Visiting Professor Christiana Ruhrberg

CECAD research center auditorium, ground floor (Building 69, room EG.036) Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, Cologne, NRW, Germany

Professor Christiana Ruhrberg is an internationally known expert in neuronal and vascular development and one of the world’s leading researchers in defining mechanisms of blood vessel growth in the brain and eye. Her three main interests are neurovascular co-patterning, molecular regulation of angiogenesis, and signal transduction in vascular hyperpermeability. She […]

Visiting Scientist Ilva Rupenthal, PhD

Lecture Hall, Dept. of Ophthalmology (Building 34, Augenklinik), University of Cologne Kerpener Str. 62, Cologne, NRW, Germany

Dr. Rupenthal is an innovator in ocular drug delivery ideas. Her current research, co-funded by a Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship from the New Zealand Health Research Council, focuses predominantly on the development of stimuli-response ocular drug delivery systems with projects investigating implants responsive to ultrasound, light or a […]

FOR 2240 Retreat 2017 Kloster Steinfeld

Neues Gasthaus Kloster Steinfeld Hermann-Josef-Straße 4, Kall-Steinfeld, NRW, Germany

Friday June 30th 2017 3:00 pm Arrival, Hotel Check-in in Neues Gasthaus 3:30 pm Coffee and cake outside of Seminar room 1 4:00 pm      Welcome & presentations of P1, P-new, C1, P2, P5 (break: 5:15-5:40 pm) 6:30 pm PI meeting 7:30 pm Group photo 7:45 pm Dinner & Drinks […]

FOR 2240 Symposium: Innovative concepts in anti-inflammatory and anti(lymph)angiogenic therapies in the eye

Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, CMMC Research Center (Building 66) Robert-Koch-Straße 21, Cologne, NRW, Germany

FOR 2240 Symposium final program 2017 Cologne The FOR 2240 Symposium “Innovative concepts in anti-inflammatory and anti(lymph)angiogenic therapies in the eye” will be held from 20-21 October 2017 on the Life Sciences Campus of the University of Cologne, Germany at the Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne. The goal of the […]

Visiting Professor Kazuichi Maruyama

Lecture Hall, Dept. of Ophthalmology (Building 34, Augenklinik), University of Cologne Kerpener Str. 62, Cologne, NRW, Germany

Prof. Maruyama will give a talk on "Comprehensive analysis of vitreous specimens for uveitis classification". This lecture will have a clinical orientation. In addition to his Osaka position, he is a part time Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefecutal University of Medicine, Japan, and  Adjunct Scientist at […]

Visiting Professor François Paquet-Durand

Center for Pharmacology, Building 36, seminar room 1st floor Gleueler Str. 24, Cologne, NRW, Germany

Prof. Paquet-Durand is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen and Chief Scientific Officer of Mireca Medicines GmbH. His talk will be on: "Targeting cGMP-signalling in inherited retinal degeneration: from basic research to clinical translation, Founding of Drugsford" This talk is hosted by the Bayer Graduate […]

Visiting Professor Akiyoshi Uemura

Lecture Hall, Dept. of Ophthalmology (Building 34, Augenklinik), University of Cologne Kerpener Str. 62, Cologne, NRW, Germany

Akiyoshi Uemura (MD, PhD) is Professor at the Department of Retinal Vascular Biology at Nagoya City University, Japan. His three recent papers published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation and a seminal report in Cancer Cell highlight the function of important vascular factors and pericytes for retinal and tumor angiogenesis. […]

Prof. Natasha Frank

Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, CMMC Research Center (Building 66) Robert-Koch-Straße 21, Cologne, NRW, Germany

As a part of the CMMC‘s seminar series, Prof. Frank‘s lecture on "ABCB5-positive stem cells in development and regeneration" will  concern her laboratory research work on identifying clinically relevant stem cell populations in diverse human tissues, with special emphasis on the relevant role of the ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCB5, which […]

Retreat 2019 FOR 2240 Abtei Brauweiler

Abtei Brauweiler Ehrenfriedstraße 19, Pulheim, Germany

(Lymph)Angiogenesis and Cellular Immunity in Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye Cost Room & Catering (Drinks, Dinner, Coffees, Lunch) paid for by FOR 2240; for participants who do not live in or near Cologne, hotel with breakfast also Friday March 8th 2019Everyone: Arrival by ca. 3 pm 2:30 pm Doors open […]

Retreat 2020 FOR 2240 Uni Augenklinik, Auditorium

Uni Köln Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 20, Köln, Germany

(Lymph)Angiogenesis and Cellular Immunity in Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye Friday March 13th 2020Everyone: Arrival by ca. 1 pm 1:00 pm Doors open 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Coffee and Finger Food Everyone: Program, part 1: Progress reports with outlook for the research group, presenter in BOLD(25 min. presentation: progress-outlook-identification […]