University Research and Treatment Centres

The University Research and Treatment Centres (URTC) will shape Münster University medicine for decades to come, which makes it all the more important to make a careful selection of topics and to align them with the location’s strengths. Read more here about the multistage, competitive process, which has been running since 2018, and which has been supported by external expertise.

Translational Centre for Inflammation (TRACI)

This centre combines research and treatment in the field of inflammatory diseases. The participating scientists and clinicians research how and why inflammation processes are different in various organs and diseases. Their goal is to identify mechanisms that can serve as starting points for carrying out targeted interventions in the complex dynamics of the immune system, and using these to develop diagnostic methods and personalised immunomodulatory therapies to improve the treatment of various diseases.

Neuroinflammation

This URTC focuses on improving our understanding and developing targeted immune and regenerative therapies in various neuroinflammatory diseases. Basis for this is an integrating, patho-immunobiological mapping of well-defined patient cohorts. Existing therapeutic options will be evaluated across different diseases with regard to their mechanisms of action and side effect profiles, and these comparative analyses will be used to identify new immunological and regenerative approaches. A particular scientific emphasis lies in investigating the role of inflammatory mechanisms in the progression of disease and in regeneration.

Reproductive Health

The URTC Reproductive Health focuses on the molecular basis of reproduction, the associated pathomechanisms of infertility and the diagnosis and treatment of fertility disorders at the highest level. Münster is already nationally and internationally renowned for this – a unique selling point in the University research landscape. The nucleus of the URTC is the DFG-funded Clinical Research Group (CRU) 326 "Male Germ Cells".

The Process of Establishing URTCs

The University Research and Treatment Centres (URTC) will shape Münster University medicine for decades to come, which makes it all the more important to make a careful selection of topics and to align them with the location’s strengths. Read more here about the multistage, competitive process, which has been running since 2018, and which has been supported by external expertise.