Department of Immunology
BIOSS – Centre for Biological Signalling Studies
Faculty of Biology
University of Freiburg
Schänzlestr. 18
79104 Freiburg i. Brsg.
- +49 (0) 761/ 203 – 67514
- susana.minguet@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
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Current position
Group leader, Department of Molecular Immunology, Biology III, University of Freiburg
Academic training
1992 – 1997 | Study of Chemistry (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) in Madrid, Spain |
Scientific qualifications
2018 | Habilitation in Immunology, University of Freiburg |
1997 – 2002 | PhD Thesis in Molecular Biology, UAM, Spain (Supervisor: Miguel Angel Rodriguez Marcos, M.D. , Ph.D.) |
Postgraduate Positions
since 2018 | Group Leader, Department of Immunology, Biology III, University of Freiburg |
2011 – 2017 | Junior Group leader, Department of Molecular Immunology, University of Freiburg |
2009 – 2011 | Research Fellow at CNIC, Madrid, Spain |
2008 – 2009 | Postdoctorate, CNIC, Madrid, Spain |
2002 – 2007 | Postdoctorate, MPI of Immunobiology, Freiburg |
Miscellaneous (Honors, Awards)
2016 | Fellowship of the Elite program for postdocs (Baden-Württemberg Foundation) |
2012 | VIII Prize of Health Sciences from Fundación Caja Rural de Granada to The best original investigation of 2012 |
2009 | Award of a 5-year tenure track position, Ramón y Cajal International Program of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation |
2003 | Prize to the best scientific publication of 2003 from Fundación Médica Mutua Madrileña |
1997 | PhD Fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation |
Significant career breaks
05/2012 – 11/2012 | Maternity leave |
05/2010 – 11/2010 | Maternity leave |
05/2008 – 11/2008 | Maternity leave |
link to all publications from S. Minguet: Pubmed
Publications based on CRC1160 funding
Schaffer AM, Minguet S. 2020. Caveolin-1, tetraspanin CD81 and flotillins in lymphocyte cell membrane organization, signaling and immunopathology. Biochem Soc Trans. BST20190387. doi: 10.1042/BST20190387. Online ahead of print.
Hartl FA, Beck-Garcìa E, Woessner NM, Flachsmann LJ, Cárdenas RMV, Brandl SM, Taromi S, Fiala GJ, Morath A, Mishra P, Yousefi OS, Zimmermann J, Hoefflin N, Köhn M, Wöhrl BM, Zeiser R, Schweimer K, Günther S, Schamel WW, Minguet S. 2020. Noncanonical binding of Lck to CD3ε promotes TCR signaling and CAR function. Nat Immunol. 21(8):902-913. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0732-3. Epub 2020 Jul 20.
Fiala GJ, Schaffer AM, Merches K, Morath A, Swann J, Herr LA, Hils M, Esser C, Minguet S, Schamel WWA. 2019. Proximal Lck Promoter-Driven Cre Function Is Limited in Neonatal and Ineffective in Adult γδ T Cell Development. J Immunol. 203(2):569-579.
Schamel, W. W., B. Alarcon, and S. Minguet. 2019. The TCR is an allosterically regulated macromolecular machinery changing its conformation while working. Immunol Rev 291: 8-25.
Juraske, C., P. Wipa, A. Morath, J. V. Hidalgo, F. A. Hartl, K. Raute, H. H. Oberg, D. Wesch, Fisch, S. Minguet, S. Pongcharoen, and W. W. Schamel. 2018. Anti-CD3 Fab Fragments Enhance Tumor Killing by Human gammadelta T Cells Independent of Nck Recruitment to the gammadelta T Cell Antigen Receptor. Front Immunol 9: 1579.
Prestipino A, Emhardt AJ, Aumann K, O’Sullivan D, Gorantla SP, Duquesne S,Melchinger W, Braun L, Vuckovic S, Boerries M, Busch H, Halbach S, Pennisi S, Poggio T, Apostolova P, Veratti P, Hettich M, Niedermann G, Bartholomä M,Shoumariyeh K, Jutzi JS, Wehrle J, Dierks C, Becker H, Schmitt-Graeff A, Follo M, Pfeifer D, Rohr J, Fuchs S, Ehl S, Hartl FA, Minguet S, Miething C, Heidel FH, Kröger N, Triviai I, Brummer T, Finke J, Illert AL, Ruggiero E, Bonini C, Duyster J, Pahl HL, Lane SW, Hill GR, Blazar BR, von Bubnoff N, Pearce EL, Zeiser R. 2018. Oncogenic JAK2(V617F) causes PD-L1 expression, mediating immune escape in myeloproliferative neoplasms. Sci Transl Med. 10(429). pii:eaam7729.
Fiala, G. J., and Minguet. 2018. Caveolin-1: The Unnoticed Player in TCR and BCR Signaling. Adv Immunol 137: 83-133.
Rauch KS, Hils M, Menner AJ, Sigvardsson M, Minguet S, Aichele P, Schachtrup C, Schachtrup K. 2017. Regulatory T cells characterized by low Id3 expression are highly suppressive and accumulate during chronic infection. Oncotarget. 8(61): 102835-102851.
Minguet, S., K. Klasener, A. M. Schaffer, G. J. Fiala, T. Osteso-Ibanez, K. Raute, I. Navarro-Lerida, F. A. Hartl, Seidl, M. Reth, and M. A. Del Pozo. 2017. Caveolin-1-dependent nanoscale organization of the BCR regulates B cell tolerance. Nat Immunol 18: 1150-1159.
Schönle A, Hartl FA, Mentzel J, Nöltner T, Rauch KS, Prestipino A, Wohlfeil SA, Apostolova P, Hechinger AK, Melchinger W, Fehrenbach K, Guadamillas MC, Follo M, Prinz G, Ruess AK, Pfeifer D, del Pozo MA, Schmitt-Graeff A, Duyster J, Hippen KI, Blazar BR, Schachtrup K, Minguet S, Zeiser R. 2016. Caveolin-1 regulates TCR signal strength and regulatory T-cell differentiation into alloreactive T cells. Blood. 127:1930-1939.
Fiala GJ, Janowska I, Prutek F, Hobeika E, Satapathy A, Sprenger A, Plum T, Seidl M, Dengjel J, Reth M, Cesca F, Brummer T, Minguet S, Schamel WW. 2015. Kidins220/ARMS binds to the B cell antigen receptor and regulates B cell development and activation. J Exp Med. 212(10):1693-708.