Murce Members

Participating Institutes and Scientists

 

Institute Focus/Topics PIs Website

Faculty of Engineering (Technische Fakultät)
Institute of Medical Biotechnology (MBT)
  • Myotechnology Development
  • Biomechanics and Cell Signaling
  • Myofibrillar Myopathies
  • Mechanotransduction
 Prof. Oliver Friedrich
Dr. Sebastian Schürmann
Dr. Andreas Buttgereit		 mbt.tf.fau.de
Institute of Particle Technology (LFG)
  • Functionalization and Coating of Nanoparticles
 Prof. Robin Klupp Taylor lfg.tf.fau.de
Institute of Pattern Recognition (Mustererkennung 5)
  • whole Body Biomechanics
  • Algorithms and Simulations for Exercise and Medical Engineering
 Prof. Björn Eskofier
Prof. Dr. Anne Koelewijin
 lme.tf.fau.de
Institute of Biomaterials (WW7)
  • Muscle Tissue Engineering
  • Biomaterials
  • Artifical Muscles
 Prof. Aldo Boccaccini         Dr. Rainer Detsch biomat.tf.fau.eu
Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems (FAPS)
  • Biomechatronics
  • Artificial Muscles
  • Cybernetics, Robotics, Prosthetics
 Prof. Jörg Franke                Dr. Sebastian Reitelshöfer faps.fau.eu
Institute of Applied Dynamics (LTD)
  • Aritifical Muscles
  • Cybernetics
 Prof. Sigrid Leyendecker ltd.df.uni-erlangen.de

Faculty of Natural Sciences (Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät)
Biophysics Goup (Center for Medical Physics and Technology)
  • Muscle Biomechanics
  • Contractility assays
  • Cytoskeleton
  • Cardiomyopathies
 Prof. Ben Fabry  Prof. Wolfgang Goldmann         Dr. Ingo Thievessen bio.physik.fau.de
Division of Developmental Biology
  • Genetics of Muscle and Heart Development
  • Muscle Mutants as Disease Models
 Prof. Manfred Frasch                Dr. Ingo Reim    PD Dr. Alexandra Schambony entwbio.nat.fau.de

