Please join our seminars and discussion with international experts in cardiovascular translational and clinical research. Stay for an informal chat after the seminar or request to meet speakers 1:1 during their stay. If you have any questions, please send an email to Gabi Wettengel, g.wettengel@uke.de

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Monday, 28 September 2026 | 5 pm

Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Brandes │ Director, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, Vascular Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt

Redox-regulation of endothelial metabolism and function

Host Prof. Dr. Friederike Cuello │ f.cuello@uke.de

UKE, lecture hall Fritz Schumacher (building N30)

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Monday, 2 November 2026│5 p.m.

Prof. Dr. Björn C. Knollmann, M.D., Ph.D. │ Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Fellowship Director for the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

Targeting RyR2 cardiac calcium release channels for atrial and ventricular arrhythmia prevention

Host Prof. Dr. Larissa Fabritz │ l.fabritz@uke.de

UKE, lecture hall Fritz Schumacher (building N30)

External Speaker Seminar with Dr. Yuri Kim
23 February 2026

External Speaker Seminar with Dr. Martin Beyer
26 January 2026

External Speaker Seminar with Dr. Meraj Neyazi
24 November 2025

External Speaker Seminar with Dr. Joris Winters
16 June 2025

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External Speaker Seminars 2024 - 2026

Other Past Events 2022 - 2026

Julius Ridder

Lukas von Hacht

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Poster presentations by Julius Ridder and Lukas von Hacht
DGK Herztage in Hamburg on 24 - 26 September 2026

We are looking forward to the poster presentations by Julius Ridder and Lukas von Hacht at the DGK Herztage 2026:

Novel therapeutic approaches and technologies
24. September 2026 |10:15 - 11:45 | Posterbereich 8
Optical Mapping Reveals Intrinsic Pacemaker Sites and Conduction Velocity Restitution in Engineered Heart Tissues
Julius Ridder

Cardiomyopathies - From dish to organ
24. September 2026 | 10:15 - 11:45 | Posterbereich 6
Defined atrial high-rate burden induces dynamic BMP10 release and BMP/TGFβ ligand remodeling in human atrial engineered heart tissue
Lukas von Hacht

Best Poster Presentation
Julius Ridder

Young Investigator Award
Sven-Tore Janßen

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Congratulations to
Sven-Tore Janßen and Julius Ridder
23rd Dutch-German Joint Meeting (DGJM) in Amsterdam on 12 - 14 March 2026

Congratulations to Julius Ridder and all Best Poster Award winners at the recent Dutch-German Joint Meeting in Amsterdam.
We also congratulate Sven-Tore Janßen on receiving the Young Investigator Award at the DGJM.

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Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Tanja Zeller

We congratulate Prof. Dr. Tanja Zeller for taking on a new position as Head of the prestigious Institute for Cardiogenetics in Lübeck, formerly headed by Prof. Dr. Jeanette Erdmann.

We are happy that she will stay with us in the DZHK North and continue our close collaboration.

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Speaker of the UCCS in the academic year 2024/2025

The UCCS board members take turns in serving as speakers. Our first speaker was Prof. Dr. Tanja Zeller. The board has elected Prof. Dr. Larissa Fabritz to serve as speaker from the start of the academic year 2024/2025.

We thank Prof. Dr. Tanja Zeller for her dedication as speaker of the UCCS since its foundation in 2021.

Founding of the UCCS on July 1st 2021

The newly founded UCCS is an institute dedicated to cardiovascular research located at the Medical Faculty and focuses on translational aspects of cardiovascular research. The UCCS has access to a modern research infrastructure, unique epidemiological cohorts and biobanks with cardiovascular focus and excellent conditions for a strong collaboration with the clinics of the UHZ as well as clinics and institutes at the UKE.