Joanna Kalucka, Associate Professor at Aarhus University’s Department of Biomedicine, will join the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1454 “Metaflammation and Cellular Programming” at the University of Bonn and Bonn University Hospital (UKB) as a Mercator Fellow Global from 2027. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding her fellowship through the “1000 Heads Plus” programme of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR).
Prof. Joanna Kalucka studies the biology of blood vessels under healthy and pathological conditions. At the CRC, she will investigate how the vascular endothelium, the inner lining of blood vessels, responds to metabolic stress caused by obesity and lifestyle factors and how this affects its function. A particular focus will be on how endothelial cells develop immunoregulatory properties and influence communication between blood vessels and the immune system during chronic inflammation, such as metaflammation.
“Her expertise in communication between the vascular endothelium and immune cells adds an important perspective to our research on metaflammation,” says Prof. Dr Dagmar Wachten, spokesperson of CRC 1454 and Director at the Institute of Innate Immunity at UKB, as well as a member of the ImmunoSensation³ Cluster of Excellence and the University of Bonn’s Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA) “Modelling”. “We look forward to gaining new scientific perspectives and strengthening collaboration within the CRC.”
Joanna Kalucka will also contribute to the ImmunoSensation³ Cluster of Excellence and the University of Bonn’s TRA “Life and Health”.
About the “Mercator Fellow Global” programme
The “Mercator Fellow Global” module is part of the “Global Minds in DFG-funded Research Consortia” initiative within the “1000 Heads Plus” programme of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR). The funding enables DFG-funded research consortia to integrate researchers working abroad into their activities as fellows for an extended period, even if they are not currently planning a permanent move to the German research system.
Further information: DFG – Global Minds Initiative Germany
Press contacts
Theresa Vonderheit
Science Management – Communications
CRC 1454 Metaflammation and Cellular Programming
Tel.: +49 151 16857 542
Email: theresa.vonderheit@ukbonn.de
Dr. Inka Väth
Deputy Press Spokesperson, Bonn University Hospital (UKB)
Communications and Media Office, Bonn University Hospital
Tel.: +49 228 287-10596
Email: inka.vaeth@ukbonn.de
