Alumni
2025
Nabil Boui
Topic: Deciphering the role of cAMP response element driven gene regulation in tumor-associated macrophage polarization and function
2024
Dr. rer. nat. Kathrin Braband
Thesis: Characteritation of CCR8+ regulatory T cells in human tumors and healthy tissue (TP19N Delacher/Marini)
Affiliation: Institute of Immunology, UMC Mainz
Ikra Gizem Yildiz
Topic: Neo-epitope specific T-cells (TP17 Kreiter/Sahin)
Affiliation: BioNTech
Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Lukas Olk
Topic: Multimodal analysis of a clinical PanCancer collective (TPQ1 Tenzer/Bukur/Gaida)
Affiliation: Institute of Pathology, UMC Mainz
2023
Lisa Marie Reindl
Topic: Improving NK-cell based immunotherapy against solid pediatric malignancies (TP12 Ullrich/Kühn)
Affiliation: University Medical Center / University Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Campe
Topic: The role of CD4 T cells in GVHD and GvL (TP12 Ullrich/Kühn)
Affiliation: Jöckel Innovation Consulting
Dr. rer. nat. Nawid Albinger
Thesis: Generation and evaluation of chimeric antigen receptor-modified natural killer cells for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (TP12 Ullrich/Kühn)
Affiliation: Novartis
Dr. Julia Schäfer
Thesis: Metabolic reprogramming in SIRT6-deficient hepatoblastoma cells and impact on anti-tumor response of macrophages (TP07E Strand/Marquardt)
Affiliation: Abbott
Catharina Majer
Topic: SAMHD1: impact on inflammation and DNA damage response in HIV-1 and malignant diseases (TP04: König)
Affiliation: BioSpring GmbH
2022
Dr. Josephin Schwarz
Topic: Immunomodulation of cytomegalovirus latency and reactivation by regulatory T cells and dendritic cells (TP14E Holtappels/Clausen)
Affiliation: Biotest AG
Sara Becker, PhD
Thesis: In vitro targeting of murine cytomegalovirus immune evasion proteins and transcriptional control of the m152 gene (TP11 Lemmermann/Reddehase)
Affiliation: Institute of Virology, University Hospital Bonn
Dr. rer. nat. Vinzenz Särchen
Thesis: Molecular dissection of BV6 induced sensitization of rhabdomyosarcoma spheroids towards NK cell attack (TP12 Fulda/Ullrich)
Affiliation: University Medical Center Rostock
Marie Kruchem
Topic: In vivo treatment of NSCLC with combination of immunotherapies and investigation of their effects in a genetically modified mouse model (TP08 Sprinzl/Schuppan)
Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Lang
Thesis: Preclinical evaluation of TCR gene transfer in combination with arginase inhibition as a therapeutic approach in anticancer medicine (TP06 Munder/Theobald)
Affiliation: BionTech SE, Mainz
Christian Gosmann
Topic: Characterization and modulation of M1/M2/TAM (TP08 Sprinzl/Schuppan)
Affiliation: BD, Heidelberg
Dr. Sara Hamdan
Topic: lmmunomodulation of cytomegalovirus latency and reactivation by regulatory T cells and dendritic cells (TP14 Holtappels/Clausen)
Affiliation: Ipsen, Göttingen
2021
Lynn Bitar, PhD
Thesis: Bioactive Lipid Signaling in Acute Brain Injury (TP09 Schmidt/Zipp)
Affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Mainz
Fatima Al-Naimi
Topic: Novel molecular regulators of Treg differentiation and function (TP18 Sparwasser)
Dr. rer. nat. Yagmur Bülbül
Thesis: Charakterisierung einer neuartigen T-Zell Stimulation durch humane neutrophile Granulozyten (TP06 Munder/Theobald)
Affiliation: Sanofi, Erlangen
Julia Schmiedeke, PhD
Thesis: Impact of murine cytomegalovirus proteins on mast cell degranulation (TP11 Lemmermann/Reddehase)
Affiliation: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Stockholm, Sweden
2020
Stefanie Keller, PhD
Thesis: Exploration of the oncogene EGFRvIII as a target for the cure of malignant brain Tumors (TP09 Schmidt/Zipp)
Affiliation: streamedup!, Wiesbaden
Dr. rer. nat. Meike Kespohl
Thesis: Impact of the ISG15 System on Coxsackievirus B3 infection (TP02 Beling/Ruf)
Affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Charite Berlin
