🎬 Episode 21 of #SpotOnScience is out!🧑🔬 In this episode, Daria Hirschmann gives insights into her publication "Kupffer cells control neonatal hepatic metabolism via Igf1 signaling" published in January 2026. First-authorship is shared with Nikola Makdissi.
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaYt...
🧑🔬 New episode out! Nora Möhn (UKB) shares insights into their recent JAMA Neurology publication on virus-specific T cells and checkpoint inhibitor response in PML.
Co-first authorship with Lea Grote-Levi (MHH).
🎥 Check out Spot on Science Episode 20:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKun...
Our next outreach activity linked to our ERC grant will be happening in April. NeuVa ART Lab workshop will be again held at IMPULSE - House of intelectual innovation and creativity of Uni. Bonn. Registration is now open. @unibonn.bsky.social @immunosens.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
NeuVa Mandalas / Exhibition Part 2 is on view at IMPULSE University of Bonn.
In April 2026 we will have two additional workshops. Registrations are open! Check link
www.immunosensation.de/events/neuva...
@ruizdealmodovar.bsky.social
@immunosens.bsky.social
#sciart #neuvaartlab
I had an absolutely fantastic time at the 21st @dgfi-org.bsky.social Spring School in Ettal, Bavaria, Germany. It was a true pleasure discussing with the incredibly talented students and postdocs. Thank you to the organizers for the kind invitation and the superb organization! #dgfispringschool
At the University of Bonn’s celebration of the Marvin supercomputer, the team led by the cluster members prof. Michael Hölzel and PD Dr. Gregor Hagelueken was awarded 3rd place for their innovative work combining AI & high-performance computing.
Read more:
www.immunosensation.de/news/two-yea...
👨🔬 Watch Yonas M. Tesfamariam, from the Institute of Innate Immunity giving insights into his publication "Poxvirus dsDNA genomes differentially activate AIM2 or NLRP3 inflammasomes in human primary cells".
🎥 Check out Spot on Science Episode 19:
youtu.be/CtuGmH7gKhU
🚨 Open #position! The group of @boztugk.bsky.social at the Clinic for Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology in Bonn is looking for a
Technical Assistant (MTA)(m/f/d) full-time position
#Application deadline: 15.01.2026
Check out our website: www.immunosensation.de/opportunitie...
🌎 Together with the @dfg.de, @cecad.bsky.social, and @cibss.bsky.social, we are at the Cell Bio 25 conference in Philadelphia, USA!
We hope to have exciting conversations with attending scientists interested in #Immune #Diversity.
The Science & Art Workshop NeuVa Mandala organised by @ruizdealmodovar.bsky.social and @sciart-is-cool.bsky.social allowed #science and #art enthusiasts to create their own art pieces representing the #neurovasculature
Check out our video from the #workshop:
www.instagram.com/reel/DR1l8NO...
👨🔬 Watch Rudolfo Karl present his paper titled "Renal tissue-resident macrophages promote cystogenesis in early polycystic kidney disease" published in Journal of Cell Science.
Youtube link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDr1...
🎉 Last Friday, the master students from the Master Science programs MSc #Biochemistry, MSc #Immunobiology, and MSc Medical #Immunosciences and #Infection celebrated their #graduation.
We congratulate all graduates on their great achievement!
We are well into our 5-day Cluster Workshop on Ribosome Profiling (Ribo-seq) run by sabbatical scientist Ranen Aviner @czbiohub.bsky.social. We welcome PhDs and PIs from Bonn/Cologne for a hands-on and analysis course sponsored by the Cluster @immunosens.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social UKB.
🏆 #Congratulations to Niklas Klümper, MD from the University Hospital Bonn and Varun Venkataramani from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Heidelberg for receiving the Lisec-Artz Prize for their outstanding research in #cancer #biology.
Read more: www.immunosensation.de/news/niklas-...
The Cluster Science Days 2025 were a very joyful event bringing together our Bonn scientists to share ideas and to network.
