mRNA biology in cardiac homeostasis and disease, RNA-binding proteins, mTOR kinase signaling, cardiometabolic disease, epitranscriptome, novel sequencing approaches

2021 Arthur-Weber Award from the German Cardiac Society

2015 Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader (DFG), Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University

2010 Adumed- Research Award

2008 Joachim Siebeneicher Prize, University Heidelberg

1) Riechert E, Kmietczyk V, Stein F, Schwarzl T, Sekaran T, Jürgensen L, Kamuf-Schenk V, Varma E, Hofmann C, Rettel M, Martin J, Ramirez-Pedrazza M, Fernandez M, Méndez R, Katus HA, Hentze MWM & Völkers M: Identification of dynamic RNA-binding proteins uncovers a Cpeb4-controlled regulatory cascade during pathological cell growth of cardiomyocytes. Cell Rep 35:109100, 2021

2) Gorska, AA, Sandmann C, Riechert E, Hofmann C, Malovrh E, Kmietczyk E, Ölschläger J, Jürgensen L, Kamuf-Schenk V, Stroh C, Furkel J, Konstandin MH, Sticht C, Boileau E, Dieterich C, Frey N, Katus HA, Doroudgar S & Völkers M: Muscle-specific translational control of Cand2 by mTORC1 regulates adverse cardiac remodeling. EMBO Rep 22: e52170, 2021

3) Sanlialp A, Schumacher D, Kiper L, Varma E, Riechert E, Ho TC, Hofmann C, Kmietczyk V, Zimmermann F, Wirth A, Gorska AA, Burghaus J, Camacho Londoño JE, Katus HA, Doroudgar S, Freichel M, Völkers M. Saraf-dependent Activation of mTORC1 Regulates Cardiac Growth. J Mol Cell Cardiol 141:30-42, 2020

4) Doroudgar S, Hofmann C, Boileau E, Malone B, Riechert E, Gorska AA, Jakobi T, Sandmann S, Jürgensen L, Kmietczyk V, Malovrh E, Burghaus J, Rettel M, Stein F, Younesi F, Friedrich UA, Mauz V, Backs J, Kramer G, Katus HA, Dieterich C, Völkers M. Monitoring cell type-specific gene expression using ribosomal sequencing in vivo during cardiac hemodynamic stress. Circ Res 125:431–448, 2019

5) Kmietczyk V, Riechert R, Kalinski L, Boileau E, Malovrh E, Malone B, Gorska A, Hofmann C, Varma E, Jürgensen L, Kamuf-Schenk V, Altmüller J, Tappu R, Busch M, Most P, Katus HA, Dieterich C, Völkers M. m6A-mRNA methylation regulates cardiac gene expression and cellular growth. Life Sci. Alliance 2, e201800233 (2019).