In 2012, a Fraunhofer project group for Translational Medicine and Pharmacol- ogy TMP was established at the Fraunhofer Institut e for Molecular Biology and for the Development of Scientific-Economic Excellence). Phialogics, a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, is a preclinical biotech company dedicated to the development of therapeutics to treat patients with autoimmune diseases. Maria Vertzoni, Maria Vertzoni. . At the Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine & Pharmacology (ITMP) at our site in Frankfurt/Main, we investigate novel therapeutic and diagnostic approaches to inflammatory, immune-mediated and neurodegenerative diseases (our focus areas: pain, multiple sclerosis, systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), arthritis, sepsis and resolution of inflammation). Currently, I am a student intern with Fraunhofer Institute and my work revolves around curation of data regarding neurodegenerative diseases. a Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany b Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany c Astellas Pharma Inc., 180, Ozumi, Yaizu-shi, Shizuoka 425-0072, Japan Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP; Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI; Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM; Dominique Emery Freléchoz Im Ruhestand Bern. Fraunhofer-Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP. Germany. 2 Fraunhofer Institute of Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Buchmann Institute for Molecular . 20 Institute of Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany; Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany.