar Ramesh, member of the CPC Research School successfully defended his thesis "Following fibroblast lineages in dermal development and scars" on February 8, 2021. Pushkar was a doctoral student (PhD) in Yuval Rinkevich’s lab “Cellular therapeutics in chronic lung disease" at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!

Stefanie Weiß, member of the CPC Research School successfully defendet her thesis "Differential subclass pathogenicity of antibodies in a mouse model of pulmonary vasculitis" on January 12, 2021. Stefanie was a doctoral student in Dieter Jenne’s lab ”Enzymes and inhibitors in Lung Disease” at the ILBD/CPC. Congratulations!  

The CPC Career Day is an event that is thought to give doctoral candidates a glimpse into various career options after their PhD. The students gain the opportunity to explore putative professions, including such they may not even have considered yet.

Lena Haist, doctoral student at Anne Hilgendorffs' group at the Institute of Lung Biology and Diseases (ILBD) and the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), was awarded at DoktaMed. She won second prize in the "Methods" category for her abstract “Role of oxygen toxicity on the development of central nervous system co-morbidites in neonatal chronic lung disease”.   In her project, Lena Haist aims…

Carmela Morrone, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her PhD thesis in october 2020. She was a PhD student in Önder Yildirims Lab „Immunopathology of COPD“ at the ILBD/CPC. Her thesis: Cathepsin B, a new player in the progression of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome. Congratulations!

Every year, the CPC Research School Retreat is organized to give PhD students an opportunity to present their own research to their peers, enabling scientific discussions and networking. This year’s situation posed a certain challenge of course as gathering all participants in one room was not feasible. The organizers – knowing that the students were still wishing for a more personal retreat than…

Raphaël Prungnaud, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his PhD thesis at the LMU, faculty of Biology, in june 2020. He was PhD student in Dr. Tobias Stöger’s lab „Dynamics of Pulmonary Inflammation“ at the ILBD/CPC. The title of his thesis: The Impact of Bacterial signaling molecules on the Alveolar Immunity of the Lung. Congratulations!

Kristina Arendt, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her PhD thesis in may 2020. She was a PhD student in Georgios Stathopoulos' lab „Molecular Lung Carcinogenesis“ at the ILBD/CPC. Her thesis: An in vivo inflammatory loop potentiates KRAS blockade. Congratulations!

Arunima Sengupta, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended her PhD thesis in april 2020. She was PhD student in Gerald Burgstaller’s lab „Live Cell Imaging“ at the ILBD/CPC. Her thesis: Molecular Analysis and Functional Profiling of SFRP1 as a Novel Regulator of Lung Fibrosis. Congratulations!

Maximilian Strunz, member of the CPC Research School, successfully defended his PhD thesis in april 2020. He was PhD student in Herbert Schiller’s lab „Systems Medicine in Chronic Lung Disease“ at the ILBD/CPC. The title of his thesis: Dissecting lung fibrogenesis through the lens of single cell transcriptomics. Congratulations Maximilian!

Your career happens now – give us directions!   The Career Center’s goal is to support your career. We want to know what is on top of your bucket list when it comes to your career development:  

Salome Rehm, member of the CPC Research School and PhD student in Dieter Jenne’s lab ”Enzymes and inhibitors in Lung Disease” at the ILBD/CPC, successfully defended her PhD thesis “Cysteine protease inhibitors as novel therapeutics for the prevention of primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation” on January 20, 2020 in Munich. Congratulations!!!  

An exciting week of experimental-clinical training combined with outstanding lectures given by speakers of our faculty as well as international experts had just come to an end at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC) in Munich. Twelve young and highly motivated participants from the scientific and medical field had been selected to join the 7th Munich International Autumn School (MIAS) for…

Flavia Regina Greiffo, member of the CPC Research School and PhD student in the Core Unit Immunophenotyping under the supervision of Dr. Isis Enlil Fernandez Buelvas successfully defended her thesis entitled: „Mechanisms of myeloid cell recruitment and biomarker potential in interstitial lung diseases“ on November 13, 2019 in Munich. Congratulations!!!

