July 2025 – Lab retreat on the Petersberg
This year’s lab retreat took place on and around the Petersberg, which boasts panoramic views of the Rhine river and Bonn. For decades, this historic site has seen many famous politicians and celebritiese, with the Grand Hotel Petersberg serving as an official guest house of the Federal Republic of Germany.
July 2025 – DGfI T cell study group meeting in Raitenhaslach
For the first time, the annual meeting of the T cell study group of the German Society of Immunology (DGfI) was held in Raitenhaslach, Bavaria, on the border of Germany and Austria. Organized by Dietmar Zehn (Freising) and Bertram Bengsch (Freiburg), over 80 participants enjoyed many talks and posters all about T cells. The Baumjohann […]
June 2025 – New DAAD RISE Germany research intern from New York
The Baumjohann Lab is happy to host our third DAAD RISE Germany research intern within the last couple of years. Kavita Murthy from Columbia University in New York spends three months in our group to learn about T and B cells in anti-tumor settings and to perform experiments under the guidance of Teresa.
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.