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.

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 – 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.