GRK 455:  Molecular Veterinary Medicine

• Subject Area: Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
• Term: from 1998 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 272499

Molecular cell structures determine complex diseases. It is also becoming more successful in veterinary medicine to recognise and treat causes and consequences of diseases, genetic defects and incompatibilities on the molecular level of cell structures. The graduate students are advised to learn appropriate methods in molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, and pathology aiming to analyse pathophysiological processes and to understand their molecular and cellular basis. Research programmes allow studies about 1) mechanisms of cell-microbial- and cell-cell-interactions, 2) principles of the development of cytopathogenic viruses, 3) structure, function, and regulation of membrane channels and their importance for pathological conditions, 4) molecular diagnosis of genetically caused organ diseases, as well as 5) the importance of para- and endocrine compounds for pathophysiologoical processes. Besides the methodological part of the postgraduate programme the students have to prepare for the public a scientific review of pressing importance about a relevant veterinary topic. They should further organize a scientific meeting. The aspiring doctorands are allowed to use their thesis together with the certificates of the research training group to apply for a Ph.D. diploma.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Ernst Petzinger (†)
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Georg Baljer; Professor Dr. Rolf Bauerfeind; Professor Dr. Martin Bergmann; Professor Dr. Eberhard Burkhardt; Professor Dr. Wolfgang Clauss; Professor Dr. Martin Diener; Professor Dr. Georg Erhardt; Professor Dr. Rüdiger Gerstberger; Professor Dr. Bernd Hoffmann; Privatdozent Dr. Thomas Hübschle; Professor Dr. Rudolf Leiser; Professor Dr. Christian Menge; Professorin Dr. Christiane Pfarrer; Professor Dr. Joachim Roth; Professor Dr. Georgios Scheiner-Bobis; Professor Dr. Gerhard Schuler; Professorin Dr. Anja Taubert; Professor Dr. Norbert Tautz; Professor Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Thiel; Professor Dr. Horst Zahner