Regenerative Medicine

Research

The International MD/PhD Program for Regenerative Medicine links basic molecular and cellular research with translational and clinical studies. The RegMed Program integrates input from theoretical and practical approaches of biophysics, nanobiotechnology, organic chemistry, and biomaterial sciences, and thus connects with the two other programs of the DIGS-BB. Research in the RegMed Program focusses on

• Development of advanced regenerative therapies for cardiovascular, hemato-oncological, endocrine, neurodegenerative, and bone/cartilage diseases;
• Usage of model organisms to understand and exploit the mechanisms controlling stem cell maintenance, activation, recruitment, proliferation, homing and differentiation;
• Exploration of intra- and intercellular communication, as exemplified in studies of the spreading metabolic syndrome and of immunological networks;
• Control of disease-related cellular processes using genetics, surface engineering, matrix engineering, specifically designed organic compounds, and microdevices, for example to provide control of stem cell activity and regeneration;
• Novel regeneration therapies that are expected to emerge from the above studies in pre-clinical and clinical trials;
• Developing therapies into marketable products together with commercial partners.

The International MD/PhD Program Regenerative Medicine has formed an alliance with Harvard Medical International (HMI) of the Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.

Research fields

• Stem Cell Biology
• Hematology
• Immunology
• Oncology
• Cardiovascular Research
• Diabetology
• Endocrinology
• Germ Cell Biology

Training

The RegMed Program will provide training and translational research towards a career in research in biomedical sciences. The RegMed Program is open for medical graduates with the opportunity to carry out a full-time doctoral thesis at the end of which they will receive an MD/PhD, and to students of natural sciences who wish to enter medically-oriented research towards a PhD. Read more....

Specific aims

The purpose of the RegMed Program is to help filling the gap between education in natural sciences and in medicine and thus to promote the – still underdeveloped – integration of top quality scientific research into clinical settings, to enable natural science students to efficiently identify and address scientific problems of immediate clinical relevance, and to empower medical students to perform scientifically outstanding projects. Thus, the program aims at satisfying the need for integration of natural sciences with medicine, i.e. for translational research. The training program of the DIGS-BB and the mixed student classes recruited from medicine and natural science students will create an interactive, interdisciplinary environment highly beneficial to both groups of students.

As a research-oriented program, the RegMed itself does neither offer nor guarantee accreditation of a medical doctor to treat patients. Medical students planning to combine research with treating patients need to fulfill the respective legal requirements applicable in the country they wish to work in.

Faculty

Please search the research groups to learn more about the faculty of participating in the RegMed program.