Area A: Antiviral small molecules
A1: CDK7 kinase pathways as a drug targeting strategy for broad antiherpesviral intervention
Lucio Fortelny, doctoral researcher (MD)
Silja Jenne, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Pia Geiger, associated doctoral researcher (PhD)
Debora Obergfäll, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Julia Tillmanns, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Markus Wild, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumnus)
A2: Enhancing immunogenicity of Human T-cell leukaemia virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) by interfering with viral transcription
Abarna Baheerathan, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Stefanie Heym, associated doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Stephan Kohrt, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumnus)
Jonas Prokscha, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Louisa Rasp, doctoral researcher (MD)
Annika Schnell, doctoral researcher (MD, Alumna)
A3: Enhancing antiviral immunity by blocking SAMHD1 activity
Mona Dachsel, doctoral researcher (MD)
Justine Lagisquet, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Aleksandra Mitric, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Anna Stiegler, doctoral researcher (MD)
Lennard Voss, doctoral researcher (PhD)
A4: Antiretroviral therapy with amendment of HIV-1-specific T-cell response
Janina Auth, associated doctoral researcher (MD, Alumna)
Maximilian Große, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumnus)
Christoph Weingärtner, associated doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumnus)
A5: Bispecific antiviral peptides
Laura Rüther, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Area B: Harnessing T-cell immunity
B1: Transcriptional targeting of dendritic cells as a new therapeutic vaccine against HIV-1
Alexandra Birzer, associated doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Astrid Strack, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
B2: LCMV as model for immune intervention by antigen targeting in chronic viral infections
Simon Buttweiler, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Katja Schnabel, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Giorgi Tchitashvili, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumnus)
Johannes Zeyda, doctoral researcher (MD, Alumnus)
B3: Induction of Nef-resistant HIV-1-specific CTL responses as a new strategy for the development of HIV-1-specific therapeutic vaccines
Anahita Blaschke, doctoral researcher (MD)
Nina Böhmer, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Boutaina El Kenz, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Jeannine Kremer, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Moritz Schmiedeberg, associated doctoral researcher (PhD)
B4: Preclinical evaluation of a combination of checkpoint blockade with dendritic cell vaccination against Merkel Cell Carcinoma and other virally induced cancers
Franziska Bremm, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Niklas Feuchter, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Tatjana Sauerer, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
B5: Induction of tissue-resident memory T cells by gene-based vaccines as first line of defence against pathogens entering the host via mucosal surfaces
Ana Isabel Vieira Antão, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Leon Engelmann, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Leticia Jörg, doctoral researcher (MD)
Katharina Kocher, associated doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Vera Viherlehto, doctoral researcher (PhD)
B6: An animal model of HLA-independent, chimeric antigen receptor-mediated adoptive immunotherapy against cytomegaloviruses
Christopher Bednar, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumnus)
Lara Ebbinghaus, doctoral researcher (MD)
Manuel Hermann, doctoral researcher (MD)
Kristina Holdt, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Sabrina Kübel, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Hanna Menschikowski, doctoral researcher (MD, Alumna)
B8: Ex vivo metabolic profiling of human antigen-specific T cell responses after yellow fever and SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination
Eva Brunner, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Sina Frischholz, doctoral researcher (PhD)
B9: A novel vaccine platform for the induction of mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2
Laura Cáceres, associated doctoral researcher (PhD)
Lukas Lächele, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Area C: Antibody-based immunotherapy and prophylaxis
C1: Towards novel HIV immunotherapeutics: bispecific antibody paratope mimics
Simon Leukel, associated doctoral researcher (PhD)
Nina Raasch, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Lucas Weißenborn, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumnus)
C2: Structure-based design and optimisation of ligands for novel antiviral strategies
Manuel Deubler, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumnus)
Olena Denysenko, doctoral researcher (PhD)
C3: Protection from cytomegalovirus infection by antibodies
Larissa Bauer, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Nandini Datta, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Maria Leven (joint project with B3), doctoral researcher (MD)
Simon Schäfer, associated doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumnus)
C4: Recombinant MHV-68 as a model system for Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus vaccine development
Burak Aksoy, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Alexandra Bittner, doctoral researcher (MD)
Hannah Byren, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Alexander Müller, doctoral researcher (MD)
Niklas Stritt, doctoral researcher (MD)
C5: Inducing long-lasting HIV Env-specific antibody responses by intrastructural help
Nils Bartelsen, associated doctoral researcher (PhD)
Riccardo Di Vincenzo, doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumnus)
Caroline Rolfes, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Tobias Schrödel, associated doctoral researcher (PhD)
Marie Sieger, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Jule Stobrawe, doctoral researcher (MD )
C7: Therapeutic efficacy of anti-viral IgG with enhanced Fc effector functions
Ann-Kathrin Schneider, doctoral researcher (PhD)
C8: Antiviral memory T follicular cells as a correlate of vaccination efficacy
Laura Sprißler, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Cooperation Ragon Institute
Project Bruce Walker:
Julia Hitschfel, associated doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Project Douglas Kwon:
Mariette Kappen, associated doctoral researcher (PhD)
Project Mathias Lichterfeld:
Aischa Niesar, associated doctoral researcher (PhD, Alumna)
Project Amy Barczak:
Pooja Uchil, associated doctoral researcher (PhD)
