GRK 333:  Biology of Human Diseases

• Subject Area: Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
• Term: from 1997 to 2006
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 271891

The research training group presents an excellent scientific environment for graduate studies (PH.D, M.D.) with the aim of interdisciplinary education in the biomedical area. A broad range of methods is applied to approach different projects elucidating origin and therapy of human diseases focusing on cancer research and cellular signal transduction. These themes attract both medical students having strong interest in basic research, and PH.D students educated in different fields of life science interested in medical aspects. The interdisciplinary work in the group provides positive impact on the projects. Cooperation, access to different institutes, and interaction with different supervisors help to improve quality of the doctoral studies and to gain time in early steps of a scientific career. The program demands high-quality research activity as well as active participation in an interdisciplinary training program. The program offers workshops and lectures coping with various advanced technologies and research projects as well as communication skills and software applications. The research training grouop is linked to the European Marie Curie Training Site ¿Cellular signaling in human diseases¿ (Coordinator Prof. Dr. M. Gratzl). Established cooperation between selected research training groups and Marie Curie Training Sites in Munich serve as widely used platforms for scientific exchange for young scientists in Munich.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Manfred Gratzl
• Participating Researchers: Privatdozent Dr. Michael John Atkinson; Professor Dr. Franz Hofmann; Professor Dr. Georg Häcker; Professor Dr. Heinz Höfler; Professor Dr. Arthur Konnerth; Professor Dr. Andreas Ludwig; Professor Dr. Viktor Magdolen; Professor Dr. Artur Mayerhofer; Professor Dr. Christian van Prinz; Professor Dr. Peter Ruth; Professor Dr. Jürgen Schlegel; Professor Dr. Markus Schwaiger