Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene
Elucidating host-pathogen interactions to develop strategies against infectious and inflammatory diseases
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- #TBT to Meeting #7 of our #Sino-German Mobility Program! “Converging Pathways in #Immunity” united researchers from China, the US, and across Germany for excellent science, lively discussion, and new connections. Huge #thanks to all participants, and the CDZ for this strong finale to our program!
- ⚡ Register for our Symposium now ⚡ "Converging Pathways in Immunity: From Cells to Clinical Applications" 📍 Erbacher Hof Conference Center 📅 December 9 and 10 Want to join? Email 📧 sparwasser.office@uni-mainz.de Full Program 🔗 lnkd.in/evFkMe7Y
- Part of the 7th Meeting of our Sino-German Mobility Program funded by CDZ (Chinesisch-Deutsche Zentrum für Wissenschaftsförderung) In collaboration with Peiying Li Sonderforschungsbereich 1292 (CRC 1292) Transregional Collaborative Research Centre TRR 355 Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio 156
- Congratulations to @timsparwasser.bsky.social and @luberod.bsky.social for the funding of their project as part of the recently renewed CRC 1292! 🔗 Read more in the University Medical Center Mainz press release (only in German): lnkd.in/ezDnqMda #DFG #Tregs #Collaboration
- Darunter auch SFB 1292, bei dem @timsparwasser.bsky.social und @luberod.bsky.social Teilprojekt 18 betreuen werden. Gratulation zur 3. Förderperiode! 👏
- We are happy to welcome Sophie Oberwalder to the Sparwasser Lab! 🎉 As a medical student, she is pursuing her medical doctoral research. Her project explores how transcriptional changes in regulatory T cells influence their ability to maintain immune balance. #Immunology #Tregs #ImmuneRegulation
- Was ist #Gasbrand und warum spielt diese Krankheit, bekannt aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg, heute wieder eine Rolle? Erklärt von Dr. Martin Dennebaum der Abteilung Infektionsmedizin des IMMH in einem Interview mit ZDF heute: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBdB... @zdfde.bsky.social
- Den Artikel dazu findet ihr hier: www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene📢 Don’t miss today’s episode! 👇
- yEFIS Career Fridays Episode 5️⃣: Bridging science and medicine 🧪💊 🗓️ November 14th 13:00 CET 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/yefiscareer2...
- 🚨Last chance today!🚨 Register here: dgfi.org/akademie-fue...
- Registration is open for the Spring School on Immunology, hosted by DGfI March 15–20, 2026 | Ettal, Bavaria 🎓 An intensive training course for PhDs, postdocs & clinician scientists Deadline is TOMORROW → loom.ly/LxBXUfI @dgfi-org.bsky.social
- We are happy to welcome Raoufeh Alebouyeh! 🎉 She joins the lab of @luberod.bsky.social for her Master project and will complete her research in close collaboration with the IMMH, focusing on the metabolism of regulatory T cells. #Immunology #Tregs #Immunometabolism
- We are happy to welcome Jonas Loosen! ✨ As part of his Master’s in Biomedical Sciences, Jonas is conducting his project work in the lab of @luberod.bsky.social and in close collaboration with the IMMH. His project focuses on how short-chain fatty acids influence #DendriticCells #Metabolism.
- We’re very happy to welcome Dr. Anna Lambert as postdoctoral researcher to the Vieira-Silva lab at the IMMH! 🎉 Her work focuses on genome-scale #MetabolicModeling, the #GutMicrobiome, and flux balance analysis. She aims to explore how cells or microbial ecosystems shift under different conditions.
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene🎉 Celebrating 100 Years of the ‚Studienstiftung‘! This year marks a century of fostering excellence, curiosity, and responsibility. For 100 years, the ‚Studienstiftung‘ has supported outstanding minds - empowering research, innovation, and cultural engagement across generations! #Studienstiftung
- We are happy to welcome Florina Reich and congratulate her on receiving a scholarship within the IRTG of the TRR355! 🎉 To pursue her medical doctorate, Florina will join the lab of @luberod.bsky.social and work in close collaboration with the IMMH on #Tregs and their role in #CeliacDisease.
- #ThrowbackThursday to an amazing week in Shanghai! ✨ Our team joined the 6th Meeting of our Sino-German Mobility Program, hosted by Peiying Li and Weifeng Yu at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. 👀 Stay tuned for meeting number 7 👀 #Tregs #Collaboration #CDZ #AcademicExchange
- We are excited to welcome Julian Arian to our AG Sparwasser at the IMMH! Julian is conducting his project work on metabolic signaling regulation during the differentiation of regulatory T cells under the supervision of Luana, one of our PhD students. #Immunology #TCells #Treg #ImmuneModulation
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneCongratulations!!!! Well deserved! Tregs rock!
