Funding
Other past funding
Over the past years, as new funding measure are developed, other measures are discontinued. More details about these measures can be found below.
Please note: These are historic measures and we will not be able to process applications for these programmes.
Chica and Heinz Schaller Endowed Chair
The Foundation funded an endowed chair for biomedical scientists with a high-level track record at Heidelberg University.
An endowed chair at Heidelberg University is the Foundation’s most prestigious award. It provides long-term support for research and salaries. Nominees should be outstanding research leaders in biomedicine.
Applications are currently not being considered.
Previously supported endowed chair in „Molecular Virology“
In an effort to promote molecular virology in Heidelberg, the Foundation endowed a chair in molecular virology at the University from 2002 to 2012. The recipient was Prof. Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager.
Dual Career Bridge Initiative
The Foundation offered dual career support in the form of a stipend for up to two years. Researchers, especially women researchers, whose spouses or partners are recruited as group leaders or professors were eligible to apply. In an effort to support dual career couples, the CHS foundation funded several fellowships:
Clinical outcomes of Zika virus infection in children
Ivonne Morales
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Zentrum für Infektiologie
I study the epidemiology of arbovirus infections, mainly Zika, dengue and chikungunya. As part of the ZikAlliance consortium, our group is the clinical science leader of two multicentre cohorts established in 9 countries in Latin America and the French Caribbean to study Zika virus infection and its outcomes in pregnant women and their children.
The generation of clinical-grade human iPSC in a chemically-defined medium
Jasmin Agarwal
Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie
Most iPSC have cancerous epigenetic profiles and are not usable for clinical applications. Special reprogramming techniques generate high quality iPSC with an epigenetic profile close to true ESC but require special feeder cells. I develop a chemically-defined medium to generate high quality human iPSC in xeno- and feeder-free conditions for clinical applications.
Deep Learning-based automatic cancer diagnosis and prognosis
Luis Vale Silva
Universität Heidelberg, Bioquant, Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology IPMB
His research focuses on the development of Deep Learning-based automatic cancer diagnosis and prognosis systems. He uses research approaches from Imaging Genomics, the data fusion field combining data from high-throughput Genomics and medical imaging.
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Epigenetic changes during neuronal differentiation and activity
Anthony Hill
Genome Biology Research Unit, EMBL
I am working in the lab of Min Noh at the EMBL, where I am studying the epigenetics of neuronal differentiation and activity. We are using neurons derived from human iPSCs and mouse ES cells to determine how chromatin remodeling proteins control gene transcription during neuronal differentiation and following neuronal activity. These studies could contribute to our understanding of how patterns of gene expression help to shape neuronal circuits and encode information.
Creation of a state-of-the-art mathematical model of a functional properties of single neurons arise from the biophysical properties of ion channels that support membrane excitability. Recently, I have begun studying corticothalamic interactions in nociception.
Rebecca Mease
Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie
I use experimental and computational approaches to study neural coding in the thalamocortical system, with a focus on pathways between identified cell types in the cortex and different regions in the thalamus. Another parallel focus is understanding how particular functional properties of single neurons arise from the biophysical properties of ion channels that support membrane excitability. Recently, I have begun studying corticothalamic interactions in nociception.
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