Heisenberg funding for Anne-Kathrin Classen

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is supporting Anne-Kathrin Classen with approximately 500,000 euros over five years, thereby honoring her research on the biological mechanisms that control the formation and healing of specialized tissues – so-called epithelia. As for example the skin, these tissues cover the surface of organisms. She was accepted into the Heisenberg program for this purpose. The DFG fellowship, named after Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg in Physics, is awarded to researchers who fulfill all the requirements for appointment to a long-term professorship and work on top-class projects, regardless of their discipline.