Are you a new Junior Group Leader at the Medical Faculty Heidelberg (MFHD)?
Join a vibrant community of like-minded early-career researchers who are shaping the future of science and medicine here in Heidelberg!
Our MFHD JGL Network brings together around 30 Junior Group Leaders from diverse institutes and clinics across the faculty. We’re more than just a mailing list – we’re a platform for connecting, exchanging ideas, and tackling shared challenges. Whether it’s navigating faculty structures, exploring funding opportunities, or sharing leadership experiences, this is the place to grow together.
The group is strongly supported by the MFHD Deans office for research, ensuring your voice is heard and your needs are met. Together, we work to create opportunities, strengthen career development, and make sure every JGL has the resources they need to thrive.
We meet quarterly in an informal and friendly setting – the perfect opportunity to network, brainstorm, and collaborate. Meeting updates and news are shared via our internal email list.
Want to join?
It’s simple – just contact our current speakers:
Frauke Mücksch – Frauke.Muecksch(at)med.uni-heidelberg.de
Amit Agarwal – Amit.Agarwal(at)uni-heidelberg.de
Be part of a community that supports you – and let’s shape our future, together.
Institute of Human Genetics
Main research interests: Prader-Willi syndrome, Schaaf-Yang syndrome, oxytocin, microglia
Institute for Experimental Cardiology
Main research interests: Zebrafish heart regeneration, intercellular crosstalk, cell:ECM interactions, live-imaging
Institute of Human Genetics
Research interests: molecular neurogenetic, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, induced-pluripotent stem cell derived neurons and neuronal stem cells, CRISPR-Cas
Department of Neuroradiology
Research interests: multiparametric imaging, brain tumour microenvironment, immunotherapy, nanoparticles, theranostics
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology
Main research interests: Pediatric oncology, genome stability, synthetic lethality, metabolism, RNA biology
Centre for Integrative Infectious Diseases Research
Research interests: hepatitis virus, virus host interaction, molecular virology, stem cell culture models
Centre for Integrative Infectious Diseases Research
Research focus: Malaria, Plasmodium, cell cycle, quantitative imaging, drug targets
Centre for Integrative Infectious Diseases Research
Main research areas: Malaria, Plasmodium mosquito stages, Mitosis, Arp2/3 complex, Nuclear actin
Internal Medicine V - Hematology/Oncology
Main research interests: Epigenetics, acute myeloid leukaemia, lymphoma, stem cell biology, directed differentiation
Institute of Experimental Cardiology
Main research interests: RNA splicing, heart, cardiac disease, RBM20, mouse genetics
Centre for Integrative Infectious Diseases Research
Main research areas: Malaria, entomology, insecticides, vector parasite interactions, drug resistance
Centre for Child and Adolescent Medicine
Main research interests: Rare inborn errors of metabolism, neurotransmitter/amino acid metabolism, iPSCs, cerebral organoids, neurons
Department of Neurosurgery
Research interests: meningioma, automated drug screenings, tumour organoids, antibody-drug conjugates, precision medicine
Institute for Computational Biomedicine
Research interests: bioinformatics, computational biology, machine learning, multi-omics, precision medicine
Centre for Integrative Infectious Diseases Research
Research interests: molecular virology, virus host interaction, human immunodeficiency virus, HIV latency and persistence, HIV cure
Institute for Computational Biomedicine and Institute of Pathology
Main research areas: Spatial Omics, Spatial Biology, Quantitative Tissue Analysis, Computational Biomedicine, Digital Pathology
Centre for Integrative Infectious Diseases Research
Main research areas: Tuberculosis, microphysiological systems, mucosal immunity, mechanobiology, biofilms
Department for Functional Neuroanatomy and Department for General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics
Main research interests: chronic pain, neuroplasticity, electrophysiology, calcium imaging, translational psychotherapy-like interventions
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