Dr. med. Matthias Eden
Principal Investigator
STRIPAK signaling, cardiac mechanosensing, phosphoproteomics
UKHD ProfileAG Eden / Frey
Our Team
Meet the researchers of AG Eden / Frey at the Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg.
Principal Investigators
Prof. Dr. med. Norbert Frey
Department Head
Cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, molecular cardiology
UKHD ProfilePostdocs
Dr. rer. nat. Maja Bencun
Postdoctoral Researcher
Translational control of cardiomyocyte growth under cardiac stress (uORFs, miRNA–mRNA regulation), hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes
Dr. med. Marius Leye
Postdoctoral Researcher
Characterization of the cardiac STRIPAK complex, focusing on the function of MST4 and MST3 kinases in the heart
UKHD ProfileDr. Santosh Kumar Lomada
Postdoctoral Researcher
Nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPK/NME) and histidine phosphorylation; hexosamine biosynthesis and O-GlcNAc signalling in cardiac dysfunction
Dr. rer. nat. Surabhi Swarnkar
Postdoctoral Researcher
Characterization of previously uncharacterized proteins in the context of hypertrophy and heart failure
Technical Staff
Dr. rer. nat. Qiang Sun
Research Technician
Cell culture and molecular biology
Doctoral Students (cand. med.)
Kai Dinges
Doctoral Student (cand. med.)
Justus Hahn
Doctoral Student (cand. med.)
Emanuel Heilein
Doctoral Student (cand. med.)
Naz Kaya
Doctoral Student (cand. med.)
Tom Merbach
Doctoral Student (cand. med.)
Moritz Nöcker
Doctoral Student (cand. med.)
Tobias Rechtenbacher
Doctoral Student (cand. med.)
Sarah Zarl
Doctoral Student (cand. med.)
Interested in our research?
We are looking for motivated scientists at all career levels — from master’s thesis to postdoctoral positions.