Projects

Project 1:
Host-pathogen interactions revealed by 3D high resolution microscopy

• Andreas Beilhack, IZKF Research Laboratory
• Markus Sauer, Chair of Biotechnology & Biophysics

Project 2:
Host factors required for the initiation and propagation of Chlamydia trachomatis infections

• Thomas Rudel, Chair of Microbiology

Project 3:
Bacterial and host cell factors important for the invasion and dissemination of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

• Vera Kozjak-Pavlovic, Chair of Microbiology
• Thomas Rudel, Chair of Microbiology

Project 4:
Meningococcal ligands and molecular targets required for adhesion and penetration of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier under shear stress

• Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir, Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology

Project 5:
Virulence factors and regulators required during Campylobacter jejuni infections

• Cynthia Sharma, Research Center for Infectious Diseases (ZINF)

Project 6:
Characterization of host cell responses after B. pertussis or S. aureus infection using 2D and 3D in vitro airway test systems

• Maria Steinke, Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Project 8:
Establishing a human colon model to study host-commensal-pathogen interactions under hypoxic conditions

• Jörg Vogel, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology
• Marco Metzger, Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Project 9:
Advanced full-thickness human skin models to study vector-borne infections with human parasites

• Markus Engstler, Chair of Cell and Developmental Biology
• Florian Groeber-Becker, Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Project 10:
Analysis of the innate immune response of gastrointestinal epithelium in 3D organoids

• Sina Bartfeld, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology

Project 11:
Investigating Chlamydia, HPV and co-infection dynamics using human primary 3D cervical epithelial models 

•  Cindrilla Chumduri, Chair of Microbiology­­

Project 12:
RNA-Omics and Single Cell-omics of human pathogens in 3D tissue ex vivo models

• Thomas Dandekar, Chair of Bioinformatics
• Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI)