University of Leipzig - Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research Leipzig

Clinical research focusing on rheumatology and immunology

The interdiciplinary centre for clinical research was formed in 1996 in the framework of a programme of the government entitled “Health Research 2000” by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). During the first years of funding the centre received approximately 22.6 million euros. The total budget for all eight years of support amounts to 26.3 million Euro; 15.9 million eurosof state funds and 10.4 million euros of federal funds.

Cornelia Borchers, CEO
Prof. Dr. Thomas Arendt, Spokesman

Prof. Dr. Thomas Arendt
Prof. Dr. Friedemann Horn
Prof. Dr. Frank Emmrich
Prof. Dr. Kurt Engeland
Prof. Dr. Ursula Froster
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Meixensberger
Prof. Dr. Torsten Schöneberg
Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler

Inselstrasse 22
04103 Leipzig
Germany
Phone: +49-341-9715940
Fax: +49-341-9715949

Main focus of research is the analysis and charaterisation of inflammatory tissues and matrix in relation to diseases of inflammatory and degenerative connective tissue, like rheumatism. One central project is stem cell biology, led by Dr. Michael A. Cross. It uses both multipotent cell lines and primary stem cells to investigate details of gene regulation, growth factor effects and metabolic features that influence the decision of differentiation (formation of new tissues) versus self-renewal (replacement of stem cells lost by differentiation).