Histopathological platform for analysis of hepatic and renal fibrosis ((4)-Q01)

• Subject Area: Gastroenterology
• Term: from 2009 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 36842431

The Q1 core unit serves as a central technical platform supporting all workgroups with the primary goal to provide researchers of SFB/TRR 57 with a professional, standardized and reproducible analysis of hepatic and renal injury and fibrosis in tissues using histomorphological tools and a novel platform for centralized analysis of the inflammasome.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 57: Organ Fibrosis: From Mechanisms of Injury to Modulation of Disease
• Applicant Institution: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Peter Boor, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Fischer, until 12/2016; Professor Dr. Bernardo Franklin, since 1/2017; Professor Dr. Glen Kristiansen, until 12/2016; Professor Dr. Thomas Longerich, since 1/2017