Director

Prof. Ingrid Fleming

Ingrid (from Ballymena, Northern Ireland) obtained her BSc (First Class, Combined Honours) in Biochemistry and Pharmacology at Aston University in England and her PhD at the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France. She is currently the director of the Institute for Vascular Signalling and her research focuses on the elucidation of novel signal transduction mechanisms in the vessel wall. Current projects are aimed at elucidating the role of cytochrome P450-derived lipid mediators in vascular homeostasis, endothelial cell to pericyte communication, how TGF-β affects the phenotype of different cells and its role in repair and regeneration after injury. Many of the projects are also studied in the background of diabetes. Ingrid is a member of the Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI) steering committee, a PI with the German centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK). She is currently co-speaker of CRC 1531 “Damage control by the stroma-vascular fraction” and its “Integrated Research Training Group”. Ingrid also coordinates the MSc course in Molecular Medicine and is currently the vice dean for research at Goethe University faculty of medicine.


Grants:

CRC 1039 “Signalling by fatty acid derivates and sphingolipids in health and disease” (A6) | Since 2013

CRC 1366 “Vascular control of organ function” (B1) | Since 2019

CRC 1531 “Damage control by the stroma vascular compartment” (A5, B3, S1) | Since 2022

TRR 267 “Non-coding RNA in the cardiovascular system” (A10) | Since 2019

GRK 2236 “Resolution of inflammation – AVE” (Cluster 2 – 5) | Since 2017

DFG Research Grant “Deciphering the role of soluble epoxide hydrolase in homeostasis with Chemical Biology tools” | Since 2023

CRC 834 “Vascular Signalling and endothelial repair” ( A5, B13) | 2010-2022

CRC 815 “Redox-Regulation: Generating systems and functional consequences” (A16) | 2009-2020

TRR 23 “Vascular differentiation and remodelling” (A06) | 2005-2017

FOR 501 “Vascular homeostasis: molecular mechanisms and cellular mediators” | 2003-2014

DFG Research Grant “Vascular complications of type 2 diabetes: tyrosine phosphorylation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)” | 2010-2014

DFG Research Grant “Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE): regulation and dysregulation” | 2016-2020

DFG Research Grant “Identification of a G protein-coupled receptor for 11(R),12(S)-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid and its effects in the cardiovascular system” | 2016-2020

Contact

Phone: +49 (0)69 6301 6052
Mail: fleming@vrc.uni-frankfurt.de