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-069 Duration: 01/2020 - 12/2021

    Matrigel replacement: Evaluation and development of alternative cell culture coatings for induced pluripotent stem cells

    Project management: PD Dr. Anja Wilmes

    Organisation: Division of Molecular and Computational Toxicology Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan, 1108 1081 HZ Amsterdam

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  • P-068 Duration: 11/2019 - 03/2023

    A human composite tissue model for studying skin an muscle regeneration in geriatric patients

    Project management: Mahtab Nourbakhsh, Sc.D., Ph.D.

    Organisation: Department of Geriatric Medicine Uniklinik RWTH Aachen Pauwelsstr. 30 52074 Aachen

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  • P-067 Duration: 01/2019 - 03/2020

    Training of haemostasis in endoscopy and surgery without usage of animals or animal organs

    Project management: Dr. Benedikt Mothes

    Organisation: Experimental Surgical Endoscopy Waldhörnlestraße 22 72072 Tübingen

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  • P-066 Duration: 06/2018 - 02/2021

    Embryonic Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as part of an integrated strategy for nephrotoxicity testing

    Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Angela Mally, Dr. rer nat. Daniel Liedtke

    Organisation: Prof. Dr. Angela Mally: Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie Universität Würzburg Versbacher Straße 9 97078 Würzburg Dr. Daniel Liedtke: Institut für Humangenetik, Biozentrum Universität Würzburg 97074 Würzburg

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  • P-065 Duration: 03/2018 - 08/2019

    Microfluidic in vitro lung model for the replacement of murine infection and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) models

    Project management: PD Dr. Christoph Beißwenger, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Heiko Zimmermann

    Organisation: Universität des Saarlandes - Innere Medizin VGeb. 61.4 66421 Homburg/Saar Fraunhofer-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik IBMT Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Weg 1 66280 Sulzbach

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  • P-064 Duration: 02/2018 - 01/2019

    Identification and differentiation of foamy macrophages in the pharmaceutical development of new medicines: A multi-parameter in vitro assay

    Project management: Prof. Dr. Lea Ann Dailey

    Organisation: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) Institut für Pharmazeutische Technologie und Biopharmazie Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Str. 4 6108 Halle (Saale)

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  • P-063 Duration: 07/2017 - 06/2019

    Membrane-feeding methods for the mass rearing of the bed bug Cimex lectularius and the human body louse Pediculus humanus humanus in the laboratory

    Project management: Dr. Arlette Vander Pan, Anne Krüger

    Organisation: Umweltbundesamt Corrensplatz 1 (Haus 23) 14195 Berlin

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  • P-062 Duration: 03/2017 - 02/2019

    Ex vivo liver model produced using 3D printing

    Project management: Prof. Dr. Jens Kurreck, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Schwandt

    Organisation: Prof. Dr. Jens Kurreck: Technische Universität Berlin Institut für Biotechnologie, Fachgebiet Angewandte Biochemie, TIB 4/3-2 Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25 13355 Berlin Prof. Dr. Hartmut Schwandt: Technische Universität Berlin Institut für Mathematik, 3D Labor, MA 6-4 Straße des 17. Juni 136 10623 Berlin

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  • P-061 Duration: 01/2017 - 06/2019

    Hypothermal and neuroprotective therapy to validate a degeneration model of cultivated porcine retina

    Project management: PD Dr. Stephanie Joachim, Dr. Sven Schnichels

    Organisation: Research lab, University Eye Clinic Knappschaftskrankenhaus Ruhr-University Bochum In der Schornau 23-25 44892 Bochum Research lab, University Eye Clinic Tübingen Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 7 72076 Tübingen

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  • P-060 Duration: 07/2016 - 10/2018

    Optimisation of a future standard in vitro model of the human blood-brain barrier

    Project management: PD Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Winfried Neuhaus, Dr. Marco Metzger

    Organisation: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH Department Health & Environment Molecular Diagnostics Wien

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