The CRC1550 is a collaborative research center between research groups of the University Heidelberg with the Medical Faculty Heidelberg and the Medical Faculty Mannheim, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). We aim to promote translational research and the advance of CardioScience to the benefit of the patients. To this extend, we look for candidates early during their education in medical school, to perform a MD thesis project (“Doktorarbeit”) under guidance of experienced and internationally renowned researchers in the field of CardioScience as part of a structured practical and theoretical education as a basis to become a clinician scientist. 

The projects in this collaborative research center jointly address fundamental questions including how gene mutations and environmental factors alter cardiomyocyte function, stress signals in the heart, and the molecular aspects of inherited and acquired heart disease. For this goal, state of the art techniques are used including next generation sequencing, (metabol/transcript) omics, transgenic animal and cell models, imaging techniques and patient cohorts.