GRK 325:  Etiopathogenesis and Therapy of Periodontitis

• Subject Area: Medicine
• Term: from 1997 to 2006
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 271825

The research training group provides a structural basis for the cooperationof various scientific disciplines (clinical periodontology,microbiology, biochemistry, experimental cell biology, biomaterialsresearch). Dentists, physicians and natural scientists can work ondifferent aspects of periodontal disease in an interdisciplinaryresearch team and can thus discuss the results of their research in abroader context. The scope of the scientific work in the postgraduateprogram ranges from clinical to bacteriological and immunologicalaspects, experimental models of inflammation and therapeutical aspectssuch as tissue-regeneration. Furthermore, dentists have the opportunity to improve their diagnostic and therapeutic skills in clinical periodontology. The clinical program for dentists is designed according to international standards of postgraduate periodontal programs.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Participating Institution: Robert Koch-Institut (RKI)
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Jean-Pierre Bernimoulin
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Ulf B. Göbel; Privatdozent Dr. Andreas Kage; Professor Dr. Bernd-Michael Kleber; Professor Dr. Abdulgabar Salama; Professor Dr. Jörg Wecke; Professor Dr. Bernd Zimmermann