Welcome to the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn
We are 1 of 7 faculties of the University of Bonn and affiliated to the transdisciplinary research area Life and Health. We maintain extensive partnerships with institutions of the Helmholtz Association, the Max Planck Society, and national and international research associations in the life sciences.
We are committed to outstanding, nationally and internationally visible translational research from basic sciences to patient care, as well as to teaching and training students closely linked to science to become competent and empathetic physicians.
Both tasks are fulfilled in close cooperation with the University Hospital and with respect for our employees.
News
University of Bonn Secures Three Proof of Concept Grants
Three University of Bonn researchers have been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). Neuroscientist Professor Dominik Bach, chemist Assistant Professor Ala Bunescu and radiologist Professor Philipp Vollmuth (from the University Hospital Bonn) are each receiving €150,000 over a period of 18 months. This program helps researchers to take findings from their work and turn them into commercial products or services.
Focus on the Guardians of the Antibody Response
For the immune system to effectively combat pathogens, antibody responses must be precisely controlled. So-called follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr cells) play a key role in this process by limiting excessive immune responses and helping to maintain immune tolerance. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn have now developed a robust laboratory method that allows Tfr cells to be generated from precursor cells and studied in a targeted manner. The results were recently published in the journal Cellular & Molecular Immunology.
When the map needs an update
Every time we move through a familiar environment, the hippocampus consults an internal map, a detailed spatial representation that is built up through repeated experience. But what happens when something unexpected occurs on a well-known route? Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn were able to demonstrate in a mouse model that the brain does not redraw its maps from scratch. Instead, it annotates them: preserving the underlying spatial layout while overlaying new information on top of the existing map. Their findings have now been published in the journal PNAS.
Smart Monitoring for People with Epilepsy
The PearNet project is developing special wearables—body-worn electronic devices—that give epilepsy patients advance warning of seizures and monitor and record them when they happen. The brainchild of researchers from the University Hospital Bonn and University of Bonn, it has now secured some €2.7 million in funding over three years via the GO-Bio next program run by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR). The money will go toward making further preparations for spinning off the project so that its set of wearables can be launched on the biotechnology market.
Events
Antrittsvorlesung Herr Dr. med. Jonas Saal
BMZ1 Hörsaal 1
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Zu der öffentlichen Antrittsvorlesung "Biomarker in der Onkologie" die Herr Dr. med. Jonas Saal in Vollziehung seiner Habilitation in der Medizinischen ...
Unifest 2026
KUNST!RASEN
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Am 11. Juli 2026 findet das Unifest statt. Im Rahmen der Open Air Veranstaltung wird es spannende Angebote für die Absolvent*innen geben. Als Stände sind z.B. ...
Start-up Week Bonn-Rhein-Sieg 2026
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Whole Day
Fünf Tage voller Ideen: Vom 13. bis 17. Juli 2026 werden die Stadt Bonn sowie der Rhein-Sieg-Kreis zum Hotspot für Startups und Zukunftsgestaltung. Die Startup ...
Dekanatssitzung 13.07.2026
Medizinisches Dekanat / ...
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Auf der Dekanatssitzung wird über Dekanat-relevante Themen diskutiert. Wegen Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an der angegebenen E-Mail unten.
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