Faculty of Medicine (Medizinische Fakultät)
Institute of Biochemistry
  • Signaling Disorders in mitochondrial and neuromuscular Myopathies
  • Neuromuscular Transmission(-disorders)
 Prof. Said Hashemolhosseini www.biochem.uni-erlangen.de
Institute of Anatomy (I)
  • Mastication and Sip Musculature
  • Micro-Anatomy of Muscle
 Prof. Winfried Neuhuber www.anatomie1.med.uni-erlangen.org
Institute of Cellular & Molecular Physiology
  • Electrophysiology in Heart and cardiac Ion Channels in Health and Disease
 Prof. Tilmann Volk                     Dr. Thomas Seidel www.physiologie2.uni-erlangen.de
Institute of Human Genetics
  • Genetics of Muscle Diseases
 PD Dr Christian Thiel www.humangenetik.uk-erlangen.de
Institute of Pathology
  • Zebrafish Models for Myopathies and Cardiomyopathies
  • Bioinformatics
 Prof. Felix Engel Dr. Fulvia Ferrazzi www.pathologie.uk-erlangen.de/
Institute of Neuropathology
  • Animal and Cell Models for Protein Aggregate Myopathies (PAM)
 Prof. Ingmar Blümke                    Dr. Katja Kobow   Prof. Harald Herrmann-Lerdon www.neuropathologie.uk-erlangen.de
Department of Neurology
  • Diagnostics and Therapies of Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Pathogenesis of inflammatory muscle diseases and PAM
 Prof. Stefan Schwab
Prof. Ralf Linker
Dr. Matthias Türk		 http://www.neurologie.uk-erlangen.de/
Molecular Neurology Division of the Neurological Clinics
  • Autophagy, Exosome Formation
  • Computer-based Movement and Gait Analyses
 PD. Dr. Jochen Klucken           Prof. Jürgen Winkler www.molekulare-neurologie.uk-erlangen.de
Institute of Ophthalmology
  • Electron-Microscopy of human and murine Skeletal Muscle Diseases
 Prof. Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt www.augenklinik.uk-erlangen.de
Institute of Anesthesiology
  • Critical Illness Myopathy
  • Sepsis-associated Cardiomyopathies
 Prof. Jürgen Schüttler www.anaesthesie.uk-erlangen.de
Division of Neuropediatrics
  • Diagnostics and Therpay of Neuromuscular Disorders in Children
 Prof. Regina Trollmann www.kinderklinik.uk-erlangen.de
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
  • Diagnostics and Therpay of Cardiac Disorders in Children
 Prof. Sven Dittrich www.kinderkardiologie.uk-erlangen.de
Institute of Medical Physics
  • Muscle Traning and Exercise Technologies
  • Performance Diagnostics
  • Multimodal 3D-Imaging in Bone & Muscle
  • Sarcopenia & Osteoporosis
 Prof. Wolfgang Kemmler         Prof. Klaus Engelke www.imp.uni-erlangen.de
Experimental Animal Facility (PETZ)
  • Functional Analyses of transgenic Animal Models
  • Translational Therapy Approches
 Prof. Stephan von Hörsten www.fpz.uni-erlangen.de
Institute of Cardiac Surgery
  • Development of cardiac Assist Devices for Cardiomyopathies
 Prof. Michael Weyand www.herzchirurgie.uk-erlangen.de
Division of Molecular Medicine (Women’s Hospital)
  • Cell Fusion in Muscle, Placenta, Osteoclasts and Carcinomas
  • Satellite-/Stem Cell Differentiation
  • Gene Expression, Microdissection, Microarrays
 PD. Dr. Reiner Strick www.frauenklinik.uk-erlangen.de/forschung/labor-fuer-molekulare-medizin/
Preclinical Imaging Platform Erlangen (PIPE)
  • Non-invasive Imaging in small Animals
  • Musculo-Skeletal Imaging
  • Ultrasound, SPECT, MRT, CT, PET
 Prof. Tobias Bäuerle www.radiologie.uk-erlangen.de/en/research-teaching/preclinical-imaging-platform-erlangen-pipe/
Medical Clinics I
  • Tumor-cachexia and muscular effects
  • training and nutrition regimes for tumor patients and muscle function
 Prof. Markus Neurath          Prof. Yurdagül Zopf                    Dr. Hans-J. Herrmann www.medizin1.uk-erlangen.de/
Radiology Clinics
  • Development of novel MRI-technologies
  • Ultra-high-field MRI (7 Tesla)
  • Multi-nuclear MRI
  • Muscle MRI
 Prof. Armin Nagel                   Dr. Rafael Heiss www.radiologie.uk-erlangen.de/forschung-und-lehre/metabolische-und-funktionelle-mr-bildgebung/
Orthopedic Clinics (Waldkrankenhaus)
  • novel diagnostics in musculoskeletal songraphy
  • therapy of muscle injuries
  • muscle perfusion and interventional strategies
 Dr. Thilo Hotfiel www.waldkrankenhaus.de/kliniken/fachbereiche/orthopaedische-rheumatologie/team.html
Clinics for Plastic and Hand Surgery
  • Musculo-skeletal Tissue Engineering
  • Myogenic transdifferentiation of mesenchymal stem cells
  • functional nano-fibre-scaffolds
 Prof. Raymund Horch http://www.plastische-chirurgie.uk-erlangen.de/

Faculty of Philosophy (Philosophische Fakultät)
Institute of Exercise Medicine and Kinesiology
  • Kinesiology and Training Regimes in Muscle Disease and Ageing
 Prof. Matthias Lochmann www.sport.uni-erlangen.de/lehrstuehle-und-fachgebiete/sport-und-bewegungsmedizin/

External Members
Clinics of Anesthesiology & operative Intensive Care Medicine
  • Septic Cardiomyopathy
 Dr. Sören Wagner www.klinikum-stuttgart.de
Clinics for Plastic, Hand and Burns Surgery
  • Musculo-skeletal Tissue Engineering
 Prof. Justus Beier https://www.ukaachen.de/kliniken-institute/klinik-fuer-plastische-chirurgie-hand-und-verbrennungschirurgie/klinik/interdisziplinaeres-mikrochirurgisches-trainings-zentrum.html