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Doctoral Researcher

Area A: Antiviral small molecules


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
Katja Schnabel, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Giorgi Tchitashvili, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Johannes Zeyda, doctoral researcher (MD)

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)
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)
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)
Leticia Jörg, doctoral researcher (MD)
Katharina Kocher, associated doctoral researcher (PhD)
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)
Manuel Hermann, doctoral researcher (MD)
Sabrina Kübel, doctoral researcher (PhD)
Hanna Menschikowski, doctoral researcher (MD)

B8: Ex vivo metabolic profiling of human antigen-specific T cell responses after yellow fever and SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination
Sina Frischholz, doctoral researcher (PhD)

 


Area C: Antibody-based immunotherapy and prophylaxis


Cooperation Ragon Institute