Sebastian Mueller, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine,

CAR, University of Heidelberg 

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Prof. Sebastian Mueller, M.D., Ph.D.

Academic affiliations                              

• Former Director, Center for Alcohol Research, University of Heidelberg 

        Otto Meyerhof Zentrum, INF350, 69120 Heidelberg

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Visiting Professorships at

• The Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology  (2022-2025) in London/UK (affiliated to Kings's College London) and

• Guangxi Medical University in Nanning/VR China  (since 2023)

• Past President, ESBRA 

Publications                              

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NEWS 

• New bool on "Alcohol and alcohol-related diseases" edited by Sebastian Mueller and Markus Heilig and published by Springer Nature. Addresses all aspects of alcohol-related diseases from addiction to alcohol-related liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis and cancer. With contributions from more than 100 authors from 17 countries. 2 volumes. 1600 pages 

   

• Webinar on "Alcoholic hepatitis" for the International Grand Rounds Series 2 of the British Society of Gastroenterology (Broadcasted on June 27th 2024)

   

   

  Recent publications: 

• 2026 Phosphatidylserine-Dependent Clearance of Damaged Red Blood Cells by Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease

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• 2025 Redoxbiology:  Evidence for alcohol-mediated hemolysis and erythrophagocytosis

We identify hemolysis as a critical driver of liver injury in ALD, linking red blood cell breakdown to inflammation, iron overload, and disease progression.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2025.103742

• 2024 Direct Ingestion of Oxidized Red Blood Cells (Efferocytosis) by Hepatocytes 

                see video here                 https://youtu.be/koGPRRZQn3E?t=27 

ABOUT CAR

Our long term goals are 

• to better understand underlying molecular mechanisms of liver diseases

• to improve diagnosis and therapy of liver diseases 

Former financial supporters include DFG, NIH ,Dietmar-Hopp Foundation and the Manfred-Lautenschläger Foundation.

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Mueller Lopez Family