Prof. Dr. Hellmut G. Augustin
Project Leader A02
Heidelberg University
European Center for Angioscience (ECAS)
Medical Faculty Mannheim & German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 13-17
D-67167 Mannheim
augustin@angioscience.de

Professional Career
since 2018
Founding Director
European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
since 2016
Chair for Vascular Biology and Angiogenesis Research
Medical Faculty Mannheim (CBTM), Heidelberg University & German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg
2011-2017
Deputy Director
Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
2011-2016
Director
Center for Molecular Biology & German Cancer Research Center Alliance, Heidelberg
2011-2016
Speaker
Cell & Tumor Biology Research Program, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
2006-2016
Aventis Foundation-endowed Chair for Vascular Biology and Angiogenesis Research
Medical Faculty Mannheim (CBTM), Heidelberg University, and German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg
2002-2006
Adjunct Professor
Medical Faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
2001-2006
Head
Dept. of Vascular Biology & Angiogenesis Research, Tumor Biology Center, Freiburg
1992-2001
Research Assistant Professor (C1, C2)
University of Göttingen
1997
Venia legendi (Habilitation) in Molecular Cell Biology
University of Göttingen
1997
Ph.D.
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Advisor: Professor Bendicht Pauli
1992
Dr. med. vet.
School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Advisor: Professor Siegfried Ueberschär
Achievements & Awards
2022
Grant
‘High Risk – High Gain’, Deutsche Krebshilfe
since 2019
Speaker
DFG Collaborative Research Center (CRC1366) ‘Vascular Control of Organ Function’ of Heidelberg University
since 2016
Co-Chair
Committee for Structure and Development of the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University
since 2015
Member of the Steering Committee
DFG Research Training Group (RTG2099) ‘Hallmarks of Skin Cancer’ of Heidelberg University
2014
Heidelberg Molecular Life Sciences (HMLS) Investigator Award
Heidelberg University
2013-2016
Director
Helmholtz Alliance ’Preclinical Comprehensive Cancer Center’
2009-2017
Speaker
DFG Collaborative Research Center (CRC-TR23) ’Vascular Differentiation and Remodeling’ of the Universities Heidelberg and Frankfurt
since 2005
Founding member and elected Chairman
VWFB e.V. (Verein zur Förderung wissenschaftlicher Fachtagungen e.v.).
2005 - 2012
Coordinator
nationwide German Priority Research Grant SPP 1190 ’The Tumor- Vessel Interface’
2003
Binder Innovation Award
German Society of Cell Biology
1998-2006
Coordinator
nationwide German Priority Research Grant ‘Angiogenesis’ (SPP1069)
1997
Erich-Aehnelt Award for best doctoral thesis
School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover
Publications
A spatial vascular transcriptomic, proteomic, and phosphoproteomic atlas unveils an angiocrine Tie–Wnt signaling axis in the liver
Dev Cell. 2021 Jun 7;56(11):1677-1693.e10. PMID: 34038707
Learn moreUnderstanding angiodiversity: Insights from single cell biology
Development. 2020 Aug 12;147(15):dev146621. doi: 10.1242/dev.146621. PMID: 32792338
Learn moreTumor cell-derived Angiopoietin-2 promotes metastasis in melanoma
Cancer Res. 2020 Jun 15;80(12):2586-2598. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-2660. Epub 2020 Apr 17. (#equally contributing last authors) PMID: 32303578
Learn morePreclinical validation of a novelmetastasis inhibiting Tie1 function-blocking antibody
EMBO Mol Med. 2020 Jun 8;12(6):e11164. doi: 10.15252/emmm.201911164. Epub 2020 Apr 17. PMID: 32302470
Learn moreEndothelial cell fitness dictates the source of regenerating liver vasculature
Singhal, M.#, X. Liu#, D. Inverso, K. Jiang, J. Dai, H. He, S. Bartels, W. Li, A.A. Abdul Pari, N. Gengenbacher, E. Besemfelder, L. Hui, H.G. Augustin§, J. Hu§. J Exp Med. 2018 Oct 1;215(10):2497-2508. doi: 10.1084/jem.20180008. Epub 2018 Sep 7. (#equally contributing first authors; §equally contributing senior authors). PMID: 30194265.
Learn moreThe transcriptomic and epigenetic map of vascular quiescence in the continuous lung endothelium
Schlereth K, Weichenhan D, Bauer T, Heumann T, Giannakouri E, Lipka D, Jaeger S, Schlesner M, Aloy P, Eils R, Plass C, Augustin HG. Elife. 2018 May 11;7. PMID:29749927
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