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)

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(LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Integrated Analysis of Cellular Pathways of Respiratory Nanotoxicity

Keywords: nanoparticle, respiratory, toxicity, mechanism

Stöger 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)

Associated Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School;  GRK 2338, 3rd Cohort)

Project Title: Organotypic in vitro models for high throughput prediction assays

Keywords: Carbon nano particle, innate immunity, lung organoids

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

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

Project Title: Analysis of genetic perturbations in healthy and diseased lungs

Keywords: Lung Regeneration, Spatial transcriptomics, AAV-based genetic perturbations

Schiller Lab (Precision Regenerative Medicine, PRM)

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 monocytes in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Keywords: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, monocytes, Single-cell RNA sequence

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

Associated Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School;  GRK 2338, 3rd Cohort)

Project Title: Spatially resolved single cell analysis of human lung aging

Keywords: lung aging, cellular senescence, single cell analysis, spatial transcriptomics

Schiller Lab (Precision Regenerative Medicine, PRM)

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)

Associated Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School;  GRK 2338, 3rd Cohort)

Project Title: Immuno-molecular mechanisms underlying loss of airways in pre-COPD as a pathological driver of COPD progression

Keywords: Lung, COPD, T cells

Yildirim-Conlon 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: 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)

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: Mechanisms and health implications of charged aerosol particle deposition in the respiratory tract

Keywords: charged aerosol deposition, epidemiology, in vitro

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