The Angiogenesis & Metabolism Laboratory is an independent research group at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research. The laboratory focuses on blood vessels, particularly the regulation of blood vessel growth (angiogenesis) by metabolism. We study how endothelial cells sense their (metabolic) microenvironment and how they use this information to build vessels of tissue-specific size, shape and function. We are also interested in the metabolism of endothelial cells, aiming to understand how changes in endothelial bioenergetics impact vascular growth and homeostasis.