Institute of Experimental Medicine (IEM)
Understanding inflammation across scales
From molecules and microbes to ecosystems and human disease.
The Institute of Experimental Medicine (IEM) brings together interdisciplinary research groups investigating the mechanisms that shape inflammation, its evolution, and its consequences in health and disease.
By combining experimental medicine, microbiology, immunology, systems biology, proteomics and evolutionary approaches, we seek to understand inflammation across biological scales, from molecular mechanisms to whole-body physiology.
Contact
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Campus Kiel – Michaelisstraße 5
Haus U30, Eingang 2
I. OG, Zi. 124
D-24105 Kiel
Assistant of Directors:
Ms. Handan Müftüoglu
Research
At the IEM, we investigate inflammation from complementary perspectives, combining molecular, cellular, microbial, evolutionary and systems-level approaches.
Evolution & adaptation
How evolutionary processes shape susceptibility to disease and adaptation to changing environments.
Host–microbiome interactions
How microorganisms interact with their hosts and influence immunity, metabolism and disease.
Molecular mechanisms
How molecular pathways regulate inflammation and tissue responses.
Systems & computational biology
How complex biological networks generate health and disease phenotypes.
Translational medicine
How mechanistic discoveries can be translated into diagnostics and therapies.
Environment & human health
How environmental exposures, lifestyle and extreme environments influence inflammation and health.
