Coordination Funds

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Andreas Diefenbach
• Subject Area: Immunology
• Term: from 2016 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 320380246

The DFG priority program 1937 (SPP 1937) was established in 2016/2017 and aims to establish an interdisciplinary research program that comprehensively investigates the newly discovered family of ILC in humans and in mouse models. Our initiative aims to provide novel insights into ILC as guardians of tissue homeostasis and repair, in the defense against infections and in the pathogenesis of inflammation-driven diseases. These lines of research will continue to identify previously unappreciated functions of the immune system and will pave the way for the development of new treatment strategies in inflammation. Research on ILC has a strong interdisciplinary trajectory far beyond immunology, because it develops at the interface between the immune system and the biology of organ development, tissue homeostasis and repair. The program brings together immunologists, microbiologists, and clinical scientists such as gastroenterologists, rheumatologists and dermatologists as well as scientists interested in epithelial cell biology and experts in key technologies (single cell technology, microscopy, etc.) to accomplish these goals. The coordination proposal outlines the networking and coordinated efforts within SPP 1937.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1937: Innate Lymphoid Cells