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneDiscussing Tregs and their discovery at the 1st Immune Health Symposium! I’ve always admired Shimon’s pioneering work, and Mary’s and Fred’s 2001 paper was the key inspiration for us to develop the DEREG model, demonstrating that not only Foxp3, but Foxp3⁺ T cells, are key to prevent autoimmunity.
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene📣 EJI is proud to share that this year’s Nobel Prize winner, Shimon Sakaguchi, published with us on 6 October: bit.ly/46R7n4g We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Shimon for receiving the prize in recognition of his pioneering work on Tregs. #NobelPrize #Immunology #Tregs
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene🚀 Science in Action! The new USP Science Campus just set a benchmark: a state-of-the-art research building to be completed in only 3 years. Innovation, precision, and dedication made it happen in Ribeirão Preto! #ScienceCampus #Research #Innovation #STEM #FutureOfScience #Architecture #Excellence
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene🚀 Iniciação científica is is the first step into the world of science in Brazil. Today, Helder Nakaya @helder_nakaya delivered an inspiring talk on the transformative power of artificial intelligence in science. A great reminder of how innovation drives progress. #IniciaçãoCientífica #AI #Research🔬✨
- 🚀 New tandem starts at IMMH: Lennart Paulsen begins his medical doctorate, teaming up with Aleksandra Lopez Krol (PhD) in a joint project on immune ageing. Funded by the Else Kröner Graduate School #ImmunYoAge, Mainz Research School of Translational Medicine #Immunology #EKFS #TransMedMainz
- Congrats to our Master student Hitikk Chawla, recipient of the Mainzer Rotary Jugendpreis 2025! 🎉 He was honored by the #Rotary Clubs in Mainz for his outstanding work on the development of an oral vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae. #MedicalResearch #PneumococcalDisease #VaccineDevelopment
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneRotary Youth Award 2025 to Hitikk Chawla, honouring committment to society, culture and science for his cutting-edge work on oral pneumococcus vaccines! Congrats!!!
- #NewPaper in EJI! ✨ Led by Juan Nahuel Quiroz and @luberod.bsky.social (IMM, Mainz) we uncovered how dendritic cells rewire their protein tags when sensing danger, revealing a new layer of immune regulation. 🔗 Read here: doi.org/10.1002/eji.... #Immunology #DendriticCells #ImmuneRegulation
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene2nd Brazilian-German Immunology Meeting / Austrian Edition / Vienna 2025! Wonderful talks and discussions. Thanks to our host Wilfried Ellmeier #SFB-F70 HIT/ support from #SBI #
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneEJI & EFIS are proud to announce the brand-new ECR Article of the Year Award 🏆 Presented by EJI’s Editor-in-Chief Matteo Iannacone at #IUIS2025, this prize celebrates outstanding research by early career researchers published in EJI 🎉 Check the eligibility criteria here👇 bit.ly/3Hvn9t5
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneDrs. José Carlos Alves Filho, Luciana Berod (@luberod.bsky.social), and Thomas Weichhart (@weichhartlab.bsky.social) are presenting their work on the metabolic regulation of immune responses at #IUIS2025! Check out the session at 1:45 pm in Hall E1.
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene#IUIS Vienna 2025 #immunometabolism - congrats @luberod.bsky.social sharing exiting new data on the link between metabolism and immune cell differentiation and function!
- New paper from our lab just dropped: We discovered that an antibiotic can block #Tregs - immune cells that can help cancers hide. This could open new doors for #immunotherapy against #cancer. Congrats to first-time first author Luana Silva! Check out the publication here: doi.org/10.1002/eji....
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene📅 Save the date: the 38th European Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Society (EMDS) Meeting will take place from 16–18 September 2025 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 🔗 Registration & details: loom.ly/v07DKgo #GlobalImmunology #ImmunologyWithoutBorders
- How Does Metabolism Shape Immunity?🤔 We want to know! 💡Submit your research to our special issue "Immunometabolism & Beyond" in the @eurjimmunol.bsky.social by Jan 31, 2026. 🔗 bit.ly/45xs3xo Edited by Peiying Li & @timsparwasser.bsky.social @efis-immunology.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneExciting cutting-edge research topic @ Universitätsmedizin Mainz ! #immunometabolism #JGU
- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneRESEARCH | Y Kao, @timsparwasser.bsky.social et al. - Princeton U @mainzuniversity.bsky.social The metabolic requirements of IL17A-producing gamma delta T cells, offering a target to treat psoriasis by inhibiting fatty acid synthesis.
