« Personen

1.    University training and degree
1991                Diploma in Biology
1986-1988      Studies of Informatics, Freie Universität Berlin (FU)
1985-1991      Studies of Biology (FU, University of Western Australia at Perth)

2. Advanced academic qualifications
2008                Graduation in Diagnostics of Immunodeficiency and Autoimmunity (DGfI)
since 2007      W2-Professorship of Experimental Pediatrics and Neonatology, Medical Faculty, OVGU 
2004-2007      C2-Assistant Professor, Internal Medicin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin 
11/03               Venia legendi in Immunology, Freie Universität Berlin
11/03               Habilitation, Charité Berlin (mentors: Andreas Radbruch, Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester)
08/03               Graduation as Expert in Immunology of the German society of Immunology (DGfI)
03/95               Ph.D. thesis, DRFZ/FU Berlin, mentor: Avrion Mitchison

3. Postgraduate professional career
2016-2020      Vice-President of the OVGU for research, technology and equal opportunity
since 04/07     Head (W2) of the Dep. Exp. Pediatrics and Neonatology, Medical Faculty, OVGU 2002-2007      Group leader “Molecular Immunology“ , Dep. of Rheumatol. and Clin. Immunol., Charité
1997-2002      Group leader “Molecular Immunology“ at the Center of Arthritis Research Berlin (DRFZ)
1995-1997      PostDoc at the Department of Cancer Research, University of California, 
                         Berkeley, US (mentor James P. Allison, nobel laureate 2019).
1991-1995      Scientific staff member of the Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ)

3. Other
2022                Qualification in factor analysis and structural equation analysis
2020-2022      Speaker of BMBF consortium SARSImmunExpansion, program COVID-19 pandemic
2019                Hugo-Junkers Award for best innovativ research in Saxony-Anhalt
2018                Guest Professor, l´Hopital Maisonneuve, Universitée de Montreal, Canada
2018                Vice president of the conference “Kongress für Kinder-und Jugendmedizin”, Leipzig
2016-2020      Vice-President of the Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg for research, technology, and equal opportunity
2011                Nomination of Rudolph et al., 2011, as research highlight of  Nat. Immunol. (12:518)
2009                Nomination of Hoff et al., 2009, for 1000 best publications in medicine (Faculty of 1000)
since 2004      Member of the Audit Committee for “Expert in Immunology“, DGfI
2007                Max Hirsch Lecturer SS07 at the Charité, Berlin
2006-2007      Personal award for the top assistant professors of the Charité, Berlin (top 10% rating)
2004                Award 2004 of the Wolfgang Schulze foundation for the best research
2002-2004      Rahel Hirsch grant for habilitation, Charité Berlin
2003                Award 2003 of the Wolfgang Schulze foundation for the best research
1995-2000      BMBF-Fellowship (USA & Germany) given by the Deutsches Krebs-Forschungszentrum
                         Heidelberg - now Emmy Noether program

Reaserch in Adaptive Immunity
Downregulation of T-cell responses
Tumor Immunology, Checkpoint Inhibitors
Pediatric Immunology
Age-depend mechanisms
Signal transduction of T-cell differentiation
Long COVID-19

 

Immundiagnostics
Cell sorting via Tyto (Kartuschen-basierte Zellsortierung)