Team

Maja Vujic Spasic

Peter Steele-Perkins

Alessa Wagner

P1: Maja Vujic Spasic (Ulm)

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

Team: Peter Steele-Perkins (PhD student), Alessa Wagner (PostDoc)

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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Key words: Hfe, iron, bone

Andrea Steinbicker

Guiscard Seebohm

Isabelle Hornung

Deniz Dogan

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), Deniz Dogan (MD student), 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

P5: Martina Muckenthaler (Heidelberg)

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

Team: Ruiyue Qiu (PostDoc)

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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Tel: +49 (0) 69 6301 – 5868

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