Bamu Fufor Damaris

Research Topic: A microbial genotype-to-phenotype map for transcriptional regulation
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marco Galardini, Institute of Molecular Bacterilogy, Twincore
Academic Background: Master Infectious Disease and One Health, Erasmus Mundus Tours, Barcelona, Edinburgh

Sarah Beyer

Research Topic: Regulation of macrophages by OTUB2 in listeriosis and salmonellosis
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dirk Schlüter, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedicine, MHH

Sabrina Clever

Research Topic: Recombinant MVA vaccines delivering SARS-2 antigens – search for correlates of protection against severe respiratory disease
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Asisa Volz, Institute for Virology, TiHo
Academic Background: Animal Biology and Biomedical Sciences, TiHo

Kim Thi Hoang Do

Research Topic: The role of bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) in lung immunity
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Förster and Dr. Berislav Bosnjak, Institute of Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Medicine, Wonkwang University, College of Medicine, Korea (South)

Franziska Hüsers

Research Topic: Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of MxB-mediated restriction of herpes simplex virus infections
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Beate Sodeik, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Biochemistry, MHH

Karla Ximena León Lara

Research Topic: Characterization of γδ T cells at the feto-maternal interface
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sarina Ravens, Institute of Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Infectious Disease, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Maureen Obara

Research Topic: Spatial antibody treatment strategies of pulmonary SARS-COV-2 infection
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kalinke, Institute for Experimental Infection Research, Twincore
Academic Background: Medical Microbiology; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medici

Nina Plückebaum

Research Topic: Characterization of novel modulatory strategies developed by human herpesviruses
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Abel Viejo-Borbolla, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedicine, MHH

Alaleh Rezalotfi

Research Topic: Developing an in vitro test system to predict immunogenicity of biological compounds in humans
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Förster, Institute of Immunology, MHH and Prof. Dr. Armin Braun, Fraunhofer ITEM
Academic Background: Medical Immunology, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Isita Sagar

Research Topic: Function of OTUB1 in intestinal epithelial cells and macrophages in salmonellosis
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dirk Schlüter, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, MHH
Academic Background: Medical Biotechnology, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Indien

 

Talia Samara Schneider

Research Topic: Identifying new druggable targets in SARS-CoV-2-infected cells
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schulz, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Animal Biology and Biomedical Sciences, TiHo

Nicoletta Schwermann

Research Topic: Infection dynamics of nosocomial pathogens colonizing humans
Supervisor: Dr. Volker Winstel, Pathogenese bakterieller Infektionen, TWINCORE & Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedicine, MHH

Melanie Urbanek-Quaing

Research Topic: Impact of different chronic hepatitis viral infections on the epigenetic signature of immune cells
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Cornberg, Dpt. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedicine, MHH

Tao Yang

Research Topic: Deciphering developmental and molecular differences between Scart1+ and Scart2+ IL-17-producing ?d T cells
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sarina Ravens, Institute of Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedical Microbiology, Sun Yat-sen University, China