The Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit is an alliance between the
European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the
Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg. Its primary aim is to uncover the molecular basis of disease and to speed the transformation of biomedical discoveries into personalized medicine strategies.
Founded in 2002, the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) comprises ten inter-disciplinary research teams. It is co-directed by Prof. Andreas Kulozik from the Angelika-Lautenschläger Hospital for Children and Adolescents at the University of Heidelberg, by Prof.
Matthias Hentze
Matthias Werner Hentze (born 25 January 1960 in Wiedenbrück, Germany) is a German scientist. He is the director of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), co-director of the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit between EMBL and Heide ...
and Dr.
Wolfgang Huber (scientist) from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, and is housed in the Otto-Meyerhof-Research Center on the
Medical Campus of the
University of Heidelberg,
Germany.
Research themes
Research themes place emphasis on common diseases as well as on rare diseases with a particular medical need.
In 2024 more than 120 international scientists work on the following ten research themes:
*‘Translational RNA Biology’, headed by Andreas Kulozik and
Matthias Hentze
Matthias Werner Hentze (born 25 January 1960 in Wiedenbrück, Germany) is a German scientist. He is the director of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), co-director of the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit between EMBL and Heide ...
*‘Iron homeostasis in health and disease’, headed by Martina Muckenthaler and
Matthias Hentze
Matthias Werner Hentze (born 25 January 1960 in Wiedenbrück, Germany) is a German scientist. He is the director of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), co-director of the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit between EMBL and Heide ...
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*‘Chronic Pain and Homeostasis’ headed by
Rohini Kuner, Theodore Alexandrov, Robert Prevedel and Jan Siemens.
*‘Molecular Pediatric Oncology’ headed by
Jan Korbel and Andreas Kulozik.
*‘Systems Medicine of Cancer Drugs’ headed by Sascha Dietrich,
Wolfgang Huber (scientist) and Junyan Lu.
*‘Stem Cell–Niche Networks in Ageing and Disease’ headed by Caroline Pabst, Judith Zaugg, Anthony D. Ho and Carsten Müller–Tidow.
*‘Chronic Kidney Diseases’ headed by Rainer Pepperkok, Julio Saez-Rodriguez and Matias Simons.
*‘Heart Development and Diseases’ headed by Eileen Furlong and Johannes Backs.
*‘Microbiota Drug Metabolism and Cancer Therapy’ headed by Matthias Ebert, Tianzuo Zhan and Michael Zimmermann.
*‘ECM Brain’ headed by Alba Diz-Muñoz and Michael Platten.
Selected recent publications
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References
*Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung/Nr. 22,
Gemeinsam für eine molekulare Medizin, 28.01.2011:
*European Molecular Biology Laboratory newsletter article on the development of science at the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit, February 2006: https://web.archive.org/web/20110929214922/http://www.embl.de/mmpu/mmpu/history/hist_feb06_pdf.pdf
*European Molecular Biology Laboratory and University of Heidelberg Press Release on the second phase of the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit, 18.07.2005: https://web.archive.org/web/20110929214743/http://www.embl.de/mmpu/mmpu/history/hist_jul05_pdf.pdf
*''Nature'', vol. 423, 15 May 2003, "The Muenster match": https://web.archive.org/web/20110929215108/http://www.embl.de/mmpu/mmpu/history/muenster_match_nature_pdf.pdf
*European Molecular Biology Laboratory Press Release on the establishment of the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit, 25.01.2002: https://web.archive.org/web/20110929214603/http://www.embl.de/mmpu/mmpu/history/hist_jan02_pdf.pdf
External links
*MMPU webpage at EM
*MMPU webpage at UK
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