Georgiana Constantinescu, member of the CRC/TRR 205 and part of the Clinician Scientists program was awarded as a 2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant by the Harvard Medical School.  Georgiana joined the Clinician Scientists program in 2018 and was offered to take the seminar Principles and Practice of Clinical Research by the Harvard School of Public Health. […]

New PI Holger Henneicke recently published the paper: „Skeletal glucocorticoid signalling determines leptin resistance and obesity in aging mice“. Starting as an Clinician Scientist, we are proud to win Holger Henneicke as a new PI for the CRC/TRR 205. 

For many chronic diseases, the replacement of irreversibly damaged organs or tissue is the last therapeutic option. The demand for cells, tissues and organs for transplantation is currently far from being met by the available human donors. Therefore, the use of animal tissues and organs for xenotransplantation has been discussed for more than three decades. […]

An interdisciplinary workshop of international pituitary experts coordinated by Martin Reincke, reached a consensus on the important issue of „Corticotroph Tumor Progression after Bilateral Adrenalectomy (Nelson’s syndrome): Systematic Review and Expert Consensus Recommendations“,  which has just been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Endocrinology (http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EJE-20-1088)

The German article „Nein, dieser Kinderarzt belegt keine Gefahren für Kinder durch Masken“ published on Friday, 08.01.2021 on AFP Faktencheck was supported with expert advice by Prof. Dr. Angela Hübner and Prof. Dr. Dr. Matthias Kroiß.  The article can be found here.

The new program of the virtual End(o)ZEIT seminar as well as for the endocrine students research seminar and the Journal club for the first half of 2021 is now available.  For detailed information please have a look at the attached program.

CRC member Laura-Sophie Landwehr was awarded with the „ENSAT Bruno Allolio Award 2020 for Research on Adrenocortical Carcinoma“ for the manuscript “The interplay between glucocorticoids and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes on the prognosis of adrenocortical carcinoma”, published in Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer in May 2020. The manuscript can be described as follows: „This is the first […]

The first joint meeting of RISE and CRC/TRR 205 clinician scientist started on 22.10.2020. The workshop with the topic “Scientific writing without pain” was held by Dr. Martina Michalikova. She worked with the Clinician Scientists on how to develop scientific writing skills and gave tips on how to delve into the writing process faster. Furthermore, she illustrated […]

Das paper “International Histopathology Consensus for Unilateral Primary Aldosteronism” mit Tracy Williams als Erstautor und Martin Reincke als Letztautor wurde als JCEM’s Featured Article der Woche ausgewählt. Neben Tracy Williams und Martin Reincke waren ebenso Felix Beuschlein und Jaques Lenders als Autoren beteiligt.   Das paper ist auf der Startseite der JCEM website zu finden. […]

The JMU Würzburg started a weekly seminar for Ph.D. students. The seminar is divided into two parts. Each week either PhDs present their thesis or a keystone paper related to their topic or invited guests are sharing their methods and work achievements. PI’s from the CRC like Prof. Dr. Ben Wielockx, Prof. Dr. Graeme Eisenhofer, […]