Simon Zenke

Dr.

Doctoral Researcher
(Alumni)

Medical Center – University of Freiburg

Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI)

2016 – 2021 PhD student in the lab of Dr. Jan Rohr, AG Ehl, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg
2015 – 2016 Novartis Institutes of BioMEdical Research, Basel, Switzerland
2012 – 2014 Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Immunology, University of Freiburg
2009 – 2012 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), focus on Immunology, University of Freiburg

Publications

Stepensky P, Rensing-Ehl A, Gather R, Revel-Vilk S, Fischer U, Nabhani S, Beier F, Brümmendorf TH, Fuchs S, Zenke S, Firat E, Pessach VM, Borkhardt A, Rakhmanov M, Keller B, Warnatz K, Eibel H, Niedermann N,Elpeleg O, Ehl S. 2015. Early-onset Evans syndrome, immunodeficiency, and premature immunosenescence associated with tripeptidyl-peptidase II deficiency. Blood 125: 753-761.

Awards, Scholarschips

2018 Post prize at Upper Rhine Immunology Meeting
2018 Dr. Lingel-Stiftung Travel Grand

Publications based on CRC1160 funding

Rojas-Restrepo J, Sindram E, Zenke S, Haberstroh H, Mitsuiki N, Gabrysch A, Huebscher K, Posadas-Cantera S, Krausz M, Kobbe R, Rohr JC, Grimbacher B, Gámez-Díaz L. 2023. Functional Relevance of CTLA4 Variants: an Upgraded Approach to Assess CTLA4-Dependent Transendocytosis by Flow Cytometry. J Clin Immunol. doi: 10.1007/s10875-023-01582-9.

Zink A, Zenke S, Wiese T, Beyersdorf N, Lämmermann T, Rohr JC. 2023. Analyzing trogocytosis of T lymphocytes by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. STAR Protoc. Jan 11;4(1):102013. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.102013.

Zenke S, Palm MM, Braun J, Gavrilov A, Meiser P, Böttcher JP, Beyersdorf N, Ehl S, Gerard A, Lämmermann T, Schumacher TN, Beltman JB, Rohr JC. 2020. Quorum Regulation via Nested Antagonistic Feedback Circuits Mediated by the Receptors CD28 and CTLA-4 Confers Robustness to T Cell Population Dynamics. Immunity. 52(2):313-327.e7.