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Physical and mental health go hand in hand – that’s why the University Health Day at the University of Freiburg is dedicated to numerous topics such as mindfulness healthy eating and sleep, stress management and multitasking within a framework of lectures, information booths and workshops.
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Dr. Maike Hofmann, scientist of the CRC 1160 (A02), has been accepted into the Heisenberg Programme from the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Marta Rizzi (B02) has taken on a Heisenberg professorship at the University of Freiburg on April 1, 2023 with a research focus on immunodeficiencies

DFG granted 3. Funding period for CRC 1160.

We are proud and happy and are looking forward to the next 4 years of research.

Alexander Nyström (B03) was selected by the European Society for Dermatological Research to give the lecture “Rising Star in Dermatology” at the first global meeting of the societies for investigative dermatological research – ISID2023, Tokyo, 10-13 May, 2023.

Dr. Christoph Schell, scientist of the CRC 1160 (Z01), has been accepted into the Heisenberg Programme from the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Dr. Susana Minguet García, scientist of the CRC 1160 (B01), will receive a Heisenberg Professorship from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for Synthetic Immunology on April 1, 2023. The Professorship is based at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Freiburg.

The CRC 1160 scientist, Robert Zeiser (B09) has received an ERC Advanced grant for his project AlloCure, which aims to decipher the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the immune response against leukaemia cells and enteroendocrine cells after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, with funding of 2.5 million euros over 5 years.

Dr. Maike Hofmann wurde mit dem Georges-Köhler-Preis 2022 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Immunologie (DGfI) für ihre Forschungsarbeiten zur virusspezifischen Immunantwort von CD8+ T-Zellen ausgezeichnet . Diese haben grundlegend zu einem besseren Verständnis der Immunbiologie bei viraler Hepatitis sowie bei SARS-CoV-2-Infektionen und der entsprechenden mRNA-Impfung beigetragen.

The Upper Rhine Immunology (URI) meeting will bring together researchers from Strasbourg, Basel, Karlsruhe and Freiburg who will present their recent work and expert views in the fields of adaptive and innate immunity, signaling and immune response, hematopoiesis, immunodeficiency, inflammation and disease, as well as immunotherapy.

A big THANK YOU to all the attendees joining this year’s SFB1160 PPII conference, for all the amazing talks and the lively discussions, we are very happy to have had you all here in Freiburg in presence !

The scientific committee had put together a wonderful 3-day programme that attracted more than 260 participants to listen to and discuss exciting scientific talks.

On behalf of the boards of the CRC 1160 – IMPATH and the Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), we are delighted to invite you to participate to the “From Paradigms to Paradoxes in Immunity and Immunopathology (PPII) International Conference” – to be held in Freiburg from 06-08 October 2022.

Registration and abstract submission closed!

Title: Discovering TNF, TLRs, and other key components of the immune system

Prof. Dr. Robert Zeiser (B09) receives the 2022 Prevention Prize from the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) and the German Foundation for Internal Medicine. The prize is awarded for the best work in the field of primary and secondary prevention of internal diseases.