Carolina Ballester-Lopez, member of the CPC Research School and PhD student in Ali Önder Yildirim's Lab ”Immunopathology of COPD” at the ILBD/CPC, successfully defended her PhD thesis “Novel players in COPD and their molecular implication in the disease immunopathology” on October 16, 2019 in Munich. Congratulations!!!  

It is our pleasure to announce the 7th Munich International Autumn School (MIAS), which will take place from November 11 to 15, 2019. For further information, please take a look at the flyer. Please send your application by September 23, 2019, including a CV and a list of publications as well as a motivation letter (1/2 page), to research-school@cpc-munich.org. Applications will be reviewed by…

You are cordially invited to attend the Introductory Module 2019: Fundamentals of Lung Biology and Physiology: Introductory module aiming at familiarizing students from different scientific and academic backgrounds with lung biology and physiology. November 05-07, 2019. Preliminary Program Methods in Translational Research: MD and PhD students present fundamental biomedical methods and…

Lin Yang, PhD student in Otmar Schmid's lab "Dynamics of Inflammatory Lung Diseases" at the ILBD, received one of the very competitive student travel awards for the 6th Nano Today conference, which took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 16-20, 2019. He was also selected to give a 15 min presentation entitled “Deciphering the pulmonary delivery and fate of nanomedicine in intact murine lungs”…

We are very pleased to invite you to the DZL Platform Imaging Workshop 2019, which will take place at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC-M) in Munich-Großhadern, October 23 -24, 2019. --> Preliminary program and registration form Since participation in some workshops is limited, we kindly ask for early registration. Registration is now open and ends July 15th. The final program and…

The CPC Research School "Lung Biology and Disease" at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center/Institute for Lung Biology is an international and interdisciplinary training program for MD and PhD students in medicine and science. Under the supervision of well-known lung experts, the students are conducting innovative research projects in a translational environment bridging fundamental research and…

Spring has arrived and is bringing a full shipload of career-related topics like career decision making, professional status check or resume and cover letter writing. Get ready to navigate your career with: Career Center @ CPC (Friday, May 10, 2019): 10:00 – 11:30 am: Brown Bag Breakfast: Introduction HMGU Career Center Services & Career FAQ - Everybody is welcome!!! 11:30 – 04:30 pm: Walk-in…

Following a one-day presentation and communication skills workshop, the PhD students from the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC) had the great opportunity to join this year’s retreat organized by the CPC Research School to check out their newly acquired skills. The retreat took place in Lenggries at the beautiful Sylvenstein reservoir on April 29 and 30, 2019. During these two days (program),…

You are cordially invited to attend the CPC Spirometry Workshop on May 09, 2019. Details and preliminary program  

**Abstract submission extended until May 22, 2019** On behalf of Dr. Yuval Rinkevich, you are cordially invited to join the ETRS Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 at the Isarforum Munich, September 11-13, and YI-pre-conference workshop/networking event (limited numbers), prior to the meeting on September 10, 2019. Register now! https://www.etrs2019.de

Once again, the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth as well as the Federal Ministry of Education and Research initiated the nationwide Girls’ and Boys’ Day. On this day, students have the chance to get a glimpse of different professions and disciplines, especially those that counteract gender specific prejudices. Dedicated to this cause, the Helmholtz Zentrum…

Promotionsarbeit am Comprehensive Pneumology Center: Die Partner am Institut für Lungenbiologie des Helmholtz Zentrum München und am Transplantationszentrum der Universitätsklinik der LMU vergeben eine strukturierte, experimentelle Doktorarbeit mit dem Thema: Analyse der antioxidativ und inflammatorisch wirksamen Mechanismen primärer humaner bronchialer Epithelzellen nach Exposition mit…

Michael Gerckens, MD student and physician scientist in the core unit "Live Cell Imaging" (head: Dr. Gerald Burgstaller) at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center, received an award in the Section “Cell Biology” at the 60th DGP (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin) Congress in Munich. His outstanding contribution was honoured by a jury at the DGP-Autumn-Conference of the…

