May 2025 – New research paper in European Journal of Immunology
Congratulations to our PhD student Teresa on her first first-author paper in European Journal of Immunology. It was great collaboration with Marc Hübner and colleagues from the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP) at UKB on germinal center B and T cells in chronic Litomosoides sigmodontis filarial infection. We are grateful for the […]
April 2025 – New collaborative research grant
We are glad to be part of a joint project together with Finn Hansen and Evi Kostenis that aims to dissect the intercellular communication in human tonsil-based immune organoids, which has recently received funding by the University’s Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA) – Life and Health.
April 2025 – Successful completion of Master thesis
As part of her Immunosciences and Infection M.Sc. degree program, Paula successfully completed her Master thesis in the lab. Congratulations!
March 2025 – 20th Spring School on Immunology (DGfI)
Teresa attended the 20th Spring School on Immunology organized by the German Society for Immunology (DGfI) in beautiful Ettal in the Bavarian Alps. She also won one of the Best Poster awards – congratulations!
March 2025 – New journal cover
Awesome new cover art in the March 2025 issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, featuring our lab’s most recent review on human immune organoids (written by Maxi and Dirk). It was great working together with Teresa from our lab on the cover concept and with Emma Vidal from DrawImpacts on the scientific illustration to creating such […]
February 2025 – Carnival
The annual carnival party organized by several different research groups in the building is always a fantastic way to get together, share some laughs, and celebrate the carnival season – this year in true hippie style.
February 2025 – Annual BFB Meeting
At this year’s annual meeting of the Bonner Forum Biomedizin in Hennef, lab members presented 5 posters and enjoyed networking with the other labs from Bonn.
January 2025 – New review article in EMBO Molecular Medicine
Our new review article on human immune organoids was published open access in EMBO Molecular Medicine! This work was led by Maxi and provides a comprehensive overview of the use of complex ex vivo culture systems to study human immunology: Maximilian Moll, Dirk Baumjohann. Boosting human immunology: harnessing the potential of immune organoids. EMBO Molecular […]
December 2024 – Successful completion of two Master theses
As part of their Immunosciences and Infection and Immunobiology M.Sc. degree programs, Olin and Rike successfully completed their Master theses in the lab. Congratulations!
December 2024 – Christmas Markets
As every year, we celebrated the lab’s accomplishments over some mulled wine and delicious food at the Bonn Christmas Market, and we also made waffles at the BMZ Christmas Market.