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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VRC Frankfurt congratulates Tim Warwick on being selected for one of the CPI Junior Postdoc Grants.
This is a great achievement and well deserved — congratulations, Tim!
Credentials
Congrats to Dr. Ilka Wittig and Dr. Flavia Rezende on their Habilitation!
VRC Frankfurt congratulates Dr. Ilka Wittig and Dr. Flavia Rezende on their successful Habilitation—an important milestone that reflects sustained scientific and academic contributions. At VRC Frankfurt, we pair ambitious research…
Achievements
CPI renewed as a Cluster of Excellence
The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI) has again been selected as a Cluster of Excellence in the German Research Foundation (DFG) funding line and will be supported for another seven years. Chosen…
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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.