This is a collaborative event organized by the Life Science Network Munich, the life science graduate programs in the greater Munich area, affiliated with the LMU, TUM, Helmholtz Zentrum, and the MPIs. Our network hosts events on superordinate topics broadly relevant for life scientists, such as good scientific practice (Responsible Research 2014/2017) and emerging technologies (Cutting-Edge…

Flavia Greiffo, PhD student in the CPC core unit "Immunophenotyping" headed by Dr. Isis Fernandez, has received an European Respiratory Society (ERS) Short-Term Research Training Fellowship. Starting in July, the grant will support a three months lab exchange with the Lagares Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, investigating tissue repair, regeneration, and…

Severine Cranz, PhD student in the CPC/ILBD’s core unit “Live Cell Imaging” and member of the CPC Research School, received the best poster award in the disease area “Endstage Lung Disease (ELD)” at the 8th DZL (German Center for Lung Research) Annual Meeting, which took place in Mannheim from February 7 to 8, 2019, with over 480 clinicians and researchers attending. Severine Cranz - together…

SAVE THE DATE: April 11, 2019 This is a collaborative event organized by the Life Science Network Munich, the life science graduate programs in the greater Munich area, affiliated with the LMU, TUM, Helmholtz Zentrum, and the MPIs. Our network hosts events on superordinate topics broadly relevant for life scientists, such as good scientific practice (Responsible Research 2014/2017) and emerging…

You are cordially invited to attend the following seminar: "Machine Learning in Single Cell Genomics", Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Theis (Head of Institute of Computational Biology, Group Leader Machine Learning, Helmholtz Zentrum München) March 21, 2019 at 5 pm, Campus Neuherberg, seminar room 121 in building 58. For those who cannot make it to NHB: We'll set up a live streaming in the CPC seminar…

Matthias Beckmann from Sprachraum eG will host a Presentation and Communication Skills workshop on March 29, 2019 at the CPC in Großhadern.    Topics: Factors of a good scientific presentation Powerful presentation language (incl. body language, voice etc.) - supporting your message Platform skills - for clear visualisation and high creativity Finding out what your strengths are and…

You are invited to attend the following seminar: "Controlling nanoparticle-placenta interactions: Mechanistic insights through advanced in vitro and ex vivo human models", Dr. Tina Buerki-Thurnherr (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland) February 21, 2019 at 4 pm, CPC seminar room, Max-Lebsche-Platz 31, 81377 Munich, 2nd floor 

You are invited to attend the following seminar: "Synthetic Biology at Tissue-Level: Microengineered Human Lung-on-a-Chip for Disease Modeling and Personalized Therapeutics", Dr. Kambez Benam (Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Departments of Medicine & Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, USA) January 22, 2019 at 5 pm, CPC seminar room,…

With increasing and alarming numbers of patients suffering from lung diseases worldwide, there is an urgent need for novel therapeutic and diagnostic strategies. Respiratory research is therefore indispensable and must be modern and translational. From all over the world, about 15 young and motivated participants from the scientific and medical field had been selected to join the 6th Munich…

Chaido Ori, PhD student in the CPC Research School and in Micha Drukker's research group "Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Lineage Choice" at the Institute of Stem Cell Research at Helmholtz Zentrum München, received a poster award at the GSCN conference, which took place in Heidelberg from September 19-21, 2018. Chaido presented her poster entitled "Generation of lung organoids from hiPSC-derived…

Date: October 24-26, 2018 MD and PhD students present fundamental biomedical methods and technologies, which they will use within the framework of their work. Topics and content are added on a relevant basis and include: Animal models, cell and tissue culture, functional analysis and cellular imaging, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, generation of antibodies, microscopy,…

Lin Yang, PhD student in Otmar Schmid's lab "Dynamics of Inflammatory Lung Diseases" at the ILBD, received a poster award at the NanoTox 2018 International Conference (http://nanotox2018.org/), which took place in Neuss from September 18-21, 2018. Lin presented his poster with the title "Novel imaging tools for deciphering pulmonary delivery and 3D cellular distribution of nanomaterials" in a…

