translational research to clinical and healthcare research. Our investigations range from experimental animal and cell models to blood- and liquor-based biomarkers and clinical studies. Our aim is to gain a
students). Heads the research commission of the MHH (FoKo) Heads the MHH advisory board for the central animal facility, currently represented by Prof. Dr. Reinhold Förster. Cooperation with the Ombudsperson
in vitro models ("Advanced Tissue Culture Models") that avoid exploratory experiments on living animals as far as possible and thus comply with the 3R principle. Research focus / teams: Neuroinfection [...] partners (alphabetical order): Dr. Marijana Basic (Gnotobiology Facility, Institute for Laboratory Animal Science, MHH) Prof. Dr. Nataliya Di Donato (Department of Human Genetics, MHH) Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken
Hospital Hygiene Institute of Virology Institute of Immunology Institute of Laboratory Animal Science and Central Animal Laboratory Institute of Molecular Biology Institute of Transfusion Medicine Institute
hepatocytes by technologies such as gene therapy. Unfortunately, the promising results obtained in animal models could not be successfully transferred into clinical application in man, yet. The aim of our
discourse on the end of life of humans and pets and consequences for the relationship between medical and animal ethics Project management: Prof. Dr. Peter Kunzmann, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
significantly reducing the number of animals required for research. This not only enhances experimental efficiency but also supports ethical research practices by minimizing animal use. Beyond cardiac research
protein structure using homologous models. They can explain this to their fellow students in an animated presentation. They know the algorithms for structure comparisons and the databases for structure
research group of PD Dr. Nayak, Institute of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover 2022-2024 M.Sc „Animal Biology and Biomedical Sciences”, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover 2019-2022 B.Sc “Forensic
bioreactors including cardiac (RG Zweigerdt) and endothelial differentiation (RG Olmer), as well as iii) animal models of heart failure and cell therapies (RGs Haverich, Cebotari, Martens) paved the way to the