The Marga-and-Walter-Boll-Laboratory for Cardiac Tissue Engineering was established with support of the Marga and Walter-Boll Foundation (Kerpen, Germany) and is situated at the Center for Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Medical Faculty, University of Cologne. 

Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) and organotypic cells differentiated from hiPSCs are the focus of research projects. Our team works in several areas related to iPS cell technologies including but not limited to cardiac tissue engineering, cardiac organoids, cardiac cell therapy, cardiac diseases, stem cell biotechnology and biomaterial research.

Building my research carrier from my days as a doctoral student till today has become only possible by the support of private foundations, which have given me trust and funds and enabled me to test new ideas. I thankfully aknowledge: Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung, Hans und Gertie Fischer-Stiftung, Dr. Robert Pfleger-Stiftung, A.M. Wilsing-Stiftung, Hirsch-Foundation, Elisabeth und Rudolf Hirsch-Stiftung, Imhoff-Stiftung, Maria Pesch- Stiftung, and Freunde und Förderer der Universität zu Köln. 

Further support was provided by First Stem Cells and Genomics Laboratory Dubai, State of North-Rhine-Westphalia, German Ministries of Science and Education and Economy (Germany), European Fund of Regional Development, German Research Foundation, and  Cologne Fortune.

Prof. Dr. Kurt Pfannkuche