Shortly before the international ERS Congress, MD and PhD students and post-docs from the German-French Lung School met for a two-day-retreat in Paris to discuss scientific topics as well as to build up and foster their bilateral network. The German-French Lung School was founded in 2013 as cooperation between the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) and the French Institute National De La Santé…

Lin Yang, PhD student in Otmar Schmid's lab "Dynamics of Inflammatory Lung Diseases" at the ILBD, received the first prize in the poster session "Basic Nanomedicine" at the 11th European and Global Summit for Clinical Nanomedicine, Targeted Delivery and Precision Medicine – The Building Blocks to Personalized Medicine, which took place in Basel, Switzerland, from September 02-05, 2018 (https://www…

“Mini-München”, which took place in the Olympiapark from July 30 to August 17, 2018, is the biggest municipal summer holiday program for children in Munich and features a parent-free area with city-like structures, where children get employed, study at the university, make money, and shape the city in every thinkable way. Organized and supervised by PD Dr. Claudia Staab-Weijnitz, Scientific…

You are cordially invited to join the seminars "Fundamentals of Lung Biology and Physiology", which will take place from September 26-28, 2018 (CPC seminar room 2nd floor, Max-Lebsche-Platz 31). Preliminary program This course is mandatory for all new MD and PhD students (class 2018/19) and those who have not completed the course yet; everyone else is welcome to join. We are looking forward to…

It is our sincere pleasure to announce the next German-French Lung Retreat, which will take place in Paris right before the ERS International Congress (https://erscongress.org), on September 12 and 13, 2018. Please take a look at the program to see your session assignment. Date: September 12-13, 2018 Location: Biopark Auditorium (11 Rue Watt, 75013 Paris) We are looking forward to seeing you in…

It is our pleasure to announce the 6th Munich International Autumn School (MIAS), which will take place from November 26 to 30, 2018. This year’s Munich International Autumn School offers a limited number of training positions to clinicians or scientists with a MD or PhD background. Please see the flyer for details. Please send your application until July 31, 2018, including a CV and a list of…

Learn about cutting-edge seq techniques from the experts in the local scientific community in an informal half-day symposium. Register now! Date: Thurs, September 27, 2018 Time: 13:00 - approx. 17:30 Venue: Biomedical Center, small lecture hall N02.040 (Martinsried Campus) Target audience: Students, doctoral candidates and junior scientists who are interested in seq-analysis and/or being…

Monday,  July 09, 2018, 5.15 p.m. Topic: "National and international research funding opportunities for Postdocs" Location: N02.017, BMC, LMU   The aim of this information session is to provide an overview of research funding organisations, their funding portfolio as well as basic tips for writing grant proposals. The focus lies on national and European research funding programs for the early…

Let’s make a journey together into the future of drug discovery and development based on 100 years of lessons learned. What were the groundbreaking findings and which molecules really changed the world? How do drugs really work? Where are we now and what are the future challenges in the management of drug development in industry and science? These interactive lectures will highlight prominent…

Larissa Knüppel, member of the CPC Research School and PhD student in the Core Unit Matrix Genotyping, successfully defended her PhD thesis "Function and druggability of FK506 binding proteins (FICBP's) in pulmonary fibrosis" on June 13, 2018 in Munich. Congratulations!!!

PD Dr. Claudia Staab-Weijnitz from the Institute of Lung Biology and Disease (ILBD) and Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC) has been invited to join the editorial board of the journal Respiratory Research. Respiratory Research is the leading fully open access journal in the field of respiratory medicine. The journal promotes scientific exchange by facilitating worldwide visibility of…

Learn about cutting-edge seq techniques from the experts in the local scientific community in an informal half-day symposium. Details and registration coming soon! Preliminary title: Seq Spotlight on Campus Date: Thurs, September 27, 2018 Time: 13:00 - approx. 17:30 Venue: Biomedical Center, small lecture hall N02.040 (Martinsried Campus) Target audience: students, doctoral candidates and junior…

It is our sincere pleasure to announce the next German-French Lung Retreat, which will take place in Paris right before the ERS International Congress (https://erscongress.org), around September 13, 2018.   The one-day program consists of scientific highlight and career talks, a poster session incl. poster walks, a mentoring session, and great opportunities to network.   If you are interested to…

