Deutsch Intern
Institute for Virology and Immunobiology

Curriculum Vitae

       
       
Born: 24.02.1959 in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony    
       
1977-1985 Studies of Biology at the Georg August Universität, Göttingen and Freien Universität Berlin, Berlin (West)    
1985 Diploma    
1989 PhD "Investigations on compounds of the high affinity IL-2 receptor" (summa cum laude) at the Institute of Immunology, Klinikum Steglitz with Prof. Dr. Tibor Diamantstein, Freie Universität Berlin    
1989-1991 Postdoc with Dr. H.R. MacDonald, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Epalinges/Lausanne. Studies about: MHC class II binding and CD8 T cell activation by superantigens.    
1992-2000 Postdoc and principal investigator at the Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg    
1996 Habilitation in Immunology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg    
2001 Professor for Immunogenetics at the Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg    
2016 Research Stay: Cardiff University, Systems Immunity Research Institute, Moser/Eberl lab    
  Research interests: γδ T cells and NKT cells