Supported projects

To avoid and reduce animal testing or the burden on laboratory animals, the set foundation is active in three areas: promoting scientific projects with a 3R focus, promoting communication in this area, and supporting education and training.

• P-086 Duration: 05/2026 - 04/2028

  In vitro biohybrid model for the functionality assessment of left trial appendage occlusion devices

  Project management: Prof. Dr. Petra Mela

  Organisation: Technische Universität München Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Materialien und Implantate Boltzmannstr. 15 85749 Garching

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• P-085 Duration: 10/2025 - 09/2027

  Development of 3D-printed microtumours for ex vivo high-throughput analysis of immunotherapies

  Project management: Prof. Dr. med. Sascha Dietrich

  Organisation: Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf AöR Moorenstr. 5 40225 Düsseldorf

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• P-084 Duration: 08/2024 - 07/2026

  Investigating early innate immune signalling in Tuberculosis using advanced microphysiological models

  Project management: Dr. Vivek V. Thacker

  Organisation: Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene Im Neuenheimer Feld 672 69120 Heidelberg

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• P-083 Duration: 07/2024 - 06/2026

  The optimisation of neuromuscular assembloids by the integrating Schwann cells

  Project management: Dr. rer. nat. Patrick Lüningschrör, Dr. rer. nat. Michael Briese

  Organisation: Universitätsklinikum Würzburg Institut für klinische Neurobiologie Josef-Schneider-Str. 2 97080 Würzburg

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• P-082 Duration: 04/2024 - 04/2027

  “Chronic Pain in a Dish”: In vitro modelling of neuron-mediated chronic pain in the skin for pharmacology and toxicology

  Project management: Prof. Bettina Seeger

  Organisation: University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo) Institut für Lebensmittelqualität und -sicherheit Bischofsholer Damm 15 Gebäude 123, Lebensmitteltoxikologie 30173 Hannover

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• P-081 Duration: 09/2023 - 11/2025

  MukoBact – In vitro biofilm models of human mucosa in the gut and lungs for basic research and drug testing


  Project management: Prof. Dr. Maike Windbergs

  Organisation: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Institut für Pharmazeutische Technologie und Buchmann Institut für Molekulare Lebenswissenschaften Max-von-Laue-Str. 9 60438 Frankfurt am Main

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• P-080 Duration: 06/2023 - 11/2026

  Modelling the neurovascular niche in a long-lived human brain organoid system

  Project management: Prof. Sven Hendrix

  Organisation: Institute of Translational Medicine Am Kaiserkai 1 20457 Hamburg

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• P-079 Duration: 05/2023 - 04/2027

  Defining and controlling drivers of phenotypic variability in stembryos, pluripotent stem-cell-based models of mouse and human embryo development

  Project management: Dr. Jesse-Valentijn Veenvliet

  Organisation: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Pfotenhauerstrasse 108 01307 Dresden

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• P-078 Duration: 01/2023 - 12/2024

  Spectroscopic identification of vaccine components

  Project management: PD Dr. Christel Kamp

  Organisation: Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 51-59 63225 Langen

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• P-077 Duration: 03/2022 - 02/2024

  Xeno-free in vitro 3D Modeling of Synovitis

  Project management: Dr. Alexandra Damerau, Dr. Timo Gaber

  Organisation: Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Charitéplatz 1 10117 Berlin

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