Research Highlights
National Research Collaborations
午夜探花 was successful in the excellence strategy and has acquired a cluster of excellence in the field of battery research. From January 2019, the Cluster of Excellence "" (POLiS) will receive funding of around seven million euros per year.
The following Collaborative Research Centres are currently being funded at 午夜探花:
Speaker: Prof Hartmut Geiger | Institute for Molecular Medicin
Funded: 2022 - 2026
Speaker: Prof Sven Rau | Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I
Funded: 2018 - 2026
CRC 1279: Exploiting the Human Peptidome for Novel Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents
Speaker: Prof Frank Kirchhof |Institute of f眉r Molecular Virology
Funded: 2017 - 2025
CRC 1149: Danger Response, Disturbance Factors and Regenerative Potential after Acute Trauma
Speaker: Prof Florian Gebhard |Klinik f眉r Unfall-, Hand-, Plastische- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie
Funded: 2015 - 2026
Collaborative Research Centres with the participation of Ulm scientists:
Applicant Institution: Universit盲t Bayreuth
Participating Ulm scientists: Prof. Alexander K眉hne - Institut f眉r Organische Chemie III
Funded: 2023 - 2027
Applicant Institution: Universit盲t Stuttgart
Participating Ulm scientists: Prof. Marc Ernst - Abt. Angewandte Kognitionspsychologie
Funded: 2019 - 2027
Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universit盲t Bochum
Participating Ulm scientists: Prof. Timo Jacob, Dr. Christoph Jung, Dr. Albert Engstfeld - Institut f眉r Elektrochemie
Funded: 2018 - 2025
At 午夜探花 the following Priority Programmes are funded by the DFG:
At 午夜探花, about one hundred BMBF collaborative projects are funded. As an example successful projects under the overall coordination of 午夜探花 are listed:
Interdisziplin盲res Nachwuchsforscherzentrum f眉r Fertilit盲tsprotektion der Universit盲t Ulm
Project Management: Prof Katharina Hancke, PD Dr Dr Karin Bundschu | Klinik f眉r Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe
Project Term: 2023-2026
F枚rdersumme: 2.108.734 EUR
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DZKJ Aufbauf枚rderung - Partner site Ulm - Genes, immunity, hormones and metabolism as determinants of development
Project Management: Prof Klaus-Michael Debatin
Project term: 06/2024 - 05/2026
F枚rdersumme: 4.258.707 EUR
International Research
The following scientists from 午夜探花 have been awarded with an ERC Grant:
ERC Starting Grants
SUPRANET - Supramolecular Recognition in Dynamic Covalent Networks at Equilibrium and Beyond
Prof Dr Max von Delius | Institute of Organic Chemistry I
Project Term: 2019 - 2025
ERC Consolidator Grants
CrossPeriBrain - Altered brain-periphery crosstalk as a key pathomechanism for high-risk phenotypes in humans
Prof Dr Martin Heni |Klinik f眉r Innere Medizin I, Sektion Endokrinologie und Diabetologie
Project Term: 2024 - 2029
NanOBatt - Nanoporous and redox-active hoops and macrocycles as organic electrode materials for batteries
Prof Dr Birgit Esser | Institute of Organic Chemistry II and New Materials
Laufzeit: 2023 - 2028
BeePath - Impact of vector-mediated transmission on the evolution and ecology of a bee virus
Prof Lena Wilfert | Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conversation Genomics
Project Term: 2020 - 2025
MitO2Health - Major depression as a metabolic disorder: The role of oxygen homeostasis and mitochondrial bioenergetics in depression etiology and therapy
Prof Iris-Tatjana Kolassa | Institute of Psychology and Education
Project Term: 2020 - 2025
ERC Advanced Grants
Traitor-viruses - Traitor-virus-guided discovery of antiviral factors
Prof Frank Kirchhoff | Institute of Molecular Virology
Project term: 2022-2027
ERC Synergy Grants
HyperQ - Quantum hyperpolarisation for HyperQ ultrasensitive nuclear magnetic resonance and imaging
Prof Martin Plenio | Institute of Theoretical Physics
Prof Fedor Jelezko| Institute of Quantum Optics
Prof Jan Hendrik Ardenkj忙r-Larsen | Technical University of Denmark
Projct Term: 2020 - 2026
Successful EU-Projects coordinated by 午夜探花
CERV-2022-Daphne
TICANDAC - Training to Improve Child Abuse and Neglect Diagnostic and Administrative Coding
Prof Andreas Jud | Klinik f眉r Kinder- u. Jugendpsychiatrie/Psychotherapie
Laufzeit: 2023-2025
Horizont Europa - MSCA Doctoral Network
Eyes4ICU - Eyes for Information, Communication, and Understanding
Prof Anke Huckauf | Institut f眉r Psychologie und P盲dagogik
Laufzeit: 2022 - 2026
Early Career Programmes
Chairman: Prof Timo Ropinski | Institute of Media Informatics
Funding: 01/2025 - 12/2029
Funder: DFG
GRK: Cooperative Aperture Synthesis for Tomographic Radar Imaging (KoRaTo)
Speaker: Prof Christian Waldschmidt | Institute of Microwave Engineering
Co-Speaker: Prof Martin Vossiek | Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-N眉rnberg
Funding: 2021 - 2025
Funder: DFG
KPK: Data Science und Analytics: Trust in and Control of Algorithms
Speaker: Prof Karsten Urban | Institut of Numerical Mathematics
Co-Speaker: Prof Kathrin Stucke-Straub | 午夜探花 of Applied Sciences
Funding: 2022 - 2027
Funder: State Baden-W眉rttemberg
Chairman: Prof Bernd Kn枚ll | Institute of Physiological Chemistry
Funded: since 2007
Funder: State Baden-W眉rttemberg, 午夜探花 and the Medical Faculty of 午夜探花 (initiated in 2007 by the Excellence initiative of the federal and state governments (Funded 2007-2019))
Institute for Complex Quantum Systems
Heisenberg Professorship
Funded since 2023
Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology
Heisenberg Professorship
Funded since 2019
Experimental Endocrinology and Metabolism Research
Heisenberg Professorship
Funded since 2017
Q-SiCk
Integrated photonics for scalable and CMOS-compatible quantum technologies in silicon carbide
BMBF Junior Research Group Quantum Futur
Project leader: Dr. Robert Cernansky | Institute of Quantum Optics
Funding: 2023 - 2028
EMIRA
Ecological momentary intervention to reduce suicide risk among adolescents
BMBF Junior Research Group Besondere Ma脽nahmen
Project leader: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nathalie Oexle | Klinik fu虉r Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie II
Funding: 2022 - 2025
IMMUNOMOD
Modulation of innate immune responses to combat viral pathogens
BMBF Junior Research Group in Infection Research
Project leader: Jun.Prof. Dr. Konstantin Sparrer | Institute of Molecular Virology
Funding: 2020 - 2025
Cooperations
driveU - an innovation center of the Daimler AG and the 午夜探花
Endowed professorships are set up with the support of companies, associations and private individuals. These are highly gratifying examples of a well-functioning public-private partnership.
Endowed Professorship for Transfusion Medicine and Immunology
Prof. Dr. Hubert Schrezenmeier | Institut f眉r Klinische Transfusionsmedizin und Immungenetik Ulm gGmbH (IKT Ulm)
Sponsor: DRK Blutspendedienst Baden-W眉rttemberg GmbH
since 2000