One of the two awards for the first Else Kröner Medical Scientist Colleges goes to Prof. Petra Dersch

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The Else Kröner Fresenius Foundation is funding two colleges in Essen and Münster for the first time with a new funding line for medical scientists. We heartily congratulate Prof. Dr. Petra Dersch, spokesperson for the new "Medical Scientists College" InFlame - Dynamics of Inflammatory Reactions on the successful application. With immediate effect, two of the Else Kröner Medical Scientist Colleges will be funded for postdocs with one million Euros each over four years in Essen and Münster.

Professor Dersch, Director Institute of Infectiology, ZMBE is a member of the IZKF Board and Principal Investigator of the IZKF project De2/006/20 - Analysis of a protective role of coagulation activities and fibrin matrix formation against Yersinia infections.

Press release (in German) Else Kröner Fresenius Foundation
Press release (in German) Medical Faculty Münster