Prof. Dorothea Siegel-Axel
Research group leaderFields of Work and Expertise
Adipose tissue crosstalk between adipose tissues and various organs
Professional Background
since 2010
Research group leader “Adipose tissue and complications of diabetes” at the Department of Internal Medicine IV, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Nephrology University Hospital, Tübingen
2012
Professor by special appointment
2006
Co-founder and shareholder of the company Corlmmun/AdvanceCOR in Munich
2003
Habilitation at the Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen
1993 - 2008
Research Group Leader, Medical Clinic III, Department of Cardiology of the University Hospital Tübingen
1990 - 1993
Researcher and PhD thesis, Physiology Institute I, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
1985 - 1990
Studies of Pharmacy, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Honors and Awards
International Research Award „Le Prix de Mérite“ of the „Fondation internationale de la substitution de l’experimentation animale“
1995"Bundes-Tierschutz-Forschungspreis" of the Ministry of Health and ZEBET, Germany
1999BMBF GO-Bio round one winner: funding initiative of the BMBF, which supports life science researchers with innovative ideas who are looking to go into business
2006