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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

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

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

Rhys Wardman, Joerg Heineke

European Heart Journal, 2025

2025

Cardiomyocyte-derived fibrosis as driver of cardiomyopathy

Abel Martin-Garrido, Joerg Heineke

Cardiovascular Research, Volume 121, Issue 4, March 2025, Pages 528–529

 

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.