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Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit

The MMPU is a joint venture between the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).

Iron Homeostasis

Group Leaders: Matthias Hentze and Martina Muckenthaler

Sandro Altamura, PhD
Postdoc
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology; Children’s Hospital; Heidelberg University Medical Center
Phone: +49 6221 568296
altamura@embl.de

Stefania Cucinelli
PhD student (EMBL International PhD Programme – EIPP)
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology; Children’s Hospital; Heidelberg University Medical Center
Phone: +49 6221 56 8296
stefania.cucinelli@embl.de

Marlène LeTertre, PhD
Postdoc
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology; Children’s Hospital; Heidelberg University Medical Center
Phone: +49 6221 56 8296
Marlene.LeTertre@embl.de

Christina Mertens, PhD
Postdoc
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology; Children’s Hospital; Heidelberg University Medical Center
Phone: +49 6221 56 8296
christina.mertens@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Lena Muckenthaler
MD student
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology; Children’s Hospital; Heidelberg University Medical Center
Phone: +49 6221 564582
lena.muckenthaler@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Tiago Carvalho Oliveira
PhD student
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology; Children’s Hospital; Heidelberg University Medical Center
Phone: +49 6221 56 4582
Tiago.CarvalhoOliveira@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Alessia Polverino
PhD student (EMBL International PhD Programme – EIPP)
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology; Children’s Hospital; Heidelberg University Medical Center
Phone: +49 6221 56 8296
alessia.polverino@embl.de

Ruiyue Qiu, MD
Postdoc
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology; Children’s Hospital; Heidelberg University Medical Center
Phone: +49 6221 564582
Ruiyue.Qiu@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Anand R., PhD
PhD student
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology; Children’s Hospital; Heidelberg University Medical Center
Phone: +49 6221 568296

Richard Sparla, MSC
Research Technician
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology; Children’s Hospital; Heidelberg University Medical Center
Phone: +49 6221 568296
richard.sparla@med.uni-heidelberg.de


Former group members

Kristina Alikhanyan, PhD
Postdoc

Karolina Benesova
Medical Postgraduate Student
Karolina.Benesova@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Katharina Bonitz
Master student

Benedetta Broggi
MD student (visitor)

Gözde Büyükkahraman,
Master Student (visitor)

Debora Call
MD Student

Guillem Casanovas
PhD Student
gcasanov@embl.de

Mirco Castoldi, PhD
Postdoc
Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Germany
mirco.castoldi@med.uni-duesseldorf.de

Simeng Chen
Postdoc

Silvia Colucci
PhD student

Milene Costa da Silva, PhD
Postdoc

Flavia D’Alessio, MSC, PhD
Postdoc
flaviadalessio@gmail.com

Ana Rita da Silva, PhD
Postdoc

Nicole Fritsch
MD student (JCF, HRCMM)

Wolfgang Gilles, MD
Postdoc
wolfgang.gilles@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Julia Glockenmeier
Research Technician

Claudia Guida, PhD
Postdoc

Natalie Horvat, PhD
Postdoc

Nikhitha Mariya John
PhD student

April Kartikasari, PhD
Visitor
a.kartikasari@akc.umcn.nl

Regina Kessler
Research Technician

Judit Kiss
PhD Student
kiss@uni-heidelberg.de

Corinne Kox, MSC
PhD Student
Kox@embl.de

Janina Lehmann
PhD student 

Oriana Marques, PhD
Postdoc

Samuele Marro
PhD Student
smarro@stanford.edu

Stefanie Martinache
Research Technician

Christoph Metzendorf, PhD
Postdoc

Katarzyna Mleczko-Sanecka, MSC, PhD
Postdoc

Katja Müdder
Research Technician

Simon Nagy, MD student

Violante Olivari, PhD
Postdoc

Viviana Opinato
ERASMUS student

Kamesh Rajendra Babu
PhD student

Shengcheng Ren, PhD
Postdoc

Franziska Roche
MD Student

John Ryan, MD
Visitor-scientist
Centre for Liver Disease, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
johnryan@physicians.ie

Mayka Sanchez, PhD
Postdoc
msanchez@imppc.org

Natalia Scaramellini, MD
Postdoc

Nikolai Schmeer
MD Student (JCF, HRCMM)

Katarina Schreckenberger
Research Technician

Anja Schuh, MD
Physician Scientist

Andreas Simmelbauer
MD Student (JCF, HRCMM)

Carl Maximilian Thielmann
MD student (JCF, HRCMM)

Maria Verga Falzakappa
PhD Student
MariaVittoria.Falzacappa@icgeb.org

Maja Vujić Spasić, PhD
Head of Metabolic Disorders Unit – Ulm University
maja.vujic@uni-ulm.de

Francesca Vinchi, PhD
Postdoc
New York Blood Center

Fengqi Wan, PhD
Postdoc

Laura Zechner
Master student

Mingang Zhu
Postdoc
minganghd@yahoo.com

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