The IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine investigates the molecular mechanisms through which particles, radiation and environmental chemicals harm human health. The main working areas are environmentally induced aging of the pu...

Gerrit Bredeck was awarded the Rudolf Buchheim Prize of the German Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT) for his work on the health effects of Saharan dust. He conducted his research as doctoral student in the worki...

Prof. Charlotte Esser will host the next lecture in the Lady Mary Montagu series on 20.03.2024 from 4-6 pm. The guest is Prof. Katja Simon from Berlin who will give a talk about autophagy . This lecture series of the Commission on Gender Equality and...

The working group “Genome Engineering and Model Development (GEMD)” led by Dr. Andrea Rossi is looking for a student (f/m/d) for a master thesis with the title: Investigation of differentiation dynamics in human induced pluripotent stem cells. The pr...

The core unit “Genome Engineering and Model Development (GEMD)” led by Dr. Andrea Rossi is looking for a student (f/m/d) for a master thesis with the title: On-Target CRISPR/Cas9 Activity – Challenges in Accurate and Predictive Genome Editing. The pr...

Dr. Christian Staerk has accepted a joint junior professorship for “Biostatistical Methods for Environmental Medicine” at the IUF and the Technical University (TU) Dortmund. We are delighted that the new colleague will head the correspond...

Scientists from the Leibniz Institutes are currently on a delegation trip to Australia (5.-14.2.2024). In this context, contacts are to be made and cooperation established or expanded. Dr. Tamara Schikowski, head of the working group “Environme...

The working group “AHR signaling & environmentally-induced skin damage” at the IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf is currently looking for a student (m/w/d) for a Master Thesis with the title: Impact of aryl...