Welcoming Valentin Sebastian Schäfer to ImmunoSensation
—The Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation is delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Valentin Sebastian Schäfer as its newest member. Valentin Schäfer is a distinguished physician-scientist based at the University Hospital Bonn, where he serves as the head of the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Clinic of Internal Medicine III.
—The identification of genes involved in diseases is one of the major challenges of biomedical research. Researchers at the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) have developed a method that makes their identification much easier and faster: they light up genome sequences in the cell nucleus. In contrast to complex screenings using established methods, the NIS-Seq method can be used to investigate the genetic determinants of almost any biological process in human cells. The study has now been published in Nature Biotechnology.
The ‘choreographers’ of tissue development and function
—The German Research Foundation (DFG) is setting up a new research group at the University of Bonn. ‘MagNet: Macrophage Niche Network Dynamics’ is dedicated to the systematic study of macrophages, specialised immune cells that play a central role in tissue development and function. The spokesperson of the research group is ImmunoSensation member Prof Dr Elvira Mass from the University of Bonn, supported by co-spokesperson Prof Dr Falk Nimmerjahn from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).
—Our Cluster is delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Anne-Katrin Pröbstel as a new member. Joining from the University of Basel, where she established herself as a leading expert in neuroimmunology and immune-microbiota interactions, Anne-Katrin Pröbstel brings her innovative research to our thriving immunological community in Bonn.
—Our Cluster is delighted to announce that Prof. Dr. Kaan Boztug, a renowned immunologist and pediatrician from Vienna, has joined our growing scientific community.
—Scientific and personal exchange among the scientists of ImmunoSensation is at the core of the annual internal ImmunoSensation science meeting - the Cluster Science Days. We thank all our scientists, speakers, contributors and guests for another great meeting, full of exchange, cooperation and networking.
Collaborative Research Center "Metaflammation" extended
—With the participation of scientists from ImmunoSensation, the Collaborative Research Centre "Metaflammation and Cellular Programming" is investigating the links between lifestyle and inflammatory processes. The German Research Foundation has now extended funding for the research centre.
ImmunoSensation members among "highly cited researchers"
—Five scientists from ImmunoSensation are among the world's most cited researchers, annualy published by the information service provider Clarivate Analytics. Once more, Prof. Joachim Schultze (DZNE), Prof. Andreas Schlitzer (LIMES) and Prof. Eicke Latz (DRFZ), Prof. Jonathan Schmid-Burgk (UKB) and Thomas Bieber (UKB) are part of the impressive list.
—Healthy people need a healthy planet. As clear as this message is, as complex is the challenge of achieving it. The link between our lifestyle, our individual health and the health of the planet provides the key to a deeper understanding. The exhibition ‘What the Health - Eine Welt. Deine Gesundheit!’ (One World. Your Health!) is a joint project at the Research Museum König, realized by the University of Bonn and partners. The exhibition motivates visitors to rethink their lifestyle and make it healthier and more sustainable in the future.
