Project Details
Projekt
Innovative imaging for inflammatory diseases
Applicant
Professorin Dr. Jing Guo
Subject Area
Radiology
Term
since 2025
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 563860382
Inflammation is a rapid and highly effective defense response of the body's immune system to a variety of tissue damage, such as infection, injury, autoimmune disease or cancer. However, dysregulated inflammation can lead to excessive, chronic or suppressed immune responses that promote the development of common diseases such as sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis, liver fibrosis, Crohn's disease and cancer. This enormous plasticity of inflammatory processes currently poses a major challenge for their detection, characterization and quantification by clinical diagnostic imaging. As a result, current biomarkers for the detection and monitoring of inflammatory and inflammation-associated diseases in routine clinical radiology are often unspecific for inflammation and early stages of potentially dangerous tissue damage. In this context, the planned Young Academy for Medical Technology (NAMT) aims to sensitize young scientists in the field of clinical imaging for physically based and quantifiable image markers for the detection and characterization of inflammation and to contribute to the further development of medical imaging as a diagnostic key technology for the non-invasive detection and assessment of inflammation-related tissue changes. The NAMT will support young scientists in developing an independent and autonomous research profile early in their careers and in establishing collaborations with renowned experts from science and industry, academic networks and established research institutions in the field of medical technology in Germany and abroad. To this end, an interdisciplinary exchange between specialists in biology, medicine and technical fields of imaging sciences is planned, in particular to introduce clinical scientists to basic scientists. In order to shorten the learning curve for young scientists, the Academy's program integrates practical training in applying for research funding and provides information on research funding instruments and project management. Accordingly, the event is aimed primarily at doctoral students in the final phase of their PhD/MD studies or at young scientists who have completed their doctorate.
DFG Programme
Workshops for Early Career Investigators
