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 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
‘Iron homeostasis in health and disease’, headed by Martina Muckenthaler and
Matthias Hentze.
‘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.
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