- 📢 New Grant: €300,000 from @ekfstiftung.bsky.social for our team working on mucosal #vaccines to fight off #Pneumococcus 🧫💉 Congrats to @timsparwasser.bsky.social, Prof. Lujan and the entire team for securing this competitive funding! #VaccineResearch #PneumococcalDisease #TranslationalResearch
- 📢New role: Starting today, @timsparwasser.bsky.social will be leading the brand-new Department of Diagnostics as spokesperson – bringing together teams from genetics, pathology, microbiology & more! Here's to stronger collaboration and smarter diagnostics! 🙌 #UMCMainz #Diagnostics #UM.Neustart
- What a fantastic two days! Our Symposium "Immunometabolism & Beyond – From Liver to Brain" brought together scientists from Shanghai, Mainz & beyond. Thanks to all who joined us—and to our partners & the SGC for their support! #SinoGerman #Immunometabolism
- Big news: Prof. Alves-Filho (@uspoficial.bsky.social, Brazil) is joining us in Mainz as a Gutenberg Research College Fellow! He’ll be working with our team on immune cell research in cancer + autoimmunity. Science across borders! 🌍🧬 #Immunology #GRC #TranslationalMedicine #InternationalResearch
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- Welcome PD Dr. Sethi! What an inspiring start 💡✨
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- We are thrilled to welcome Ni Zeng as a new postdoctoral researcher in our lab! Joining us with a prestigious @humboldt-foundation.de Research Fellowship, she will explore how metabolism shapes #Tcell function. Welcome aboard, Ni! #Immunometabolism #CancerResearch #Autoimmunity #AgingResearch
- Mark your calendars! PD Dr. Sethi gives his inaugural lecture on innate immune receptors & pathogens 🧬 🗓️ 13 June | ⏰ 3–5 PM | 📍 UM Mainz, Building 708H, Lecture Hall “Pathologie” #Immunology #MainzScience #InnateImmunity
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- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneSpecial issue Immunometabolism and Beyond: from Liver to Brain! European Journal of Immunology Article types: reviews and research articles Submission deadline 1 November 2025 Thanks to Nadja, Matteo and Bin for this wonderful opportunity! #immunometabolism #EJI #CRC1292 #CRC355 #CRC156 #FZI
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- 🚀 New @naturemetabolism.bsky.social paper from Yu-San Kao and colleagues in Mainz shows the path to novel psoriasis therapies. 🧬 Read the original publication here: doi.org/10.1038/s422... #Immunology #Psoriasis #Metabolism #ScienceNews
- 🚀 New @naturemetabolism.bsky.social paper from Yu-San Kao and colleagues in Mainz shows the path to novel psoriasis therapies. 🧬 Read the original publication here: doi.org/10.1038/s422... #Immunology #Psoriasis #Metabolism #ScienceNews
- 15 PhDs, 11 countries, 1 goal: Rethinking immunotherapy! @luberod.bsky.social leads #UNLIMITED, a newly EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA Doctoral Network on lipid #immunometabolism with €4.5m for cutting-edge science!! Congratulationss! #immunology #bioinformatics #drugdevelopment
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- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneProud to announce that we are one of the 149 out of 1417 successful applicants to be funded for a EU MSCA Doctoral Network! Looking forward to this big challenge coordinaring such an amazing network: UNLIMITED (UNderstanding Lipid ImmunoMetabolIsm To trEat Disease)
- We are thrilled to welcome Daria Kondrateva, a Master student from @uni.lu to our team in Mainz! As part of the International Master of #Biomedicine program, Daria will be working on her thesis project with Prof. Berod. We look forward to her contributions and #collaboration with the IMMH!
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- 📢 Join us for the Symposium of our 5th Sino-German Mobility Program Meeting: 🔬 Immunometabolism & Beyond – From Liver to Brain 🔬 🏨 Mainz, May 20-21, 2025 🆓 Free participation, limited spots 📩 Register now: sparwasser.office@uni-mainz.de Full program coming soon! #Symposium2025 #Immunology #FreeEvent
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- Welcome, Shneh Sethi! An expert in #laboratory medicine will join our #teaching team this summer. We are looking forward to this fantastic #collabration!
- 📢 Open call 📢 We're offering 2 fully funded PhD positions with the International PhD Programme of the IMB this summer. Check out the project and apply here by April 3rd ➡️ www.imb.de/students-pos...
- The summer call of our International PhD programme is open! 📢 Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍 www.imb.de/phd
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- Reposted by Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneThe summer call of our International PhD programme is open! 📢 Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍 www.imb.de/phd
- New Paper alert! 🚨 In a collaborative project, Luciana Berod's group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine uncovered new findings highlighting the powerful link between #metabolism & #immune_function. This breakthrough could open new doors for immune regulation & therapy! #Immunology #Tregs #FoxP3
- Congratulations to Dr. Brandstetter & Dr. Dennebaum on their recent #promotion to senior physician (Oberarzt)! We are proud to have such dedicated doctors in our #diagnostics team to promote the development of our Department of Infection Medicine!
- Congratulations, Gwen on your new position as Associate Professor with the Host-Microbe Interactomics group at Wageningen University & Research! We wish you all the best and look forward to continued excellent #research on #gut_microbiota coming from the Netherlands. Veel geluk!
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