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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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)