Charité - University Medicine Berlin
The Charité is one of the oldest hospitals in Germany and among the largest of university clinics in Europe today. With a history spanning almost three centuries, the Charité has produced eight Nobel prize winners and has a worldwide reputation for excellence in medicine and research. Currently, with a staff of more than 12,800 employees, the hospital handles 127,400 inpatient and 500,000 outpatient cases a year under the motto: 'Research, Teaching, Healing, Helping'.
Address
Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin
Berlin
Phone: +49-(0)30 450 - 50
Activities:
- Research
Coordinated projects
- Breastfeeding and allergic diseases: To what extent breast feeding protects against atopic eczema and asthma in the first 10 years of life? Details of Breastfeeding and allergic diseases: To what extent breast feeding protects against atopic eczema and asthma in the first 10 years of life?
- Nutrition Report 2008: Chapter 7, 'Nutrition and Early Childhood embossing / acceleration' Details of Nutrition Report 2008: Chapter 7, 'Nutrition and Early Childhood embossing / acceleration'
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions 1
Involved in research projects:
- Development of a muscle specific ultrasound backscatter model to improve the non-invasive assessment of porcine meat quality Details of Development of a muscle specific ultrasound backscatter model to improve the non-invasive assessment of porcine meat quality
- On the evaluation of carcinogenic risks due to the exposure against dioxin-like and non-dioxin-like compounds Details of On the evaluation of carcinogenic risks due to the exposure against dioxin-like and non-dioxin-like compounds
- Organotin compounds and aromatase activity: in vivo investigations during the pre-, peri- and postnatal development of rats Details of Organotin compounds and aromatase activity: in vivo investigations during the pre-, peri- and postnatal development of rats
- Pilot study investigating Leptospira serovars in wild boars Details of Pilot study investigating Leptospira serovars in wild boars
- SFB 852 Nutrition and intestinal microbiota ? host interaction in the pig (Collaborative research centre of the DFG)Individual Project A2: Influence of nutritional factors on the prevalence of viruses, including viruses with zoonotic potential, in faeces of clinically healthy pigs Details of SFB 852 Nutrition and intestinal microbiota ? host interaction in the pig (Collaborative research centre of the DFG)Individual Project A2: Influence of nutritional factors on the prevalence of viruses, including viruses with zoonotic potential, in faeces of clinically healthy pigs
- Studies on the metabolism of azo dyes in clothing textiles and cosmetics: Evidence of azo cleavage by skin bacteria and characterization of metabolites Details of Studies on the metabolism of azo dyes in clothing textiles and cosmetics: Evidence of azo cleavage by skin bacteria and characterization of metabolites
- The influence of different acrylamide concentrations on the transcription of selected genes in cell cultures analyzed by microarrays. Analysis of the biofunctionality of acrylamide Details of The influence of different acrylamide concentrations on the transcription of selected genes in cell cultures analyzed by microarrays. Analysis of the biofunctionality of acrylamide
Subordinate Institutions:
- Allergy Centre Charité (ACC)- Details of ACC
- Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine - Details of Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine
- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology - Details of Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Institute of Molecular Biology and BioInformatics - Details of Institute of Molecular Biology and BioInformatics
- Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology - Details of Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology
- Institute of Mikrobiology and Hygiene - Details of Institute of Mikrobiology and Hygiene
- Institute of Pathology - Details of Institute of Pathology
- Medical Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Pneumology - Details of Medical Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Pneumology