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Theses

Leonie Heyden

“Identification of novel mediators of T cell function in chronic infection and cancer”

Rebecca Linke

"The role of G-quadruplexes in myeloid dendritic cells"

Alexandru Odainic

"Molecular and Immunological Mechanisms Underlying Inflammation during SARS-CoV-2 Infection"

Lewis Dylan Newland

"Dissecting mechanisms of CD8+ T cell-mediated control of metastatic melanoma"

Tarek Elmzzahi

"Molecular determinants of brain-resident CD8+ T cells in health and disease"

Adrian Semeniuk

"Salmonella-specific CD4+ T cells in the murine model of Salmonellosis"

Vibha Udupa

"BMI-1-A novel Epigenetic Regulator of CD8+ T Cell Differentiation"

Ioanna Gemünd

"Multi-layer single-cell omics applications in the context of infection"

Mauel, Katharina

"Cellular and molecular dynamics of splenic myeloid cells during blood-stage malaria"

Maione, Andrea

"FVIII-albumin fusion proteins enhance the induction of immune tolerance towards coagulation factor VIII in haemophilia A mice"

Standke, Lena

"Characterisation of Inflammasome-Induced Extracellular Vesicles, Their Uptake by and Effect on Bystander Cells"

Valle Torres, Stalin Santiago

"Inflammation-dependent differentiation of two distinct regulatory T cell populations in the visceral adipose tissue shapes systemic metabolism"

Kopp, Anja

"From pattern recognition to pro-inflammatory cell death - Functional characterization of the proteins NLRP7 and GSDMD"

Thiem, Manja Wibke

"Role of the chemokines CCL17 and CCL22 in bacterial infection and IL-33-induced immune responses"

Kretzmer, Freya Maria

"Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 based RiboTag strategy to identify regulators of melanoma immune interaction"

Abdalla Abbas Jafer Ali

"Nanoparticle delivery of molecular agents to tackle HIV latency"

Pannek, Andreas

"The cell biology of the FcRn-albumin recycling system"

Straub, Sarah

"Global 3'-UTR Length Changes Form a Novel Layer of Regulation in the Macrophage Response to Interferon-Beta"

Steiner, Annemarie

"Investigation of novel pathways causing autoinflammatory disease"

Rafeld, Linda

"Role of IFN-y induced genes in cell autonomous defence against Legionellae"

Bawden, Emma

"Melanoma immunosurveillance by CD4+ T cells"

Holz, Marvin

“Nucleic acid sensing in CD4 T cells during HIV-1 and other viral infections” 

Rigau Cortal, Marc

"Recognition of Butyrophilin-family Members by gamma-delta T Cells"

Assmus, Lisa

„Impact of chronic liver inflammation on adaptive immune responses to viral infection”

Budden, Christina

„Characterisation of Extracellular Vesicles Released upon NLRP3 Activation and Their Impact on Bystander Cells"

Dähling, Sabrina

"Essential and complementary function of dendritic cell subsets during immunotherapy”

Effern, Maike

"Modelling melanoma control by immunotherapy and tissue-resident memory T cells using CRISPR/Cas9-based approaches” 

Erazo, Anna Belen

“Role of the chemokines CCL17 and CCL22 in the immune defence against Salmonella infection”