It was a great pleasure to attend the 26th Symposium „Infection and Immune Defense“ of the DGfI and DGHM Study Group Infection Immunology at Burg Rothenfels! We gained a lot of insight into the impressive research conducted by all working groups in the field of infection immunology. Many thanks to Prof. Anca Dorhoi for the organization!
Congratulations to Cengiz for having his work describing the role of microRNA-223 in pneumococcal pneumonia published! The scope of this study describes the implications of RNA interference in regulating the murine neutrophil transcriptome, whilst also highlighting the correlation of serum microRNA-223 expression and pneumococcal disease severity in a human cohort. We hope that this work will pave the way to elaborate further on the molecular mechanisms involved in immune cell effector functions during pneumococcal pneumonia, while also helping advance novel treatment options for severe lung infections!
Congratulations to Chantal for having her work describing the immunogenicity and tolerability of repetitive bacteriophage treatment published! A special praise for her very first First Author publication, which required hard work and dedication that makes us very proud! This work will allow us to elaborate our investigations regarding the use of bacteriophages as therapeutics in bacterial lung infection models in the near future!
Welcome to our new lab member, Katharina Clausnitzer! Happy to have you on board. Katharina will join forces with Chantal to investigate the potential of phages as therapeutics against respiratory diseases.
Congratulations to Peter and Cengiz for their collaborative work in describing how to dissociate and process healthy and diseased lung tissue for single-cell transcriptome analysis!
One cannot visit the X-mas market too often. Thank you for the wonderful ride through 2022 and enjoy your holidays.
