Seven PMI cluster members are “Highly Cited Researchers” 2025
In its list of “Highly Cited Researchers”, the data company Clarivate Analytics lists researchers who are cited particularly frequently in scientific publications and research papers. This means that the work and studies of these individuals are considered particularly relevant and significant and have a considerable influence on the development and progress of their field.
In 2025, this applies to seven researchers, including two from the IKMB, from the Cluster of Excellence “Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation” (PMI): Andre Franke (miTarget, P1), John Baines (miTarget, P7), Rolf Hilgenfeld, Stefan Rose-John, Stefan Schreiber, Malte Spielmann, and Diamant Thaçi.
Prof. Dr. Andre Franke is Director of the Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology at the UKSH, Kiel Campus and CAU, and Professor of Molecular Medicine at CAU. Prof. Franke is spokesperson for the DFG research group miTarget (P1) and the EU project miGut-Health. His publications include significant contributions in the fields of genetics, sequence analysis, immunogenetics, and bioinformatics. His main interests lie in the development and establishment of novel high-throughput technologies, innovative evaluation methods, and the application of both methods to identify genetic and non-genetic causes of chronic inflammatory diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Prof. Dr. John F. Baines is Director of the Institute for Experimental Medicine at UKSH, Kiel Campus, and Kiel University. He has been Professor of Evolutionary Medicine at Kiel University since April 2009, and is principle investigator of P7 in miTarget. His research group connects the UKSH, Kiel Campus, with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön and investigates the evolution of disease genes and the genetic basis of the interaction between mammals and their microbiota. His research focuses on chronic inflammatory diseases, and his work effectively integrates the fields of medical and evolutionary biology.
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