Prof. Dr.

Jörg Heineke

Projects:

Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Physiology
Co-Director European Center for Angioscience
Department of Cardiovascular Physiology
European Center for Angioscience (ECAS)
Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Germany
Ludolf-Krehl-Straße 7-11
68167 Mannheim

Email: [email protected]

Research Interests

Intercellular communication in the myocardium in physiology and disease, post-transcriptional mechanisms of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, interorgan communication and comorbidities in heart failure.

Selected Coordinating Functions and Awards

2021-2023

Chair of the Working group 8 of the German Cardiac Society

Since 2019

Head of the IRTG School of Angioscience (in the CRC1366)

Since 2019

Member of the elected council of the Medical Faculty Mannheim

Since 2019

Deputy Speaker of the DZHK partner site Heidelberg/Mannheim

2012

Heisenberg professorship (from the German Research Foundation, DFG) for Experimental Cardiology

2011

Sir Hans Krebs Prize (endowed by Ernst-August Schrader)

CRC1550 Related Publications

2025

Cardiomyocyte-derived fibrosis as driver of cardiomyopathy

Abel Martin-Garrido, Joerg Heineke.

Cardiovasc Res. 2025 May 6;121(4):528-529.

2025

AKT and heart remodelling: too much of a good thing?

Rhys Wardman, Joerg Heineke.

European Heart Journal. 2025.

2024

Endothelial derived, secreted long non-coding RNAs Gadlor1 and Gadlor2 aggravate cardiac remodeling

Keles M, Grein S, Froese N, Wirth D, Trogisch FA, Wardman R, Hemanna S, Weinzierl N, Koch PS, Uhlig S, Lomada S, Dittrich GM, Szaroszyk M, Haustein R, Hegermann J, Martin-Garrido A, Bauersachs J, Frank D, Frey N, Bieback K, Cordero J, Dobreva G, Wieland T & Heineke J.

Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 35:102306, 2024.

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