Research Topic: Herpesvirus Chromatin Programming during De Novo Infection
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Abel Viejo-Borbolla, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Virology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Immunology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
 

Research Topic: Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic hygiene and distance rules on the transmission of multidrug-resistant pathogens in hospital settings
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marco Galardini, Institute of Molecular Bacteriology, Twincore
Academic Background: Applied Microbiology, Autonomus University of Barcelona, Spain

Research Topic: Interferon induced responses during Herpes Simplex Virus skin infection
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Beate Sodeik, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan ROC

Research Topic:Effects of bile acids on Natural Killer cells in HDV patients
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heiner Wedemeyer, Dpt. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, MHH
Academic Background: Molecular Virology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan ROC

Research Topic: Pangenome wide prediction of gene function
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marco Galardini, Institute of Molecular Bacteriology, Twincore
Academic Background: Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute, Moscow, Russia

Research Topic: Functional CRISPR/Cas9 manipulation of virus-specific T cells for the treatment of cytomegalovirus infections
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Förster and Dr. Berislav Bosnjak, Institute of Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedicine, Hanover Medical School

Research Topic: Staphylococcal manipulation of human cell signaling systems
Supervisor: Dr. Volker Winstel, Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections, Twincore & Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, MHH
Academic Background: Molecular Microbiology, Leibniz University Hannover

Research Topic: Characterization of peptide specific PLZF+ innate-like (PIL) T cells
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Förster and Dr. Hristo Georgiev, Institute of Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Vytauto Didziojo Universitetas, Lithuania

Research Topic: Specifying the ecology of trimethylamine-producing bacteria of human gut microbiota
Supervisor: Dr. Marius Vital, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology
Academic Background: Translational Medical Research, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

Research Topic: Computational methods for the design of diagnostics and treatment oligonucleotides
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marco Galardini, Institute of Molecular Bacteriology, Twincore
Academic Background: Master of Science, Georg-August-University Göttingen

Research Topic: Deciphering the role of mesenteric lymph node stromal cells in the development of colonic inflammation
Supervisor: Dr. Manuela Büttner, Institute for Laboratory Animal Science, MHH
Academic Background: Molecular Microbiology, Leibniz University Hannover

Research Topic: Immunosuppressive functions of the HCMV glycoprotein pUL11
Supervisor: Dr. Penelope Kay-Fedorov, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Biol. Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

Research Topic: The herpesviral DNA polymerase-associated factor as a putative drug target
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schulz, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Molecular Microbiology, Leibniz University Hannover

Research Topic:  Maintainance and persistance of Human Adenovirus influenced by host restriction factors
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sabrina Schreiner-Gruber, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Molekulare Biotechnologie, Technical University Munich

Research Topic: Understanding the role of phosphatidylserine and its receptors in cross-species transmission of alphaviruses
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gisa Gerold, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Academic Background: Public Health in Environmental Health, Seoul National University, South Korea