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The Concept of the GRK2599
The Research Training Group 2599 („Graduiertenkolleg 2599“), which launched on January 1st, 2021, is a research consortium funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). It comprises 16 research teams focusing on various aspects of adaptive immunity. With the GRK 2599 we established an internationally competitive research and training program to promote young scientists and medical students in the field of immunology. The individual research projects use genome-wide transcriptome analysis, modern imaging techniques, transgenic mouse technologies and CRISPR-mediated genome editing to identify and characterize new fine-tuners of adaptive immune responses and immune memory.
What makes the GRK2599 special?
- we have 18 internationally recognized investigators with expertise in the field of adaptive immunity,
- we established an innovative training program for
- Dr. rer. nat. candidates with a master’s degree
- Dr. med. candidates (only for medical students enrolled at FAU)
- we established a fast-track program that will lead six fellows with a bachelor’s degree to a Dr. rer. nat. degree without the need to obtain a master’s degree,
- we set up a mentoring program with a three-member thesis advisory committee.
We are convinced that our innovative training and research concept with hypothesis-driven projects will better prepare our doctoral candidates for a professional post-graduate career as an immunologist and will help them
- to develop into critically thinking scientists,
- to complete their thesis in 3–4 years, and
- to build an international network.
