Team

Maja Vujic Spasic

Peter Steele-Perkins

P1: Maja Vujic Spasic (Ulm)

Project title: Role of iron in bone metabolism of Hfe-hemochromatosis

Team: Peter Steele-Perkins (PhD student)

Professor for Molecular Endocrinology & Deputy Director of the Institute of Comparative Molecular EndocrinologyInstitute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology
University of Ulm
Helmholtzstr. 8/1
89081 Ulm, Germany

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Tel: +49 731 50-32635

Key words: Hfe, iron, bone

Andrea Steinbicker

Guiscard Seebohm

Isabelle Hornung

Suma Choorapoikayil

Nathalie Strutz-Seebohm

Anne Humberg

P2: Andrea Steinbicker (Frankfurt) & Guiscard Seebohm (Münster)

Project title: TMPRSS6-mediated regulation of iron via cleavage of BMP pathway components in liver and bone

Team: Isabelle Hornung (PhD student), Suma Choorapoikayil (PostDoc), Lisa Schrader (PostDoc), Anne Humberg (technician), Nathalie Strutz-Seebohm (Group leader)

Professor for Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, stellvertretende
Klinikdirektorin und Leiterin der Intensivtherapie

Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie
Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
Haus 23 A, Untergeschoss
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
60590 Frankfurt am Main

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Key words: BMP signaling, iron, inflammation

Professor for Cellular Electrophysiology and Molecular Biology

Department of Cardiology
University of Münster
Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1
48149 Münster, Germany

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Tel: +49 (0) 251 / 83-58255

Key words: Protein-protein interactions

Martina Rauner

Vanessa Passin

Maria Ledesma-Colunga

P3: Martina Rauner (Dresden)

Project title: Mechanisms of Tfr1-mediated iron uptake in bone and effects of iron on bone cell bioenergetics

Team: Vanessa Passin (PhD student), Maria Ledesma-Colunga (associated PostDoc)

Professor for Molecular Bone Biology

Department of Medicine III & Center for Healthy Aging
Technische Universität Dresden
Fetscherstr. 74
01307 Dresden, Germany

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Tel: +49 351 4584206

Key words: Bone, BMP signaling

Ulrike Baschant

Sven Spangenberg

P4: Ulrike Baschant (Dresden)

Project title: Defining the role of the iron-sensor Tfr2 in ossification processes

Team: Sven Spangenberg (PhD student)

Department of Medicine III & Center for Healthy Aging

Technische Universität Dresden
Fetscherstr. 74
01307 Dresden, Germany

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Key words: Bone, HO, inflammation

Martina Muckenthaler

Ruiyue Qiu

Stefania Cucinelli

Anja Schuh

P5: Martina Muckenthaler (Heidelberg)

Project title: Identification of iron-related signals controlling BMP expression in liver non-parenchymal cells

Team: Ruiyue Qiu (PostDoc), Stefania Cucinelli (PhD student), Anja Schuh (Clinician Scientist)

Professor for Molecular Medicine

University of Heidelberg
Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology
Im Neuenheimer Feld 350
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

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Tel: +49 6221 56-6923

Key words: Iron homeostasis and sensing, Fpn-hepcidin axis

Sandro Altamura

Lorenz Hofbauer

Tiago Carvalho Oliveira

Claudia Krause

P6: Sandro Altamura (Heidelberg) & Lorenz Hofbauer (Dresden)

Project title: Dissecting the bone cell-specific functions of ferroportin

Team: Tiago Carvalho Oliveira (PhD student), Claudia Krause (technician)

University of Heidelberg

Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology
Im Neuenheimer Feld 350
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

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Tel: 06221 56-8839

Key words: Iron, Fpn

Professor of Medicine & Director of the Center for Healthy Aging

Department of Medicine III & Center for Healthy Aging
Technische Universität Dresden
Fetscherstr. 74
01307 Dresden, Germany

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Tel: +49 351 4583173

Key words: Bone, osteoporosis

Ursula Klingmüller

Philipp Kastl

P7: Ursula Klingmüller (Heidelberg)

Project title: Unraveling mechanisms regulating the dynamics of BMP signal transduction and its impact on hepcidin expression with a systems biology approach

Team: Philipp Kastl (PostDoc)

Professor for Systems Biology of Signal Transduction

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Systems Biology of Signal Transduction
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

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Tel: +49 6221-424481

Key words: Systems biology, iron homeostasis

Andrea Burden

Andrea Steinbicker

Lorenz Hofbauer

Marcel Rauer

P8: Andrea Burden (Zürich), Andrea Steinbicker (Frankfurt) & Lorenz Hofbauer (Dresden) 

Project title: Impact of iron overload and anemia on fractures

Team: Marcel Rauer (Clinician Scientist)

Professor for Pharmacoepidemiology

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
ETH Zurich, HCI H407
Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4
CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

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Tel: +41 44 633 74 09

Key words: Pharmacoepidemiology, drug safety

Professor for Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, stellvertretende
Klinikdirektorin und Leiterin der Intensivtherapie

Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie
Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
Haus 23 A, Untergeschoss
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
60590 Frankfurt am Main

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Key words: BMP signaling, iron, inflammation

Professor of Medicine & Director of the Center for Healthy Aging

Department of Medicine III & Center for Healthy Aging
Technische Universität Dresden
Fetscherstr. 74
01307 Dresden, Germany

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Tel: +49 351 4583173

Key words: Bone, osteoporosis