Carolina Ballester Lopez, PhD student in Ali Önder Yildirim's Lab ”Immunopathology of COPD” at the ILBD/CPC received an International Trainee Scholarship Award for 2018 from the American Thoracic Society (ATS). This award provides support to attend the ATS International Conference in San Diego, CA, and includes a one year In-Training Membership. Carolina Ballester Lopez's abstract with the title…

Arunima Sengupta, PhD student in the core unit "Live Cell Imaging" at the iLBD/CPC and directly supervised by Dr. Gerald Burgstaller, received an Abstract Scholarship for the 2018 ATS International Conference in San Diego, CA, USA. Her abstract with the title “Secreted Frizzled Related Protein 1 (SFRP1) As A Novel Regulator Of The RhoA/Rock1 Pathway Is Expressed In A Distinct Subset Of Fibroblasts…

Like every year, a nationwide effort is made to offer girls and also boys the possibility to get to know professional areas and jobs, which they might not typically consider after their school career. The aim and concept of the Girls’ and Boys’ Day is to broaden the participants’ horizon on career options beyond gender specific clichés. As the German Research Center for Health and Environment, the…

The International Research School “Lung Biology and Disease“ in the field of translational pulmonary medicine is offering Full-time PhD Positions:    Project A: Development of in vitro approaches for research on mechanisms of lung regeneration Supervisor: PD Dr. Claudia Staab-Weijnitz Our knowledge about lung regeneration so far stems largely from studies in the mouse, where initial acute…

It is our pleasure to announce the 6th Munich International Autumn School (MIAS), which will take place from November 26 to 30, 2018. Stay tuned for details!

Register now for the Munich Lung Conference 2018 / International DZL Symposium. Dedicated to the topic of 'Lung disease exacerbation' we are happy to have recruited very well renowned speakers from different fields for the event. Program Details and registration: https://mlc2018.helmholtz-muenchen.de

Vanessa Welk, member of the CPC Research School and PhD student in the Research Group Proteasome Function in Lung Disease, successfully defended her PhD thesis "Dissecting the role of proteasome activators in lung biology and disease" on March 02, 2018 in Munich. Congratulations!!!

Stephan Klee, member of the CPC Research School and Munich Medical Research School, and PhD student in the Research Unit Lung Repair and Regeneration, successfully defended his PhD thesis "Matricellular Proteins in Pulmonary Fibrosis" on February 19, 2018 in Munich. Congratulations!!!

Dr. Laura Klotz, physician-scientist in the lab "Molecular Lung Carcinogenesis" (headed by Dr. Georgios Stathopoulos) at the iLBD/CPC, received an award for the best poster of the disease area "Lung Cancer" at the 7th DZL Annual Meeting, held in Bad Nauheim, Germany, on February 8 and 9, 2018. Laura Klotz presented a poster with the title "Comprehensive clinical profiling of the Gauting…

Arunima Sengupta, PhD student in the core unit "Live Cell Imaging" at the iLBD/CPC and directly supervised by Dr. Gerald Burgstaller, received an award for the best poster of the platform imaging (PLI) at the 7th DZL Annual Meeting, held in Bad Nauheim, Germany, on February 8 and 9, 2018. Arunima Sengupta and Dr. Gerald Burgstaller presented a poster with the title "High-resolution spatial mapping…

It is our pleasure to announce the 2018 Munich Lung Conference (MLC). Dedicated to the topic of 'Lung disease exacerbation' we are happy to have recruited very well renowned speakers from different fields for the event. Program Details and registration: https://mlc2018.helmholtz-muenchen.de

It's been a fantastic and eventful year! We would like to thank everyone contributing to our program, for supporting and shaping it, and for making progress possible. We wish you a Happy Holiday Season and a New Year filled with health, happiness, and success! May beautiful moments and happy memories surround you with joy this Christmas and always.

