International Research Training Group (IRTG 2251)
"Immunological and cellular strategies in metabolic disease"

• 59 IRTG students
• 18 nations
• 19 PhD students gradudated
• 50% Joint PhD
• 6 MD students finished
• 146 publications, 44 first authors were students
• first funding period (4,47 million €) from 04/2017 until 09/2021
• second funding period (5,93 million €) from 10/2021 until 03/2026 approved in May 2021

Collaborators:

King‘s:

• Dr. Rocio Sancho & Prof. Lucilla Poston

TUD:

• Prof. Stefan R. Bornstein & Prof. Kaomei Guan