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Blood vessels form a systemically disseminated organ that distributes oxygen and nutrients and re­moves metabolic waste products. A dense network of microvessels facilitates the trafficking of immune cells throughout the body. Yet, blood vessels do not just support rheological functions. They form one of the body’s largest surfaces serving as critical interface between the circulation and the different organ environments.

Work pursued in the last couple of years has identified critical gatekeeper functions of tissue homeostasis and adaptation to pathologic challenge. It is now increasingly recognized that vascular control of the tissue microenvironment is indispensable in development, homeostasis, inflammation, and metabolism as well as cancer and metastasis. This multitude of vascular functions is mediated by organ-specifically differentiated endothelial and mural cells, whose cellular and molecular heterogeneity has long been recognized.

Yet, distinct organotypic functional attributes as well as the molecular mechanisms controlling endothelial and mural cell differentiation and vascular bed-specific functions have only recently been uncovered. The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1366 “Vas­cular Control of Organ Function” aims at systematically studying gatekeeper functions of organotypically differentiated endothelial and mural cells during develop­ment and regeneration.

CRC1366/ECAS InSight

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Platten/Sahm Group

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Dr. Hebatullah Laban

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Korff Group

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Tridomus B​

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CRC1366/ECAS Seminars in Angioscience

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Thursday, October 13, 2022 

Tridomus B

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Überlebensstrategien - Blutgefäße für ein langes Leben

“Überlebensstrategien” is a joint project of the Life Science Collaborative Research Centers of Heidelberg University and Rhein-Neckar Fernsehen (RNF). In an informal setting at the Karlstorbahnhof in Heidelberg and with musical accompaniment by members of the Collegium Musicum, the Collaborative Research Centres will present their questions and long-term goals.

On October 14, 2021, Prof. Hellmut Augustin, Prof. Maliha Sadick and Prof. Andreas Fischer gave a public presentation on “Gesunde Blutgefäße für ein langes Leben” (Healthy blood vessels for a long life). The presentation is only available in German.

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