You are cordially invited to join the seminars "Fundamentals of Lung Biology and Physiology", which will take place from January 15-17, 2018 (CPC seminar room 2nd floor, Max-Lebsche-Platz 31). Preliminary program This course is mandatory for all new MD and PhD students (class 2017/18) and those who have not completed the course yet; everyone else is welcome to join. We are looking forward to…

The CPC Research School awards a research fellowship to Michael Gerckens, an MD student under the direct supervision of Dr. Gerald Burgstaller (Core Unit "Live Cell Imaging"). Michael has joined the CPC already in 2014 as a student trainee and entered the CPC Research School program in 2016 when starting his medical thesis on "Pharmacological inhibition of the deposition of extracellular matrix…

Wioletta Skronska-Wasek, member of the CPC Research School and Munich Medical Research School, and PhD student in the Research Unit Lung Repair and Regeneration, successfully defended her PhD thesis "Wnt/Frizzled signaling in COPD and emphysema" on December 13, 2017 in Munich. Congratulations!!!

From December 04-08, 2017, the Munich International Autumn School (short: MIAS) was held for the fifth time at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC). Organized by the CPC Research School and greatly supported by AtemWeg - The Lung Disease Research Foundation, as well as by an unrestricted educational grant by Boehringer Ingelheim, participants learned about recent advancements in respiratory…

The Research School "Lung Biology and Disease" at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center is a strong structural element in the lung research strategy of the Helmholtz Zentrum München. This field naturally encompasses the Institute of Lung Biology and Disease (ILBD) and Research Unit Lung Repair and Regeneration (LRR), but also lung-focused research in other areas such as the field of epidemiology. To…

The CPC Research School is awarding 10.000 € each for three innovative and creative tandem research projects between two different working groups. The aim is to support a tandem project between two MD/PhD students or between an MD/PhD student and a postdoc from two different working groups (newly established tandems). Applicants had to submit a proposal (3 pages including a description of the…

Our senior MD and PhD students had the opportunity to participate in a grant writing exercise in order to develop the skills needed to prepare professional, competitive, and successful grant proposals. They had to pick a topic of their choice - related to their MD or PhD projects, e.g. additional experiments or a side project - and write a structured, concise, and clear grant application (4 pages,…

After successfully applying for the HELENA Research stay grant, Mario Pepe, Ph.D  student, was awarded with a 3000€ travel grant to fund his lab exchange at the Insybio LTD in Patras, Greece. He worked under the supervision of Professor Seferina Mavroudi and Dr Konstatinos Theofilatos from September 1 till November 1, 2017. Mario had the opportunity to learn new kinds of system biology approaches…

After successfully passing the final Research School exam on analyzing scientific articles, Stefan Preisendörfer, MD student, was awarded with a 1000€ travel grant. With this, he was given the opportunity for a lab exchange at the Shriner's Hospital for Children, which is part of the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. He worked under supervision of Hans Peter…

You are cordially invited to join us on December 04, 2017 for an interesting and interactive Career Day. Similar to last year's event, we invited speakers who will give an insight into their work and personal career paths, and are open for your questions. Preliminary program Please register by sending an email to stefanie.weissnoSp@m@helmholtz-muenchen.de We are looking forward to seeing you all on…

The Lung Carcinogenesis Group of the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC) is now seeking a PhD Candidate "Interactions between oncogenes and innate immunity in lung adenocarcinoma" Job Description and RequirementsIdentification and analysis of immune cells in different models of lung adenocarcinoma in miceHandling of and experimentation on transgenic mice expressing or deficient in critical…

The Research Groups "Dynamics of pulmonary inflammation" and "Immunopathology of COPD" at the Institute of Lung Biology and Disease (iLBD) offer a PhD position. Please look here for details and for uploading your application.

In the upcoming winter semester 2017/18, the MMRS will be offering a lecture series on "Good Scientific Practice". Details here.

