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Bianka Bohnacker
Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)
Project Title: Deciphering the role of ubiquitin modifications in non-small cell lung cancer
Keywords: lung cancer, NSCLC, ubiquitin
Diefenbacher Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)
Sefa Berkay Çayır
Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)
Project Title: Deciphering the role of epigenetic mechanisms during ageing and environmental stress in COPD using lung organoids
Keywords: Lung, COPD, Organoids, Ageing
Jiating Deng
Ph.D. candidate(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)
Project Title: Integrated Analysis of Cellular Pathways of Respiratory Nanotoxicity
Keywords: nanoparticle, respiratory, toxicity, mechanism
Nancy Dhyani
Ph.D. candidate (TUM)
Project Title: Effect of climate change on chronic diseases (e.g. COPD) and the innate immune system: Function of Epigenome
Keywords: Epigenome, Trained Immunity, Innate Immune system, Redox Signalling, ROS (reactive oxygen species), NO (nitric oxide)
Mansi Kumari
Dr. rer. nat. candidate (TUM)
Project Title: Effect of abiotic and biotic stress conditions on trained immunity: Redox-regulation of cellular pathways and epigenetic mechanisms
Keywords: ROS (reactive oxygen species), NO (nitric oxide), Trained Immunity, Epigenetics, Redox Signaling
Elias Primerano
Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)
Project Title: The role of interstitial lung macrophages in the early diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Keywords: Lung, COPD, innate immunity, macrophages
Sharduli
Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)
Project Title: Lung organoids to investigate the links between ageing and environmental stress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Keywords: Lung organoids, airway epithelial barrier function, environmental insults, smoke microinjections, drug screening
Lin Shen
Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)
Project Title: Identification, Validation, and Development of Novel Antifibrotic Drugs by Using Next-Generation Human Fibrosis Models
Keywords: Phenotypic Drug Screening; IPF; 3D Cell Culture; Cell Biology
Burgstaller Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)
Dmytro Sirokha
Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)
Project Title: Deciphering the Role of Monocytes in the Progression of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Keywords: IPF, Monocytes, Myeloid Lineage, Platelets
Marleen Stremlau
Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)
Project Title: Establishment and validation of an in vitro mini-lung model for activation of different types of disease mechanisms
Keywords: lung-on-a-chip, Cyclic in vitro cell-stretch (CIVIC), Biphasic Elastic Thin for Air-liquid culture conditions (BETA) membrane
Claas Tapken
Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)
Project Title: CD30 regulates iBALT driven immunopathogenesis of COPD
Keywords: Lung Health; COPD; Immunology; B cells
Yildirim-Conlon Lab/ Strobl Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)
Yağmur Ceren Ünal
Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)
Project Title: Restoring of immune surveillance in immune-cold NSCLC via the ubiquitin system
Keywords: Lung cancer, Immunology, Ubiquitin System, tumor microenvironment
Diefenbacher Lab(Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)