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

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Principal investigatorAssociationResearch Area
Bärnighausen, TillUHD, HD Institute of Global Health (HIGH)Implementation Research
Blaeschke, FranziskaUHD, Hopp’s Childrens Cancer Center + DKFZ HDImmunology
Cerwenka, AdelheidUHD, Mannheim (MA) Institute for Innate Immunoscience (MI3)Immunology, Oncology
Fackler, OliverUHD, Center of Integrative Infectious Diseases research (CIID)Spokesperson
Infectious Diseases, Immunology
Frischknecht, FriedrichUHD, CIIDInfectious Diseases
Glembockyte, VictorijaMPImR HDDeoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Nanotechnology, Fluorescence Microscopy
Göpfrich, KerstinUHD, Center for Molecular Biology of UHD (ZMBH)Co Spokesperson
Synthetic Biology, DNA/RNA Nanotechnology
Heinzelmann, 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
Kreshuk, AnnaEMBL HDComputing, Machine Learning
Sonja LogesLoges, SonjaUHD, MA Cancer Center + DKFZ HDOncology
Mücksch, FraukeUHD, CIIDInfectious Diseases
Niopek, DominikUHD, Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB)Synthetic Biology
Papavasiliou, NinaDKFZ HDImmunology
Platten, 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
Stoecklin, GeorgUHD, MI3Immunology
Athanasios TypasTypas, AthanasiosEMBL HDInfectious Diseases
Wade, RebeccaUHD ZMBH + HITS, HDComputing
Wardemann, HeddaDKFZ HDImmunology
Winkler, EvaUHD, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)Ethics
Principal investigatorsAssociationResearch Area
Blasco, EvaIMSEAMPolymer-based functional materials
Brügger, BrittaBZHModulation of protein activities by interactions with lipids & lipidomics
Buchholz, VeitDKFZImmunology, infection, and cancer
Chlanda, PetrUHD, BioQuant, CIIDCryo-electron microscopy of viral infection
Dalpke, AlexanderUKHDMedical microbiology and hygene
Diz-Munoz, AlbaEMBL HDMechanobiology at the cell surface
Friedrich, MirkoDKFZHematology and­ immune engineering
Gerstung, MoritzDKFZ HDArtificial intelligence in oncology
Harbottle, RichardDKFZ HDDNA vecotrs
Hartmann, FelixDKFZ HDSystem immunology and single cell biology
Herrmann, CarlUHD, IPMBBiomedical genomics
Jäger, DirkNCTApplied tumor immunity
Jäschke, AndresUHD, IPMBChemical biology of nucleic acids
Jordan, StefanUKHDNutritional microbiology and immunology
Klein, ChristianUHD, IPMBPharmaceutical and medical chemistry
Knop, MichaelUHD, ZMBHSystems biology, meiosis and signal transduction
Korbel, JanEMBL HDMechanisms of genomic variation and accelerated genome evolution
Laketa, ViborUHD, CIIDEstablishment and application of advanced microscopy infrastructure (Core Facility Head)
Liu, HaikunDKFZ HDMolecular neurogenetics
Lusic, MarinaUHD, CIIDNuclear architecture in viral infection
Molnar-Gabor, FruzsinaUHD, Faculty of LawInternational health and medical law and data protection law
Moos, ThorstenUHD, Faculty of TheologySystematic theology (ethics)
Platzman, IliaMPImR HDConstruction of cells
Puschhof, JensDKFZ HDEpithelium microbiome interactions
Ruggieri, AlessiaUHD, CIIDTranslational control by RNA viruses
Sadaf PashapourPashapour, SadafUHD, IMSEAMMicrofabrication and microfluidics (Core Facility Head)
Sasse, AlexanderUHD, ZMBHGenomic sequence-to-function models to decode the gene regulatory syntax of genomes
Schwab, YannickEMBL HDElectron microscopy (Core Facility Head)
Schwarz, UlrichUHD, Institute for Theoretical PhysicsPhysics of complex biosystems
Sun, ChongDKFZ HDImmune regulation in cancer
Thacker, VivekUKHDHuman organ-chip/organoid models to study chronic infectious diseases
Thomas, FranziskaUHD, Organic Chemistry InstituteCustom miniproteins for synthetic biology, medicinal chemistry and biomimetic materials
Ungerechts, GuyNCTVirotherapy