It is our pleasure to announce the 5th Munich International Autumn School (MIAS), which will take place from December 04 to 08, 2017. The MIAS offers training modules in different labs and clinics in Munich for a limited number of young clinicians and scientists with an MD or PhD background. Participants will hear outstanding lectures given by speakers of the faculty as well as international…

We are happy to announce that we are awarding 10.000 € each for three innovative and creative tandem research projects between two different working groups. Please submit your project proposal to research-school@cpc-munich.org, considering the following conditions:Format: 3 pages including a description of the project, a budget plan, and a work/time planTandem project between two MD/PhD…

This year's CPC Research School retreat for MD and PhD students took place on June 28 and 29, 2017, at the Grasgehren mountain lodge, Allgäu. The event included presentations on the student's progress with subsequent expert feedback by the Research School Team, and offered opportunities for building research connections during the structured sessions, lunchtime sessions, and evening receptions. …

We are organizing a MIAS Alumni Meeting within the framework of the ATS Annual Conference 2017 in Washington DC. On behalf of AtemWeg - The Lung Disease Research Foundation and the Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich, it is our sincere pleasure to invite you to an informal get-together on Tuesday May 23, 2017 at 06:30 pm to catch up and connect with former participants and faculty, and maintain…

Darcy E. Wagner, member of the Research Unit "Lung Repair and Regeneration" at the CPC/LRR and member of the Helmholtz Munich Postdoctoral Fellowship Program has been selected as a Science and Innovation Center (SIC) Rising Star of Research representing the Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB) Assembly for this year's American Thoracic Society. The American Thoracic Society is one of the…

All researchers are obliged to conform to rules of Good Scientific Practice. These rules are implicit, but the border between acceptable and unacceptable practice is often unclear. What is responsible research conduct? How can I present data accurately? What exactly is plagiarism? What are the pros and cons of open science? What is an ombudsperson? This year's focus will be on data accuracy and…

HELENA and the Helmholtz Research Schools Lung Biology and Disease and Radiation Sciences are hosting a Translational Medicine Seminar Series. Join us for the first session on May 30, 2017! This seminar series aims to give an overview on translational medicine starting from the disease towards the understanding of disease mechanisms, epidemiological evidence, identification of biomarkers and…

Each year, on every fourth Thursday of April, a nationwide effort is made to offer girls the possibility to get to know professional areas and jobs, which they might not typically consider after their school career. The aim and concept of the Girls' Day is to oppose to stereotypes, such as girls not fitting to technical professions in engineering and science. As the German Research Center for…

Jessica Götzfried, PhD student in the Research Group of "Enzymes and Inhibitors in Lung Disease" (Jenne Lab), has been awarded as the Best Speaker out of more than sixty presentations at the 34th Protease Winter School in Tiers. Her talk entitled "Storage and transplantability of donor lungs is extended by α1-antitrypsin as an additive to Perfadex" convinced an international jury of leading…

Spring is almost here! We will take this as an occasion to have an informal institute's get-together with some drinks, food, music, and dance :) You are cordially invited to join the CPC Spring Party on March 20, 2017 at 4 pm on the 2nd floor of the CPC in Großhadern. We would also like to use this occasion to celebrate the achievements of our "senior" MD and PhD students of the graduate program…

Christoph Mayr, PhD student in the CPC research group of Dr. Herbert Schiller, has received an European Respiratory Society (ERS) Short-Term Research Training Fellowship. Starting in April, the grant will support a three months lab exchange with the group of Dr. Richard Scheltema (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands), specializing on cross-linking Mass Spectrometry. Together with the Utrecht…

Smoke from cigarettes blocks self-healing processes in the lungs and consequently can lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, partner in the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), and their international colleagues have reported this in the 'American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine'. Cough, bronchitis, and breathing…

Bill Nye, an American scientist, once said: "Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't." This emphasizes the importance of networking in science, and for this purpose the second Life Science Graduate Network Get-together took place on Feb 23rd. Graduate students from different Life Science institutes in Munich were invited to join the meeting at the Biomedical Center Munich. From each…

Darcy E. Wagner, member of the Research Unit "Lung Repair and Regeneration"(LRR) at the CPC and participant in the Helmholtz Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme has been awarded a grant endowed with 40.000 Dollars from the ATS Foundation. The grant aims to identify novel routes to induce lung repair in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease…

