July 2023 – Yinshui’s PhD defense
Yinshui successfully defended his PhD thesis in mid-July. Congratulations to this huge accomplishment!
June 2023 – New PhD and MD student grants
Teresa received a mini-grant from the Bonner Forum Biomedizin (BFB) program for PhD students supporting innovative ideas. She will collaborate with Marc Hübner at the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology on the role of Tfh cells and GCs in murine filarial infections. Anna received a BONFOR SciMed MD fellowship to work full-time on […]
May 2023 – New DAAD RISE Germany research intern from Canada
The Baumjohann Lab is happy to host Eric Chiu, a DAAD RISE Germany research intern from the University of Toronto, for the next three months. During his stay he will dive into the fascinating world of T helper cells with an interesting hands-on research project under Luisa’s guidance.
April 2023 – Day of Immunology
Each year, April 29th is the Day of Immunology, which aims to promote the benefits of immunology research throughout the world. This year, Dirk gave a talk about antibodies at an outreach event of ImmunoSensation2 at the Bonn City Library.
April 2023 – Cherry blossom in Bonn
Perfect weather and timing for checking out the famous cherry blossom in the old town of Bonn.
March 2023 – New journal cover
The cover of the newest issue of Trends in Cancer features our recent review article on the three different types of T follicular helper cell function in cancer (good, bad or ugly) depending on the cancer context. Ella Marushchenko turned Nicolás’ initial draft into real artwork!
February 2023 – Carnival
Leaving behind the inevitable delays of the past couple of years, we very much enjoyed the lab’s first carnival season in the Rhineland, including Wieverfastelovend (Weiberfastnacht) and Karnevalszoch (Karnevalsumzug)!
January 2023 – New review article in Trends in Cancer
Our new review article on T follicular helper cells in cancer was published open access in Trends in Cancer! This work was spearheaded by Nicolás and provides a comprehensive overview of Tfh cells in different tumor entities: Nicolás Gutiérrez-Melo, Dirk Baumjohann. T follicular helper cells in cancer. Trends in Cancer. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trecan.2022.12.007 Abstract: T follicular helper (Tfh) cells provide […]
December 2022 – Christmas Market
After two years Corona break, we finally managed to visit the Christmas Market in the old town of Bonn, enjoying delicious food and red and white mulled wine.
November 2022 – Research stay in Australia
Luisa is spending a couple of months in the lab of Axel Kallies at the Doherty Institute of the University of Melbourne, Australia. During her stay she is performing experiments as part of our collaborative research project and enjoying life Down Under.