Doctoral researchers
Doctoral researchers of the 1st cohort
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Ann-Sophie Flohr
M.Sc. Integrated Immunology (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Member since 01/2021 | Start of doctoral project 01/2021
Department of Translational Radiation Biology | Supervisor: Prof. Udo Gaipl
Project title: Role of HVEM in radiation-induced anti-tumor responses
Vanessa Irumva
M.Sc. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Pan African University Institute for Basic Science Technology and Innovation/Jomo Kenyatta University for Agriculture and Technology, Kenya)
Associated member
Member since 01/2021 | Start of doctoral project 01/2021
Department of Medicine 3 | Supervisor: PD Dr. Ulrike Steffen
Project title: Characterization of plasma cell subsets with different cell surface sialylation
Felix Neumärker
M.Sc. Cell and Molecular Biology (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Member since 01/2021 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Department of Medicine 1 | Supervisor: Prof. Kai Hildner
Project title: Analysis of the cell-instrinsic role of Batf as a transcrional chekpoint of intestinal tissue-resident (TRM) T cell differentiation
Lizi Trapaidze
M.Sc. Immunology (Ivane Javakhishvili Tibilisi State University)
Member since 09/2021 | Start of doctoral project 09/2021
Dermatology | Supervisor: Prof. Diana Dudziak
Project title: Dissemination of TLR-activated DC subsets determines early and late T cell stimulation events and the outcome of protective immune responses
Marie Wiedemann
M.Sc. Integrated Immunology (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Member since 01/2021 | Start of doctoral project 01/2021
Department of Infection Biology | Supervisor: Prof. David Vöhringer
Project title: The role of CD8 T cells in atopic dermatitis
Doctoral researchers of the 2nd cohort
Mehdi Ali Pour
M.Sc. Cell and Molecular Biology (Phillips University Marburg)
Member since 01/2024 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Department of Medicine 3 | Supervisor: Prof. Aline Bozec
Project title: Define the effect of L-arginine supplementation on B cell differentiation and humoral response
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Amke Beenen
M.Sc. Integrated Immunology (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Member since 01/2024 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Dental clinic 1 | Supervisor: PD Iryna Prots
Project title: Elucidating the fine-tuning mechanisms of T-cell activation and differentiation by alpha-synuclein
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Ronja Brüchert
B.Sc. Industrial Biotechnology (University of Applied Sciences Ansbach)
Fast Track
Member since 10/2022 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Chair of Genetics | Supervisor: Prof. Lars Nitschke
Project title: The role of di-sialic acids and O-acetylated sialic acids in plasma cell differentiation
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Christina Brunner
B.Sc. Biology (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Fast Track
Member since 10/2022 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Division of Molecular Immunology | Supervisor: Dr. Katharina Pracht
Project title: Role of the N-glycanase 1 (NGLY1) in the formation and function of antibody-secreting cells
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Leona Ehnes
M.Sc. Cell and Molecular Biology (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Associated member
Member since 07/2024 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Department of Medicine 3 | Supervisor: Prof. Mario Zaiss
Project title: Micorbes fine-tune B cell responses to modulate chornic pain
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Edith Alexandar Escarrega Payan
M.Sc. Life Science (Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE))
Member since 01/2024 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Institute of Microbiology | Supervisor: Prof. Roland Lang
Project title: Regulation of adaptive immunity by myeloid cell-derived itaconate
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Elahe Esmaeili
M.Sc. Immunology (Shahed University)
Member since 01/2024 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Department of Medicine 1 | Supervisor: PD Dr. Stefan Wirtz
Project title: The biological function of IRF1 for intestinal immune-epithelial communication
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Anna Gottwald
B.Sc. Biology (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Fast Track
Member since 10/2022 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Department of Translational Radiation Biology | Supervisor: Prof. Udo Gaipl
Project title: RIG-I pathway as a key regulator for radiotherapy-induced anti-HNSCC T cell responses
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Svenja Kovacic
M.Sc. Nutritional Sciences (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)
Member since 01/2024 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Division of Molecular Immunology | Supervisor: Prof. Dirk Mielenz
Project title: The effect of mitochondrial Ca2+ abundance on mitochondrial function and morphology in B cells
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Nina Paulus
M.Sc. Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology (Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck)
Member since 01/2024 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Chair of Genetics | Supervisor: Dr. Anja Werner
Project title: B cell-instrinsic alpha-2,6-sialylation in autoimmunity
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Timo Regensburger
M.Sc. Cell and Molecular Biology (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member since 01/2024 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Department of Infection Biology | Supervisor: Prof. David Vöhringer
Project title: Fine-tuning of the germinal center response by STAT6-regulated genes
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Gabriel Richter
M.Sc. Medical Biology (University Salzburg)
Member since 01/2024 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Department of Medicine 3 | Supervisor: PD Dr. Ulrike Steffen
Project title: The role of IgA and IgG as effector molecules in adaptive immune responses
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Kalp Shah
M.Sc. Physical Biology of Cells and Cell Interactions (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Member since 01/2024 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Department of Medicine 1 | Supervisor: Prof. Kai Hildner
Project title: Role of Transcription Factor Id2-Dependent Regulation of Tissue-Resident Memory (TRM) T Cells in Colorectal Cancer
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Hannah Smid
Accelerated B.Sc./M.Sc. Immunology, Multipdiciplinary Biomedical Sciences (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Fast Track
Member since 06/2023 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Division of Molecular Immunology | Supervisor: PD Dr. Wolfgang Schuh
Project title: The function of Glutaminyl-peptide Cyclotransferase Like Protein (QPCTL) in plasma cells
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Fabian Stritt
B.Sc. Biological Sciences (University of Konstanz)
Fast Track
Member since 10/2022 | Start of doctoral project 01/2024
Department of Immune Modulation | Supervisor: Dr. Andreas Wild / Prof. Alexander Steinkasserer
Project title: Soluble CD83-induced pro-resolving macrophages accelerate the wound healing processes in hard-to-heal wounds
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Stella Wagner
M.Sc. Biochemistry/Molecular Biology (University of Bayreuth)
Member since 10/2024 | Start of doctoral project 10/2024
Chair of Genetics | Supervisor: Prof. Anja Lux
Project title: Interplay of DCIR and FcgRs in modulation of adaptive immune responses