Angela Aringo
Research Topic: Comparative analysis of vaccine- and pathogen-induced antibody responses
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kalinke, Department of Experimental Infection Research, Twincore
Academic Background: Erasmus Mundus in Vaccinology (Lyon, Barcelona, Antwerpen)
Safaa Bouheraoua
Research Topic: Investigation of the bi-directional interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the human host microenvironment in development of persistent infection in the lower respiratory tract of humans
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Susanne Häußler, Institute of Molecular Bacteriology, Twincore
Academic Background: Infection, inflammation and cancer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Shruti Chopra
Research Topic: Identification and characterisation of new possible risk genes for eczema herpeticum
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Werfel, Dept. Dermatology and Allergy, Division Immundermatology and Allergy Research, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, India
Rajendra Khanal
Research Topic: Identification and functional evaluation of microRNAs during hepatitis delta virus infection
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heiner Wedemeyer, Dpartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Applied and Commercial Biotechnology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Carolina Mastella Botelho
Research Topic: Unravelling molecular mechanisms of resistance in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Susanne Häußler, Institute of Molecular Bacteriology, Twincore
Academic Background: Infectious Disease and One Health Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree; Tours, Barcelona, Edinburgh
Andrea Spaić
Research Topic: Pathogenicity of biofilms formed on medical implants and to develop innovative treatment strategies that target biofilm resistance mechanisms
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Meike Stiesch, Clinic for Dental Prosthetics, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Microbiology, Novi Sad, Serbia
Maike Willers
Research Topic: Impact of microbiota on the development of the immune system in preterm neonates and their susceptibility towards respiratory and septic diseases
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dorothee Viemann, Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Biomedicine, Hannover Medical School