Who we are

SynthImmune is an interdisciplinary network that spans across many institutions at the Heidelberg and Mannheim Campus of Heidelberg University.

The Synthimmune Team

Core Principal investigators

Principal investigatorsLocation / InstitutionField of expertise
Till BaernighausenBärnighausen, TillUHD, HD Institute of Global Health (HIGH)Implementation Research
Franziska BlaeschkeBlaeschke, FranziskaUHD, Hopp’s Childrens Cancer Center + DKFZ HDImmunology
Adelheid CerwenkaCerwenka, AdelheidUHD, Mannheim (MA) Institute for Innate Immunoscience (MI3)Immunology, Oncology
Professor Oliver Fackler - UHD, Center of Integrative Infectious Diseases research (CIID)Fackler, OliverUHD, Center of Integrative Infectious Diseases research (CIID)Spokesperson
Infectious Diseases, Immunology
Friedrich FrischknechtFrischknecht, FriedrichUHD, CIIDInfectious Diseases
Victorija GlembockyteGlembockyte, VictorijaMPImR HDDeoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Nanotechnology, Fluorescence Microscopy
Kerstin GoepfrichGöpfrich, KerstinUHD, Center for Molecular Biology of UHD (ZMBH)Co Spokesperson
Synthetic Biology, DNA/RNA Nanotechnology
Nora HeinzelmannHeinzelmann, NoraUHD, Institute for Philosophy + Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials (IMSEAM)Ethics, Philosophy
Thomas HoeferHöfer, ThomasDKFZ HDImmunology, Computing, Oncology
Wolfgang HuberHuber, WolfgangEMBL HDComputing, Machine Learning
Anna KreshukKreshuk, AnnaEMBL HDComputing, Machine Learning
Sonja LogesLoges, SonjaUHD, MA Cancer Center + DKFZ HDOncology
Frauke MueckschMücksch, FraukeUHD, CIIDInfectious Diseases
Dominik NiopekNiopek, DominikUHD, Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB)Synthetic Biology
Nina PapavasiliouPapavasiliou, NinaDKFZ HDImmunology
Michael PlattenPlatten, MichaelUHD, Department of Neurology + DKFZ HDCo Spokesperson
Immunology, Oncology
Axel RoersRoers, AxelUHD, Institute of ImmunologyImmunology
Susanne RothRoth, SusanneUHD, Department of SurgeryOncology
Christine Selhuber UnkelSelhuber-Unkel, ChristineUHD, IMSEAMEngineering Molecular Systems
Joachim SpatzSpatz, JoachimUHD, IMSEAM + MPImR HDEngineering Molecular Systems, Synthetic Biology
Georg StoecklinStoecklin, GeorgUHD, MI3Immunology
Athanasios TypasTypas, AthanasiosEMBL HDInfectious Diseases
Rebecca WadeWade, RebeccaUHD ZMBH + HITS, HDComputing
Hedda WardemannWardemann, HeddaDKFZ HDImmunology
Eva WinklerWinkler, EvaUHD, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)Ethics

Associated Principal investigators

Principal investigatorsLocation/Institution
Blasco, EvaIMSEAM
Brügger, BrittaBZH
Chlanda, PetrUHD, CIID, BioQuant
Dalpke, AlexanderUKHD
Diz-Munoz, AlbaEMBL HD
Gerstung, MoritzDKFZ HD
Haikun, LiuDKFZ HD
Harbottle, RichardDKFZ HD
Hartmann, FelixDKFZ HD
Herrmann, CarlBioQuant
Jäger, DirkNCT
Jäschke, AndresUHD, IPMB
Klein, ChristianUHD, IPMB
Knop, MichaelUHD, ZMBH
Korbel, JanEMBL HD
Laketa, ViborUHD, CIID
Lusic, MarinaUHD, CIID
Molnar-Gabor, FruzsinaUHD, Faculty of Law
Moos, ThorstenUHD, Faculty of Theology
Platzman, IliaMPImR HD
Puschhof, JensDKFZ HD
Ruggieri, AlessiaUHD, CIID
Sasse, AlexanderUHD, ZMBH
Schwab, YannickEMBL HD
Schwarz, UlrichUHD, Institute for Theoretical Physics
Sun, ChongDKFZ HD
Thacker, VivekUKHD
Thomas, FranziskaUHD, Organic Chemistry Institute
Ungerechts, GuyNCT