Kübra Çağlar

Dr. rer. nat. candidate(LMU Munich)

Project Title:Lymphotoxin driven chronic lung allograft dysfunction after lung transplantation (LoxCLAD)

Keywords:  lung transplantation(LTx), Lymphotoxin beta receptor (LTβR), chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD)

Yildirim-Conlon Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Penghang Chen

Ph.D. candidate(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Development of a platform technology for inhalable nanomedicine: novel nanoformulations, enhanced deep-lung delivery and imaging technologies

Keywords: aerosol, nanomedicine delivery, Bio-imaging

Schmid Lab(Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Sirui Chen

Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title:Molecular mechanisms underlying the protection against childhood asthma by exposure to farm dust.

Keywords:  Childhood Asthma; Adaptive Immunology; Farm dust; T cells; Checkpoint Inhibitor

Yildirim-Conlon Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Natalie Fischhaber

Associated Ph.D. candidate(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title:Inhibition of respiratory viruses with siRNAs using lung infection models

Keywords: Air-liquid interface cultures; siRNA pools; Pandemic preparedness

Michler Lab, Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin (LMU Klinikum)

Christina Gabriel

Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title:Establishment and Validation of an in vitro mini-lung disease model for the development of inhalable drugs

Keywords:  Cyclic in vitro cell-stretch (CIVIC), Biphasic Elastic Thin for Air-liquid culture conditions (BETA) membrane, Emphysema

Schmid Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Shuang Hong

Associated Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title:Molecular mechanisms of EGFR TKI resistance in NSCLC cell co culture

Keywords:  EGFR TKI ;resistance;NSCLL;co culture

Med. Klinik und Poliklinik 5, LMU

Joshua Jäger

M.D. candidate(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Validating and characterizing new hit compounds for the inhibition of TGFß-1-induced ECM deposition in interstitial lung diseases

Keywords: Phenotypic Drug Screening; High content imaging assays; Lung tissue cultures + cell culture; Lung fibrosis

Burgstaller Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Meng Liu

Ph.D. candidate(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Transcriptomic and epigenetic regulation of fibroblasts in the wound healing of diabetic ulcer and screening of chemical compound

Keywords: regeneration medicine; keloid; wound healing

Rinkevich Lab/ Institute of Regenerative Biology and Medicine (IRBM)

Shuangxi Liu

Associated Ph.D. candidate(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of mucosa regeneration and adhesions of nasal cavity

Keywords: cellular and molecular mechanisms; mucosa regeneration; adhesions of nasal cavity

Kevin Merchant

Ph.D. candidate(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Identification of novel antifibrotics by FANTAIL analysis and elucidation of N23Ps' antifibrotic mode of action

Keywords: IPF, drug development, machine learning, bioinformatics, data science

Burgstaller Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Sai Rama Sridatta Prakki

Ph.D. candidate(TUM)

Project Title: Analysis of enhancer driven gene regulatory networks and cell circuit trajectories in human lung regeneration and fibrosis

Keywords: Enhancer-driven gene regulatory networks (eGRN); Cell circuit trajectories; Human lung regeneration; Fibrosis; Longitudinal analysis of scRNAseq data

Schiller Lab (Precision Regenerative Medicine, PRM)

Lea Theilacker

Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title:Molecular mechanisms underlying the role of immunoferroptosis in lung transplant rejection

Keywords:  Lung transplantation, Immunoferroptosis, Acute and Chronic Rejection

Yildirim-Conlon Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Zhenda Wang

Ph.D. candidate(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Multimodel analysis of subtissular niches in pediatric human lungs

Keywords: single cell, spatial proteomics, inhalation interface

Schiller Lab (Precision Regenerative Medicine, PRM)

Guo Yang

Ph.D. candidate(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title:Intravital microscopic investigation of macrophage and mast cell responses during lung inflammation induced by environmentally derived fine dusts

Keywords: Intravital microscopy, macrophage, mast cell, lung inflammation

Rehberg Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Fanzhu Zeng

Ph.D. candidate(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: New Targets and Therapeutics for Tissue Regeneration

Keywords: Tissue Repair and Regeneration; Pathology; Stem cell Biology; Healing; Scarring

Rinkevich Lab/ Institute of Regenerative Biology and Medicine (IRBM)