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Sonja Borndörfer

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

Project Title: Metabolic driven epigenetic reprogramming of immune cells sensitizes to COPD development

Keywords: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Western Diet; Cigarette Smoke; Foam cells

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

Niti Chowdhury

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

Project Title: Deciphering the putative USP10-FAT10 axis in NSCLC

Keywords: FAT10,FATylation,NSCLC,USP10,PROTACs

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

Sina Dorn

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

Project Title: Immune-non-immune cell-cell interactions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Keywords: COPD, Immunology, Iterative Indirect Immunofluorescence Imaging

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

Başak Buse Karakuzulu

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

Project Title: Investigating the mode-of-action of sFRPs in lung fibrosis and exploring their antifibrotic therapeutic potential

Keywords: Lung fibrosis; sFRPs; Mode-of-Action; Therapeutics 

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

Nethaji Kuruppu

Dr. rer. nat. candidate  (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Mechanisms of Nanoparticle-Triggered Viral Reactivation and Lung Injury

Keywords: Nanoparticle-induced inflammation, viral reactivation, lung injury

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

Lena Mayer

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

Project Title: Molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of tertiary lymphoid organs in chronic lung disease 

Keywords: COPD, Fibrosis, iBALT, senescence-associated T cells

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

Lara Paulini

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

Project Title: Role of bone marrow somatic mutation in pulmonary fibrosis progression

Keywords: CHIP mutation, Monocytes/Macrophages, Pulmonary fibrosis progression

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

Lili Rusznyak

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

Project Title: Organoid-based cell therapy for COPD

Keywords: COPD, organoids, cell-therapy

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

Kimaya A. Shukla

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

Project Title: Understanding & Targeting Degradation-Resistant Cancers

Keywords: NSCLC, USP10, CRISPR/Cas9, TME

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

Viktoria von Heyl zu Herrnsheim

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

Project Title: KEAP1 as a proto-oncogene in NSCLC

Keywords: KEAP1; NSCLC; CRISPR

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

Zheng Yin

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

Project Title: Application of the SiglecF-cre Mouse Line for Alveolar Macrophage-Specific Lung Cell Targeting

Keywords: SiglecF-cre, Alveolar macrophages, Lung targeting, Cell-specific, Genetic targeting

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

Xue Zhang

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

Project Title:  Analysis of Micro/Nanoparticle induced sterile lung inflammation by Intravital Microscopy

Keywords: microplastic; toxocity; IVM; lung health

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