Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation

The Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation is dedicated to furthering the careers of talented scientists working in biomedicine at Heidelberg University and in related research institutions in the vicinity. Emphasis is placed on supporting junior scientists at key career stages and in promoting women in science.

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The Foundation promotes scientists working on aspects of neurobiology and infectious disorders. Its flagship programme is the Schaller Research Groups multi-year programme, which helps to build the careers of young researchers.

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Applications open: 

ALBA-CHS Travel Awards to the FENS Forum 2026

These grants enable early-career brain science researchers from underrepresented backgrounds to attend FENS2026 in Barcelona – Europe’s largest neuroscience meeting.

The call will close on 21 October 2025.

All of the details  can be found here:

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Scientific Symposium

The Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation warmly invites all interested neuroscientists to the selection symposium for new Schaller groups leaders in Neurosciences

Date: 9 October – All-day event
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Chica und Heinz Schaller Award Ceremony 2024

New CHS Short-Term Fellowship for Dr. Venera Weinhardt

Mandy Jeske has been awarded the 2024 Chica and Heinz Schaller Research Award

Prof. Maria Pennuto and Prof. Sergiu Pasca win the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award in Translational Neuroscience

The Chica and Heinz Schaller Memorial Conference

Latest Publications

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Aksan B, Kenkel A-K, Yan J, Sánchez Romero J, Missirlis D, Mauceri D (2024)

VEGFD signaling balances stability and activity-dependent structural plasticity of dendrites. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 81(1):354. doi.org/10.1007/s00018-024-05357-2.

Hoa Ho K, Trapp M, Guida C, Ivanova EL, De Jaime-Soguero A, Jabali A, Thomas C, Salasova A, Bernatík O, Salio C, Horschitz S, Hasselblatt M, Sassoe-Pognetto M, Čajánek L, Ishikawa H, Schroten H, Schwerk C, Acebrón SP, Angel P, Koch P, Patrizi A (2024)

Activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling is critical for the tumorigenesis of choroid plexus. Neuro Oncol. Doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noae176m the first European Choroid plexus Scientific Forum (ECSF). Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 21(1):43.

Marcó de la Cruz B, Campos J, Molinaro A, Xie X, Jin G, Wei Z, Acuna C and Sterky FH (2024)

Liprin-α proteins are master regulators of human presynapse assembly. Nature Neuroscience. Doi: 10.1038/s41593-024-01592-9

Huppertz MC, Wilhelm J, Grenier V, Schneider MW, Falt T, Porzberg N, Hausmann D, Hoffmann DC, Hai L, Tarnawski M, Pino G, Slanchev K, Kolb I, Acuna C, Fenk LM, Baier H, Hiblot J and Johnsson K (2024)

Recording physiological history of cells with chemical labeling. Science 383:890-897. doi: 10.1126/science.adg0812m the first European Choroid plexus Scientific Forum (ECSF). Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 21(1):43.

Pellegrini L, Silva-Vargas V, Patrizi A (2024)

Breakthroughs in choroid plexus and CSF biology from the first European Choroid plexus Scientific Forum (ECSF). Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 21(1):43.

Chi H, Qu B, Prawira A, Richardt T, Maurer L, Hu J, Fu RM, Lempp FA, Zhang Z, Grimm D, Wu X, Urban S, Dao Thi VL (2024)

An hepatitis B and D virus infection model using human pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes. EMBO reports ;25(10):4311-4336-4336.