Wibke Bechtel-Walz

Current Position

Group Leader

Academic Education

1996 - 2004	Studies of Human Medicine (M.D.), University of Freiburg
1999 - 2000	Studies of Human Medicine, University of Paris (France)

Advanced Qualifications

2021	German Board Certification for Internal Medicine and Nephrology
2015	Habilitation, Internal Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg; Mentor: Prof. Dr. Gerd Walz
2014	German Board Certification for Internal Medicine
2009	Doctoral degree in medicine (Dr. med.) (summa cum laude), University of Freiburg; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Georg Bauer

Postgraduate Positions

2022 - present	Advanced Clinician Scientist - Berta Ottenstein Program
2019 - present	Independent Research Group Leader, Renal Division, University Medical Center Freiburg
2010 - present	Clinical Fellow, Renal Division, University Medical Center Freiburg
2013 - 2020	Margarete von Wrangell Fellow and Research group leader
2011 - 2018	Marie Curie Research Integration Grant Fellow
2010 - 2019	Resident and Junior Group Leader, Renal Division, University Medical Center Freiburg
2007 - 2010	Postdoctoral Fellow, DFG Research Grant, BIDMC, Harvard Medical School, Department of Matrix Biology, Boston, MA, USA
2004 - 2007	Clinical Resident, Department of Medicine, Renal Division, University Hospital Göttingen
2001 - 2005	MD thesis work in Virology, Institute of Virology, University of Freiburg

Link to all publications of Wibke Bechtel-Walz: PubMed

Publications on CRC 1453 funding

Rogg M, weißer L, Maier JI,…, Arnold F, Bechtel-Walz W, Schilling O, Tanriver Y,…, Huber TB, Schell C. Arp2/3-dependent regulation of ciliogenesis governs adaptive distal tubular epithelial cell states in kidney disease. Sci Adv (2025). Guo H, Rogg M, Keller J, Scherzinger AK, Jäckel J, …, Groß O, Schell C,  Bechtel-Walz W. ADP-Ribosylation Factor-Interacting Protein 2 Acts as a Novel Regulator of Mitophagy and Autophagy in Podocytes in Diabetic Nephropathy. Antioxidants (2024).