Research Topic: Interrogating the biology of modified RNAs through nanopore sequencing
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Daniel Depledge and Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Milano

Research Topic: Comparative analysis of varicella zoster virus spread, immune control and evasion employing complex skin and neuronal organoids
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Abel Viejo-Borbolla, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Biotechnology, University of Edinburgh, UK
 

Research Topic: von Lea weiterführen
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhold F rster and Dr. Berislav Bosnjak, Institute of Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedicine, MHH

Research Topic: Immune control of murine cytomegalovirus salivary gland infection
Supervisor: PD Dr. Berislav Bosnjak, Institute of Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedicine, MHH

Research Topic: Characterizing the Interplay between the Bile Microbiome and Immune Cells in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC): A Translational Approach from Biliary Organoids to Blood
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Benjamin Heidrich, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology, MHH
Academic Background: Biology, RWTH Aachen University
 

Research Topic: Hepatocyte-specific function of RNF4 in Listeria monocytogenes infection
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dirk Schlüter, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, MHH
Academic Background: Applied Microbiology, Banaras Hindu University, India

Research Topic: Molecular Mechanisms Regulating S. aureus Control by Macrophages and Keratinocytes 
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dirk Schlüter, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, MHH
Academic Background: Molecular Microbiology, LUH Hannover

Research Topic: Genetic Mechanisms of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Pietschmann, Institute for Experimental Virologie, Twincore
Academic Background: Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Egypt

Research Topic: Deciphering Hepatitis E Virus Infection Dynamics in Hepatocyte Models Using Single-Cell RNA Sequencing
Supervisor: Dr. Patrick Behrendt, Institute for Experimental Viroloy, Group Translational Virology, Twincore
Academic Background: Medicine, MHH

Research Topic: Multi-parametric characterization of graft injury in the context of infection in liver transplant recipients
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heiner Wedemeyer, Prof. Dr. Richard Tauber, Dr. Bastian Engel, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology, MHH 
Academic Background: Medical Biotechnology, University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy

Research Topic: Mucosal-associated invariant T cells as a potential target for immune intervention strategies in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Cornberg, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology, MHH
Academic Background: Pharmaceutical sciences, viral immunology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich

Research Topic: Pharmacologic inhibition of ACOD1 to enhance dendritic cell function and vaccine responses
Supervisor: PD Dr. Frank Peßler, Biomarkers for Infectious Diseases, Twincore
Academic Background: Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
 

Research Topic: Influence of Staphylococcus aureus on the inflammation and comorbidities in atopic dermatitis
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Werfel, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, MHH
Academic Background: Immunology, Infection Biology, and Microbiology, TU Braunschweig

Research Topic: Host factors influencing the severity of RSV infection
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Pietschmann, Institute for Experimental Virologie, Twincore
Academic Background: Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata), India

Research Topic: Principles controlling Vesicular Stomatitis Virus HCV E1-E2 vaccine vector immunogenicity and safety
Supervisor:  Dr. Julie Sheldon, Institute for Experimental Virologie, Twincore
Academic Background: Infectious Diseases and One Health, Erasmus, Tours, Barcelona, MHH

Research Topic: Mechanisms of a multivalent RNA inhalation treatment against viral infection and regenerative lung disease 
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Axel Schambach, Institute of Experimental Hematology, MHH
Academic Background: Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen