VRC Frankfurt explores how the heart and vasculature are built, how they sustain organs under stress, and how they erode with age and disease.
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ERC Proof of Concept Grant for TRANSLATE: Translation-Guided RNA engineering Platform for Cardiac Haploinsufficiency
We congratulate Prof. Leo Kurian on being awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant for the project TRANSLATE. Building on discoveries from the ERC Consolidator Grant TRANSCEND,…
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Poster Prize Announcement Carine Abdel Kader
Congratulations to Carine Abdel Kader on receiving a Poster Prize at the SFRR-Europe Conference, held in Mainz from June 3–5! The award recognized the poster “Purine metabolism shows a biphasic…
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Poster Prize Announcement Diba Rafii
Congratulations to Diba Rafii on receiving a Poster Prize at the International RNA Society Conference 2026, held in Montreal, Canada (May 26–31)!The award recognized the poster “LamelliLnc: A novel endothelial lncRNA…
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The VRC Frankfurt investigates how vascular and cardiac systems form, function, and adapt in development, health, and disease, linking molecular mechanisms to physiological and clinical outcomes.
Research spans cardiovascular biology, RNA regulation, metabolism, aging, regeneration, and systems physiology across multiple biological scales.
The VRC Frankfurt is part of Goethe University Frankfurt and is located at the Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology (Building 75, 2nd floor) at the University Hospital Frankfurt, Sandhofstraße 2–4, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
By translating fundamental discoveries into more precise strategies for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
The VRC offers opportunities for students, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral researchers through its research groups and collaborative projects.