Wibke Bechtel-Walz

PD Dr. med.
Principal Investigator
(Associated Member)

Department of Medicine, Renal Division
Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Hugstetter Str. 55
79106 Freiburg

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

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).