Research Topic: Pervasive transcription in human cytomegalovirus infection
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedicine, Strasbourg / Mainz / Luxembourg

Research Topic: Antibody signatures in chronic versus cured hepatitis B virus infection 
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kathrin de la Rosa, Personalised Immunotherapy, HZI & CIIM
Academic Background: Biochemistry; University of Leipzig

Research Topic: Evaluating ACOD1 inhibition as oral immunotherapy for cancer
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Frank Peßler, Biomarkers for Infectious Diseases, Twincore
Academic Background: Master of Surgery, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Research Topic: Early-Life Environmental Exposures, Microbiome, and Immune Development: A One Health Perspective on Viral Infections in Children – Gut Microbiota in the LiNA cohort
Supervisor: PD Dr. Marius Vital, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedical sciences, University of Antwerpen

Research Topic: Investigating the role of the HSV-1 deubiquitinase in the DNA damage response
Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Hennig, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, India

Research Topic: Analyzing Epigenetic Dysregulation in Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency
Supervisor: Dr. Faranaz Atschekzei, Clinic of Rheumatology and Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Medical Immunology, Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran

Research Topic: Adaptability of Escherichia coli to higher temperatures and its effects on pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marco Galardini, Institute of Molecular Bacteriology, Twincore
Academic Background: Reproductive Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Research Topic: RNA-mediated modulation of viral and host gene expression to orchestrate pulmonary antiviral response
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Armin Braun, Preclinical Pharmacology, Fraunhofer ITEM and Prof. Dr. Axel Schambach, Institute of Experimental Hematology, MHH 
Academic Background: Biochemistry, MHH

Research Topic: Antigen-Specific Bone Marrow Plasma Cells as a Source of Functionally Optimized Monoclonal Antibodies
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yannic Bartsch, Antiviral Antibody-Omics, Twincore
Academic Background: Medical Biotechnology and Medical Molecular Medicine, University of Milan

Research Topic: Influence of temperature and antibiotic stress on dynamics and resistance development in bacterial populations 
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marcus Fulde, Institute of Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Academic Background: Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

Research Topic: Cellular Immune Imprints of Bulevirtide Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis D Patients in the Long-Term Follow Up
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heiner Wedemeyer and Dr. Norman Woller, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, MHH
Academic Background: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil

Research Topic: Cellular and humoral responses upon early connective tissue diseases (CTD)
Supervisor: Dr. Theresa Graalmann, Institute for Experimental Infection Research, Twincore
Academic Background: Biochemie; Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Research Topic: Establishment of an HDV infection system to conduct functional immunological assays to define the T-cell/B-cell interaction in HDV infection
Supervisor: Dr. Helenie Kefalakes, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology
Academic Background: Biotechnology; Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, India

Research Topic: Identify hallmarks of T-cell immunity associated with HDV control
Supervisor: Dr. Helenie Kefalakes, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, MHH
Academic Background: Biological and Biomolecular Science, Microbiology branch; University College Dublin

Research Topic: The role of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in the fecal-oral transmission of Enterobacteriaceae in the context of climate change
Supervisor: PD Dr. Marius Vital, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, MHH
Academic Background: Plant Sciences, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Bioinformatics, LMU

Research Topic: The regulation of Type I IFN mRNA by RNA-binding proteins
Supervisor: Dr. Nora Schmidt, Institute of Virology, MHH
Academic Background: Virology, ICMR-National Institute of Virology affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University

Research Topic: Characterization of fetal γδ T cells in amniotic fluid to dissect regulatory mechanisms of their development and tissue adaption in humans
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sarina Ravens, Institute of Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Medical Biology; Human Biology; Radboud University, Netherlands

Research Topic: Impact of temperature on the infectivity of Listeria monocytogenes in human intestinal epithelial cells and organoids
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dirk Schlüter and Dr. Nishant Gopala Krishna, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedicine, MHH

Research Topic: Towards a better understanding of γδ T cells in adverse pregnancies 
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sarina Ravens, Institute of Immunology, MHH
Academic Background: Biomedical Sciences; University of Edinburgh