January 2024 – Harald von Boehmer Midwinter Conference in Seefeld
Luisa attended the Harald von Boehmer Midwinter Conference in Seefeld, Austria, and enjoyed fantastic talks, networking, and snow. She received lots of positive feedback on her poster presentation.
December 2023 – Christmas Market
For our Christmas lab outing we joined the crowd at the Bonn Christmas Market for mulled wine and delicious food.
November 2023 – Cluster Science Days
Each November, scientists of our Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation meet to discuss their latest reseach. This year we had over 300 in-person attendants in the BMZ I lecture hall and our lab was well-represented by one short talk given by Luisa and 5 poster presentations!
November 2023 – New MD student grant
Binta received a BONFOR SciMed MD fellowship – Congratulations and good luck!
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!