During the event the Cluster participants could enjoy talks, interactive poster sessions and a fun evening program in a comfortable atmosphere fostering scientific exchange.
🧑🔬 Yesterday, for the "Day of Life Sciences" 15 students from the Beethoven Gymnasium in Bonn were visiting the lab of Gregor Hagelücken at the Institute of Structural Biology.
It was a great day inspiring students to choose life sciences subjects in their academic journey.
🏆 Anna Aschenbrenner from DZNE has been awarded the Tobias-Welte Prize by the German Sepsis Society, which recognizes outstanding achievements in sepsis and infection research. The prize honors her innovative work published in Cell.
Read more about the study: www.immunosensation.de/news/scienti...
Open position! The group of Kaan Boztug at the Clinic for Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology in Bonn is looking for a
Postdoc in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology (m/f/d) (full-time position 100 %) for inatially 7 years.
More information on our website: www.immunosensation.de/opportunitie...
📘 New #publication! The research team of Prof. Christian Kurts at the #IMMEI recently published an article titled "Low-dose glucocorticoids attenuate cresentic glomerulonephritis by inhibiting the local differentiation of proinflammatory neutrophils" in Science Translational Medicine.
🏆 This year’s #NobelPrize in #Physiology or #Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance and the critical role of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in preventing autoimmune disease.
Congratulations to the laureates!
📘 New #publication. The group of Veronika Lukacs-Kornek recently published a research article titled "Global matrisome changes in obese lung are linked to fibroblastic stroma and premature aging" in Cell Reports.
Read more on our website: www.immunosensation.de/news/obesity...
🌍 The Human Immunome Project has announced its Scientific Partner Network, a global alliance to perform research on the human immune system in health and disease.
The University of Bonn, our Cluster, the DZNE, and the Swarm Learning Consortium will serve as the European Hub for HIP.
🚨 #Job alert! The group of @boztugk.bsky.social at the University Hospital Bonn is looking for a
#Postdoc in Immunogenetics and Pediatric Autoimmune Diseases (m/f/d)
Application deadline is October 15.
Check out the full job ad at our website: www.immunosensation.de/opportunitie...
📘 New #publication! The group of @boztugk.bsky.social published a #review #article titled "Immune-related actinopathies at the cross-road of immunodeficiency, autoimmunity and autoinflammation" in Nature Reviews Immunology.
Read more in the news article: www.immunosensation.de/news/how-cel...
🌅 Last week we celebrated the 4th International School on Advanced Immunology together with (IFReC) Immunology Frontier Research Center from the Osaka University at the beautiful Maria Laach, Germany.
It was a great pleasure for us to host this year's school!
Last Sunday we welcomed the first group of people intersted in exploring at the NeuVa ART LAB. Huge thanks to Paula Urrutia @sciart-is-cool.bsky.social and everyone who made it possible!
Looking forward to the next one!
@erc.europa.eu @immunosens.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
🚨 Open #position! The group of Zeinab Abdullah is looking for two PhD students for
a) Characterisation of hepatic NK-like T cells
b) Dissecting the role of STING signalling in anti-viral T cell responses
Application deadline: October 30
More information: www.immunosensation.de/opportunitie...
🚨 Open #position! The group of Zeinab Abdullah at the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology is looking for a
Postdoc in Immunology (TVL13/100%)
Application deadline: October 30
Apply now!
More information on our website: www.immunosensation.de/opportunitie...
🚨 #Job alert! The group of Zeinab Abdullah at the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology is looking for a
BTA or Biological laboratory technician (m/w/d)
Application deadline: October 30
Apply now!
More information on our website: www.immunosensation.de/opportunitie...
🎬 Episode 18 of #SpotOnScience is out!
In this episode, Rudolfo Karl from the Institute of Innate Immunity shares his work on the role of macrophages in renal tissue promoting cystogenesis in early polycystic kidney disease.
Check out Spot on Science Episode 18: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmlT...
