Lara Althaus (left), a PhD student at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology (IPT) of the Technical University of Munich, presented her investigation project at the 88th annual conference of the German Cardiac Society (DGK), which took place at the Congress Center Rosengarten Mannheim from 20th to 23rd April 2022. Her poster on “The long non-coding RNA Schlafenlnc as a regulator of cardiac resident macrophage function” earned her a nomination for the prestigious DGK Best Poster Prize.
Lara is working in the TRR 267 B06 project under the supervision of PD Dr. Anne Dueck and Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Engelhart.
Jessica Pauli (right), a PhD student at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich, presented her doctoral work on “Bulk, single cell and spatial RNA analysis of advanced atherosclerosis” and her poster was nominated for the DGK Best Poster Prize. Jessica is conducting her investigation within the TRR 267 B04 project under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Lars Mägdefessel.