Recent Events
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16 January 2019On 16th January one student from the PhD Program Regenerative Sciences will defend her thesis....
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25 January 2019On 25th January eight students from the PhD Program Regenerative Sciences will defend their thesis....
Press releases
New to the REBIRTH team
Dr. Sotiris Korossis has recently started working as Director of Biomedical Engineering at the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery (HTTG) at Hannover Medical School (MHH). Dr Korossis completed... [more]
Ten years of innovative heart valves from Hannover
Bright eyes and happy smiles on the faces of children, young people and adults alike are nothing unusual at Hannover Adventure Zoo. On Saturday, however, it was a very special group that met at the zoo to have fun together:... [more]
Abitur and then what? The Voluntary Scientific Year
This year the Hannover Medical School (MHH) offers the Voluntary Scientific Year (FWJ) again. The FWJ is a pilot scheme under the auspices of Germany’s ‘Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr‘ or FSJ – enabling upper secondary-school leavers... [more]
„Medical history being made in Hannover“
The medicine of tomorrow is already reality today: on a visit to Hannover Medical School (MHH), Federal Minister Dr Ursula von der Leyen, the patron of the association promoting children’s heart centres in Germany... [more]
REBIRTH researchers untangel blood vessel branching
New perspectives for vessel regeneration: Blood vessels form intricate, three-dimensional branched structures that supply each organ with oxygen and nutrients. However, once adult blood vessels are established they do not easily... [more]
Zender receives Johann Georg Zimmermann Award
One of the most prestigious awards for contributions to cancer research in Germany is to be presented by Deutsche Hypothekenbank AG at Hannover Medical School (MHH) on Monday, 16 January 2012. The Johann Georg Zimmermann Research... [more]
Transplantation: study on heart valves that last a lifetime
Transplanting a heart valve that is not rejected, lasts a lifetime and, in children, even grows with the body – this is the aim of the ‘European clinical study for the application of regenerative heart valves’ (ESPOIR). Headed by... [more]
The first high-tech auction in Germany: 25 investors buy a stake in REBIRTH Spin-off
The Hannover-based nanotechnology company called Particular, a spin-off from REBIRTH’s Nanoparticles work group, is the first German high-tech start-up to successfully hold a crowdfunding auction: it raised 100,000 euros’ worth... [more]
TV report: Will artificial and pig heart valves soon be a thing of the past?
Professor Haverich gives TV interview for the medical magazine programme ‘Visite’ On 22 November 2011 at 8.15 p.m. in its feature item entitled ‘New heart valves: which method for which patient?’ the NDR network’s health show... [more]
Klusmann leads Emmy Noether junior research group
To better understand the origins of leukaemia and thus develop therapies for this disease, the work group led by Dr Jan-Henning Klusmann is investigating the role played by ribonucleic acids in blood formation. Dr Klusmann, a... [more]
REBIRTH spin-off sells shares in nanotechnology profits
The Hannover-based company called Particular GmbH, a spin-off from REBIRTH’s Nanoparticles research group which produces nanoparticles for biological and medical uses, sees itself not only as a technological trailblazer for... [more]
The body’s own defences track down ‘hibernating’ cancer cells
Liver cell carcinoma is one of the most frequent malignant types of cancer worldwide. It is usually triggered by cirrhosis of the liver, which is in turn caused by chronic infection with the Hepatitis B or C virus. Researchers at... [more]
Heineke receives the Sir Hans Krebs Prize
On 2 November, during the Annual General Meeting of the Society of Friends of Hannover Medical School (GdF), PD Dr Jörg Heineke was awarded the Sir Hans Krebs Prize for 2011, which is worth 10,000 euros and is endowed by... [more]
Teachers explore Hannover’s world of cutting-edge research
On 27 and 28 October 2011, Hannover’s two Clusters of Excellence, REBIRTH (From Regenerative Medicine to Reconstructive Therapy) and QUEST (Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research) once more invited teachers to... [more]
Voluntary Scientific Year for researchers launched
On 1st of September, 56 school-leavers have started their ‘scientific gap year’ at Hannover Medical School (MHH) and at the Leibniz University of Hannover (LUH). Over the next 12 months, these youngsters will be exploring... [more]