Prof. Dr.

Norbert Frey

Projects:

Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology
University Hospital Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Germany
Im Neuenheimer Feld 410
69120 Heidelberg

Research Interests

Selected Coordinating Functions and Awards

Since 2025
Vice Dean of Clinical Translation, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University
Since 2025
President elect, German Cardiac Society (DGK)
2025
Paul-Morawitz-Award, German Cardiac Society
Since 2024
Speaker, DZHK Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim “Heidelberg University Research Center for Cardiomyopathies and Arrhythmias – From Genes to Translation”
Since 2023
Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Medicine Heidelberg University
Since 2023
Editor-in-Chief “Clinical Research in Cardiology”
Since 2022
Vice Speaker, CRC 1550, “Molecular Circuits of Heart Disease”
2018
Fritz-Acker-Research Award, Fritz Acker Foundation
2009
Research Arthur-Weber Award, German Cardiac Society
2005
Franz-Maximilian-Groedel Award, German Cardiac Society

CRC1550 Related Publications

2023

Translational control of Ybx1 expression regulates cardiac function in response to pressure overload in vivo

Varma, E., J. Burghaus, T. Schwarzl, T. Sekaran, P. Gupta, A.A. Gorska, C. Hofmann, C. Stroh, L. Jürgensen, V. Kamuf-Schenk, X.Li, R. Medert, F. Leuschner, V. Kmietczyk, H.A. Katus, M.W. Hentze, N. Frey and M. Völkers.

Basic Res Cardiol. 118:25, 2023

2026

Sarcomeric Remodelling in Human Heart Failure unraveled by single molecule long read sequencing

Jan Haas, Sarah Schudy, Benedikt Rauscher, Ana Munoz, Steffen Roßkopf,Christoph Reich, Gizem Donmez Yalcin, Abdullah Yalcin, Timon Seeger,  Manuel H. Taft, Marc Freichel, Dirk Grimm, Dietmar Manstein, Johannes Backs, Norbert Frey, Lars Steinmetz, Benjamin Meder.

EMBO Mol Med. 2026