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Research Groups at the CRTD

The CRTD is academic home for scientists from more than 30 nations. Their mission is to discover the principles of cell and tissue regeneration and leveraging this for recognition, treatment and reversal of diseases. The CRTD links the bench to the clinic, scientists to clinicians to pool expertise in stem cells, developmental biology, gene-editing and regeneration towards innovative therapies for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, haematological diseases such as leukaemia, metabolic diseases such as diabetes, retina and bone diseases.

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Research Groups

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Research Groups at the CRTD

CRTD research groups are focusing on the following four research areas: Hematology/Immunology, Diabetes, Neurodegeneration, Bone and Tissue Regeneration
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Alumni

Former research group leaders of the CRTD hold academic positions worldwide. You can find a list here.
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CRTD Core Groups

In the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, research is carried out in 24 research groups with a total of around 250 employees:

Marius Ader: Cell Replacement in the Mammalian Retina
Mareike Albert: Gene regulatory mechanisms of neocortex evolution                                   Darja Andreev: Tissue regeneration and Resolution of inflammation
Catherina Becker: Neural Development and Regeneration
Subgroup Thomas Becker: Neuroregeneration
Ezio Bonifacio: Regenerative Therapies for Diabetes
Subgroup Cornelia Link-Rachner: Immune-based diagnostic in Oncology
Michael Brand: Patterning and Regeneration of the Vertebrate Brain
Federico Calegari: Proliferation and Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells
Adele Doyle: Mechanobiology of Stem Cells
Anke Fuchs: Advanced Cellular Therapeutics
Jochen Hampe: Genomic and molecular disease mechanisms of gastrointestinal and hepatological disorders
Mike O. Karl: Retinal Development and Regeneration
Gerd Kempermann: Genomics of Regeneration
Caghan Kizil: Mechanisms of Induced Plasticity of the Brain
Franziska Knopf: Biology of bone regeneration
Karsten Kretschmer: Molecular and Cellular Immunology/Immune Regulation
Nikolay Ninov: β-cell biology and regeneration
Natalia Rodríguez-Muela: Selective neuronal vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases     Kai Markus Schneider: Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Tatiana Sandoval-Guzmán: Vertebrate tissue repair and regeneration
Michael Sieweke: Stem Cell and Macrophage Biology
Jared Sterneckert: iPS Cells and Neurodegenerative Disease                                                Christoph Tondera: Bioelectronic Materials and Systems
Carsten Werner: Biofunctional polymer materials
Maximina Yun: Regeneration of complex structures in adult vertebrates