Faculty
Several internationally recognized research groups of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, the Humboldt University, the Free University of Berlin, the University Hospital Charité, the Robert Koch Institute and the Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research are involved in the Berlin Research School for Infectious Diseases and Immunology. They cover a wide range of scientific areas including microbiology, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology and immunology. You can find a short description of the major research interests of each group leader and a selection of key publications when you click on the links below. The introductions to the research groups will help you to decide which are your three favourite research fields when you apply to the Research School.

List of faculty members

Bogner, Elke

  • Research Focus
    -Human Cytomegalovirus
Dirnagl, Ulrich

  • Research Focus
    - Cerebral ischemia and stroke
    - Brain - immune interaction and CNS Inflammation
    - Regulation of cerebral blood flow
    - Functional and molecular brain imaging
Ehlers, Marc

  • Research Focus
    - Regulation of Autoreactive B cells
  • - Role of Self-reactive Antibodies
Genersch, Elke

  • Research Focus
    - Pathogen-Host Interactions in the Honeybee
Greenwood, Alex

  • Research Focus
    - Diseases of Wildlife Species
    - Pathogen Load and Health Status of Wildlife Species
    - Diseases and Population Dynamics
Hamann, Alf

  • Research Focus
    - Topographical memory of T cells
    • - Immune regulation, tolerance and immunotherapy
Hartmann, Susanne

  • Research Focus
    - Immunmodulation by parasites
Heppner, Frank

  • Research Focus
    - acute and chronic CNS infection
  • - role of microglia
Herrmann, Andreas

  • Research Focus
    - Viral Fusion Proteins
    - Virus Entry and Replication
Hofer, Heribert

  • Research Focus
    - Pathogen-Host Interactions in the Wildlife
    - Adaptations and Immunocompetence of
    Host Species
    - Co-evolution of Pathogen and Host
Kaufmann, Stefan H. E.

  • Research Focus
    - Vaccination and Drugs against Tuberculosis
    - Immune Responses to Intracellular Bacteria
    - Chronic Inflammations
Krüger, Detlev

  • Research Focus
    - Hantavirus and Hantavirus Infections
Lehnardt, Seija

  • Research Focus
    - Innate Immune Receptors in Inflammatory
    Neurodegeneration
Löhning, Max

  • Research Focus
    - Cellular and Molecular Understanding of the
    Immunological Memory
Lucius, Richard

  • Research Focus
    - Parasite-Host Interactions
Matuschewski, Kai

  • Research Focus
    - Plasmodium-Host Interaction
Melchers, Fritz

  • Research Focus
    - Development of the Immune system from Stem Cells
Meyer, Thomas F.

  • Research Focus
    - Pathogen-Host Cell Crosstalk
    - Global Analyses of Infections
    - Nucleus Biology of Infections
    - Translational InfectionBiology
Opitz, Bastian

  • Research Focus
    - Pathogen Sensing and Host Response in the Lung
Osterrieder, Klaus

  • Research Focus
    - Varicella Zoster Virus
    - Marek's Disease Virus
    - Equine Herpesvirus Type 1
Radbruch, Andreas

  • Research Focus
    - Understand the "Pathogenic" Memory
    - Strategies against Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
Saumweber, Harald

  • Research Focus
    - Chromatin Proteins and the Control of Gene Expression
Schönrich, Günther

  • Research Focus
    - Virus-Host Interactions
Siegmund, Britta

  • Research Focus
    - Role of Adipocytes
  • - Histone-Deacetylases
Suttorp, Norbert

  • Research Focus
    - Pathogen-Host Interaction in the Lung
Tedin, Karsten

  • Research Focus
    - Salmonella Pathogenesis
    - Influence of Probiotics
Thiel, Andreas

  • Research Focus
    - Inflammatory Cells in Autoimmune Diseases
    - Immune Senescence
    - Regenerative Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases
Vogel, Jörg

  • Research Focus
    - Non-coding RNA in Bacterial Pathogens
    - Regulatory Roles of sRNAs in Pathogen-Host Interactions
Volk, Hans-Dieter

  • Research Focus
    - Diagnosis and Treatment of Immunological Diseases
Wardemann, Hedda

  • Research Focus
    - Development and Regulation of Autoantibodies
    - Autoantibodies in Infections and Autoimmune Diseases
Wieler, Lothar

  • Research Focus
    - Development and Regulation of Autoantibodies
    - Interdisciplinary Research on Zoonoses
Wolff, Thorsten

  • Research Focus
    - Pathogenity Mechanisms of Influenza Viruses
Zychlinsky, Arturo

  • Research Focus
    - Apoptosis
    - Neutrophils
    - Toll-like Receptors
    - Type III Secretion