Shruti Chowdhury

Research Topic: Dissolving immune control of chronic hepatitis D virus infection – Data science
Supervisor: Dr. Helenie Kefalakes, Dpt. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, MHH
Academic Background: Zoology, University of Calcutta

Berislav Cuvalo

Research Topic: Characterizing anti HCMV immunity in an infection model of explanted human lungs
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Förster, Institute of Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedicine, MHH

Reem Hoblos

Research Topic: Characterization of the CD4+ T-cell response in chronic hepatitis D virus infection
Supervisor: Dr. Helenie Kefalakes, Dpt. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, MHH
Academic Background: Biology, University of Balamand, Lebanon

Muhammed Kalkan

Research Topic: Type-specific role of novel virus-host interplay during AdV infection cycle to improve vaccine vectors
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sabrina Schreiner-Gruber, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Istanbul University, Institute of Health Sciences

Katharina Rahmel

Research Topic: The role of direct and cross-presentation in the stimulation of HCMV-specific T-cell responses
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kalinke, Institute for Experimental Infection Research, Twincore
Academic Background: Biochemistry, MHH

Abdus Salam

Research Topic: Analysis of B cell responses against the hepatitis B surface antigen on the single cell level
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kalinke, Institute for Experimental Infection Research, Twincore
Academic Background: M.Phil. Biotechnology, Islamabad

Sarah Truthe

Research Topic: The impact of the interaction of C-type lectin receptors for infections with potentially pulmonary pathogens
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hortense Slevogt, Clinic for Pneumology, MHH
Academic Background: Molecular Microbiology, LUH