In honour of her scientific achievements, Dr. Ilona Kammerl, scientist at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), Helmholtz Zentrum München, received one of the three Graduate Students Awards. In order to encourage outstanding doctoral dissertations, the Münchner Bank, the Verein der Freunde und Förderer (VdFF), and the Helmholtz Graduate School Environmental Health (HELENA) awarded three…

Translating research into practice is one of the key aspects of modern medical science. To allow for such translations, qualified experts with notion of both basic science and clinical medicine are needed. To gain more insight into recent developments in lung biology and disease research at the interface of bench-to-bedside, the Munich International Autumn School (MIAS) was held for the fourth…

Vanessa Welk, member of the CPC Research School and PhD student in the research group "Proteasome Function in Chronic Lung Disease" (Meiners lab) at the iLBD/CPC, was honored with a poster award for her abstract "Proteasome activator 200 (PA200) is dysregulated in fibrotic tissue remodeling" at the 3rd Proteostasis Action Meeting in Lisbon. The 3rd PROTEOSTASIS Action Meeting covered topics in…

You are cordially invited to our first Career Day on November 10, 2016. The aim is to provide insights on different career paths in specific fields (program). We invited alumni and other scientists from Academia, Industry and beyond to briefly share their personal career paths. Afterwards you have time to join round table Q&A sessions. Stay tuned for the individual profiles of the speakers (which…

The past few weeks have been very exciting for the new MD and PhD students of the CPC Research School. The introductory module was intended to bring all the new students on the same level of knowledge about common methods, good scientific practice, research ethics, and different projects at the institute. This was also a great opportunity for the students to improve their presentation skills. Just…

The award-winning play city “Mini-Munich” is the largest summer break project for children at the age of 7-15 that is organized by the City of Munich. Over the past 34 years, Mini-Munich has become the most renowned educational project for children and has been a role model for more than 200 play cities both nationally and internationally. Mini-Munich is a small model of the big city where…

School has started - not just for many kids out there, also for the new MD and PhD students here at the CPC in Großhadern. The official program was kicked-off with two days of seminars about the lung including lung function, lung diseases, the immune system of the lung, and lung anatomy. The talks were all prepared and given by senior Research School students. We received a lot of information, for…

Carolina Ballester Lopez, PhD Student, and Dr. Thomas Conlon, Postdoc in the research group "Immunopathology of COPD" (Yildirim Lab) at the iLBD/CPC have been honored for their scientific work during the PneumoUpdate 2016 conference. Carolina Ballester Lopez received the Young Investigator Award from PneumoUpdate for her abstract "A new tool to monitor the development of acute lung injury in…

Our senior PhD students had the opportunity to participate in a grant writing exercise in order to develop the skills needed to prepare professional, competitive, and successful grant proposals. They had to pick a topic of their choice - related to their PhD projects, e.g. additional experiments or a side project - and write a structured, concise, and clear grant application (4 pages, max. 2000€…

Aina Martin Medina, PhD student in the research group Lung Repair and Regeneration led by Melanie Königshoff, was awarded for the best oral presentation* at the Lung Science Conference in Estoril.  Malamati Vreka, PhD student in the research group Lung Carcinogenesis led by Georgios Stathopoulos, received the distinguished poster** award. Congratulations, ladies! The 14th Lung Science…

Dr. Sabine Bartel, graduate of the Research School “Lung Biology and Disease”, was honored by the German Lung Foundation for the best experimental dissertation in 2015. The award for her thesis “mircoRNA-based identification of pulmonary signaling pathways in experimental asthma – The role of the cAMP element binding protein 1 (Creb1)” was presented to her by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Sybrecht, chairman…

Larissa Knüppel and Aina Martin Medina, both PhD students of the CPC Graduate Program, were awarded with poster prizes at the AIR Symposium in Mainz. This year’s AIR Symposium “AIR 5.0: New insights and advances in IPF research“ took place in Mainz on February 12 and 13, 2016. The newest clinical studies, opportunities for therapy, as well as research on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have…

From October 5 - 9, young scientists and clinicians from around the world had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience on recent developments in lung biology and disease research at the interface of basic sciences and clinical medicine. The Munich International Autumn School (MIAS) was held for the third time at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC) and organized by “AtemWeg – Stiftung zur…