Current Lab Members
Dirk Baumjohann
Principal Investigator
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Dirk holds a Diploma degree in Molecular Medicine from FAU Erlangen. He performed his Ph.D. work with Federica Sallusto at the IRB in Bellinzona, Switzerland. Dirk then joined Mark Ansel’s lab at UCSF for his postdoc. Before being appointed W2 Professor for Autoimmunity at the Medical Clinic III of the UKB and the University of Bonn Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation, he was a DFG-funded Emmy Noether Research Group Leader at LMU Munich.
Lu Tang
Postdoc
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Lu holds an M.Sc. degree in Drug Research from the University of Bonn and a Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutics from China Pharmaceutical University. She then relocated to Germany to continue postdoctoral research with the support of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In the Baumjohann Lab, Lu is investigating novel cancer vaccines using both ex vivo and in vivo models.
Luisa Bach
Ph.D. Student
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After Luisa completed her Master’s degree in Biomedicine at Hannover Medical School, she started her Ph.D. in the Baumjohann Lab. As part of the Bonn International Graduate School (BIGS) Immunosciences and Infection she dissects the contribution of DC-derived factors to early Tfh cell differentiation in vivo as well as factors that contribute to the maintenance of established Tfh cells.
Teresa Steffen
Ph.D. Student
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Maximilian Moll
Ph.D. Student
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Maxi completed his M.Sc. degree in Medical Immunosciences and Infection at the University of Bonn. As part of his Master’s thesis in the Baumjohann Lab, he investigated the humoral immune response to a novel nanovesicle-based vaccine platform. As part of the Bonn International Graduate School (BIGS) Immunosciences and Infection, he is now continuing studying human CD4+ T cells.
Anna Platen
Ph.D. Student
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Anna completed her Master’s degree in Molecular Medicine at the University of Regensburg. As part of the Bonn International Graduate School (BIGS) Immunosciences and Infection, she is now investigating how nanomedicines modulate T and B cell responses in cancer and cancer immunotherapy.
Anna Schaab
M.D. Student
Anna studies Human Medicine at the University of Bonn. During a semester abroad in Costa Rica, she also took science and environmental policy classes, besides medical classes. She has always been interested in science and research. As part of her M.D. thesis work in the Baumjohann Lab, she is investigating T cells in cancer patients.
Binta Mende
M.D. Student
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Elina Looke
M.D. Student +49-(0)228-287-51184
Elina studies Human Medicine at the University of Bonn. During her M.D. thesis work in the Baumjohann Lab, she is studying adaptive immune cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
Elizabeth Garduño-Javier
Student Assistant
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Elizabeth obtained her B.Sc. degree in Biology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Currently, she is enrolled in the M.Sc. Immunobiology program at the University of Bonn and working part-time in the Baumjohann Lab as a Student Assistant.
Kumru Kaleli
Student Assistant +49-(0)228-287-51183
Kumru holds a B.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Boğaziçi University. She is currently pursuing her M.Sc. studies in Medical Immunosciences and Infection at the University of Bonn and is working part-time in the Baumjohann Lab as a Student Assistant.