The CMMC is an independent biomedical and educational research center within the Medical Faculty and the Science Faculty at the UoC under the responsibilty of the Senate and is closely affiliated with the University Hospital Cologne. The CMMC has its own organizational and stringent reviewing structures. The following internal and external boards are committed to maintaining high-quality biomedical research and a state-of-the-art infrastructure at the center: 

CMMC internal boards

• CMMC Executive Board
• CMMC Board (Principal Investigators / Heads of Core Facilities)

CMMC external boards

• External Scientific Advisory Board
• Board of Trustees

CMMC funding programs

• Interdisciplinary Program Molecular Medicine (IPMM) of the University of Cologne
• Brain Gain Program (BGP)
• Associated Junior Research Group Program (AJRGP)
• Junior Research Group Program (JRGP)
• Career Advancement Program (CAP)
• Rotating Position Program (RPP)
• Associated Research Group Program (ARGP)
• Individual Project Funding Program (IPFP)
• Senior Research Group Program (SRGP)

All of the CMMC’s research projects of the different CMMC funding programs are grouped within three core research areas:

• Research Area A: Mechanisms of tumor development: intrinsic and extrinsic control of cell proliferation and tissue invasion
• Research Area B: Principles of immunity, inflammation and infection
• Research Area C: Molecular mechanisms and metabolic control of tissue degeneration and regeneration

The following technological facilities and in-house services together with the CMMC Central Office provide the structural and administrative research infrastructure of the center.

• Central Office
• CMMC Comparative Biology | RG Comparative Medicine
• Cell Sorting Facility
• Microscopy
• Tissue Embedding

In the CMMC Research Building the S3-Facilty and the Isotope Unit are located.