Funding
Research at the institute is supported by the University Medical School, the UHZ, grants from the Ministry for Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), the Ministry for Science, Research and Art, Baden-Württemberg, the Ministery of Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection, Baden Württemberg, the DFG, the European Commission (EC), the European Research Council (ERC) and the German Cardiac Society (DGK).
FOR6051 - The Interstitium: a Key Determinant of Cardiac Function
DFG-funded Research Unit
(Speaker: P. Kohl)
2026-2030
SFB1425 - Heterocellular Nature of Cardiac Lesions: Identities, Interactions, Implications
DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center
(Speaker: P. Kohl)
2020-2025
Mechanism, Engineering and Application of Rhodopsin-Guanylyl Cyclases
(F. Schneider-Warme)
2016-2019
Track-AF: Translational Research and Training on Atrial Cardiomyopathy as a Key to Better Atrial Fibrillation Management
MSCA-ITN
(R. Peyronnet)
2026-2030
Technologies for characterization of cardiomyocyte-fibroblast interaction in atrial fibrillation
MSCA-ITN PersonalizeAF
(P. Kohl, U. Ravens, R. Peyronnet)
2020-2024
TREATYNG - Modulation of neuropeptide-Y-signaling for restoration of cardiac structure and function in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
European Rare Diseases Research Alliance
BMFTR (Federal Ministry of Research, Tecnology and Space)
(F. Giardini)
2026-2029
MESOPOTAMIA - Dual-stream reperfusion for arrhythmia prevention
BMFTR (Federal Ministry of Research, Tecnology and Space)
(P. Kohl, C. Zgierski-Johnston)
2024-2027
KICK-AF - AI-based cardiac pulsed-field ablation
BMFTR (Federal Ministry of Research, Tecnology and Space)
(R. Peyronnet)
2026-2029
Ausweitung der Lebensfähigkeit von Herzzell- und Gewebemodellen für die Grundlagen- und Translationsforschung zur Verringerung und zum teilweisen Ersatz der Verwendung von Tiermodellen
Landesministerium für Ernährung, Ländlicher Raum und Verbraucherschutz (Baden-Württemberg)
(E. Rog-Zielinska, R. Peyronnet)
2022-2024
Advanced Structure-Function Imaging of Cardiac Trans-Scar Electrical Conduction
(C. Zgierski-Johnston, L. Sacconi)
2023-2026
Mechanically-Induced Cardiac Excitation:Mechanisms and Modifiers
(C. Zgierski-Johnston)
2020-2023
Experimental and computational approach to understand regionalheterogeneity and electro-mechanical interactions in the rabbit heart
(G. Seemann, K. Odening)
2018-2021
Perivascular Excitation Tunnelling: a Novel Mechanism of Cardiac Ischaemia-Reperfusion Arrhythmias
(E. Chleilat)
2021-2023
3D Nanoscopy and Nanomechanics linking Molecular Signals to Biophysical Phenotype
Research Project within the Excellence Initiative CIBSS (DFG funded)
(P. Kohl, E. Rog-Zielinska, R. Peyronnet)
2019-2022
SOL - Switchable Rhodopsins in Life Sciences
ERC Synergy Grant
(F. Schneider-Warme)
2022-2028
CardioNECT
ERC Advanced Grant
(P. Kohl)
2013-2019
Human organotypic cardiac slices as a novel platform to identify anti-arrhythmic drugs
Joint Research Project
(R. Peyronnet, U. Ravens)
2024-2027
Electromechanical modulation of cardiomyocytes to fight arrhythmias
Joint Research Project
(U. Ravens, R. Peyronnet)
2019-2021
Exploring Strategies for Optogenetic Termination of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia
Medical Scientist Programme
(F. Schneider-Warme)
2026-2027
SCARate: Scar-Related Electrophysiological Dynamics in Arrhythmic Disease
Post-doc Fellowship
(F. Giardini)
2025-2026
Step-wise haemodynamic recovery of ischaemic myocardium to lessen deleterious effects on cardiac electrophysiology
Research Fellowship
(E. Chleilat)
2024-2025
Disturbed Repolarisation–Relaxation Coupling: A New Concept Explaining Systolic Mechano-Arrhythmogenesis
Post-doc Fellowship
(B. Cameron)
2023-2024
The Mechanosensitive Piezo1 Regulates Hum aInon A Ctrhiaaln nel Fibroblast-Monocyte Communication
Post-doc Fellowship
(R. Emig)
2022-2023
Electrophysiological remodelling and heterocellular coupling in fibrosis in Fallot's tetralogy
Research Fellowship
(H. Fürniss)
2019-2020