Students of the year 2005
- Matthias Christgen (Dr.med.) GERMANY
supervisor: Prof. Kreipe/ PD Dr. Lehmann, Pathology, OE 5110,
project: Isolation and Characterization of Clonogenic Breast Cancer Cells
Final exam November 2008; Junior group leader and Senior House Officer Pathology MHH (Habilitation)
- Priyanka Dutta INDIA
supervisor: Prof. Tamura-Niemann, Physiological Chemistry, OE 4310,
project: Regulation of transcription factors in the differentiation and proliferation process of leukemic cells
Final exam November 2009; from 2011 New York, USA; babypause; from 2017 Biomedical writer at Greyhealth group, New York, USA
- Ursula Ehmer (Dr.med.) GERMANY
supervisor: Dr. Strassburg, Gastroenterology/Hepatology/ Endocrinology, OE 6810,
project: Genetics and metabolism: characterization of individual genetic variation of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase regulation in a mouse model
Final exam November 2009; Sage Lab, University of Stanford, USA; from 2012 Internal Medicine II, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, TU Munich; Habilitation; senior physician ("Oberarzt") and own Research group
- Luis Guachalla Gutierrez BOLIVIA
supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rudolph, now University of Ulm
project: Analysis of the role of stanniocalcins genes and apoptosis pathways during cellular and organismal ageing
Final exam June 2009; University of Ulm; from 2011 Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna; from 2012 scientist in Biotech company Arsanis Biosciences, Vienna; from 2019 senior scientist at X4 Pharmaceuticals, Vienna
- Lydia Asrat Haile ETHIOPIA
supervisor: PD. Dr. Greten, Gastroenterology/Hepatology/ Endocrinology, OE 6810,
project: T cell based therapies in a mouse model of colitis associated colon cancer
Final exam November 2009; National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA; from 2012 Food and Drug adminstration (FDA), Bethesda, MD; from 2015 staff fellow at FDA; from 2017 Pharmacology/Toxicology reviewer at FDA
- Harshvardhan Rolyan INDIA
supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rudolph, now University of Ulm
project: Functional analysis on the role of telomere shortening for the progression of Alzheimer disease and functional characterization of Lipocalin 2 in liver regeneration
Final exam June 2009; University of Ulm; from 2011 Postdoc University of Pittsburgh, USA; associate Research scientist/ Research assistant Professor Neurology, Yale University, USA
- Henoch Hong GERMANY
supervisor: Dr. Heiken, Clinical Immunology, OE 6830,
project: Innate immunity in HIV-1 infection: impact of HIV-1 on antiviral defense mechanisms
Final exam June 2009; from January 2010 Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; from April 2013 Scientist and later Group Leader at CureVac GmbH, Tübingen; from June 2018 Principal Scientist at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
- Ananta Paine INDIA
supervisor: Dr. Eiz-Vesper, Transfusionmedicine, OE 8350,
project: Comprehensive identification of immunotherapeutically targetable peptide antigens for individualized leukemia treatment
Final exam November 2008; Transfusion Medicine MHH; Jena; from 2011 Computational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; now Research assistant professor, University of Rochester, USA
- Amrita Rai INDIA
supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manstein, Biophysical Chemistry, OE 4350,
project: Structure and function of dynamin and dynamin-related proteins
Final exam November 2009; Biophysical Chemistry MHH; from 2017 Physical Biochemistry, Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund
- Mathias Rhein GERMANY
supervisor: Prof. Dr. Baum, Hematology and Oncology, OE 6862,
project: The role of neurotrophin receptors in acute leukemia
Final exam November 2008; Core Facility "Cell sorting", MHH; from 2010 Clinical Psychiatry MHH (junior group leader)
- Reena Singh INDIA
supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kispert, Molecular Biology, OE 5250,
project: Functional analysis of Tbx gene in heart development
Final exam November 2009; Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst/ Sydney, Australia; from 2017 research fellow, Physiology, the University of Sydney School of Medical Sciences, Australia
- Inga Sörensen-Zender GERMANY
supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gossler, Molecular Biology, OE 5250,
project: Analysis of Delta-like-1 function in the vascular system
Final exam November 2008; Nephrology MHH
- Ratnesh Kumar Srivastav INDIA
supervisor: Dr. Niedenthal, Physiological Chemistry, OE 4310,
project: Studying the regulation and function of protein SUMOylation
Final exam November 2010; Biophysical Chemistry, University of Frankfurt, Germany; senior postdoc, Health Science Center, University of Texas USA; now Biomedical Science, School of Vet Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
- Ujala Srivastava INDIA
supervisor: PD. Dr. Rudolph, now University of Ulm
project: Production and characterisation of Est1 knockout mouse. Role of Rad9/Hus1 in senescence signalling
Final exam June 2009; University of Ulm; from 2010 Jackson Lab, Main/ USA; from 2013 research scientist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, USA
- Kathrin Steinwede GERMANY
supervisor: Dr. Maus, Exp. Pneumology, OE 6875,
project: Role of lysosomal cathepsins in mycobacterial infections of the lung.
Final exam November 2009;
- Shahzad Nawaz Syed INDIA
supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gessner, Clinical Immunology, OE 6830,
project: Analysis of coupling mechanisms between Fc receptor and complement in mouse models of autoimmune diseases
Final exam November 2009; Internal Medicine, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany; Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Mc Master University, Canada; now Goethe University of Frankfurt
- Dong Wang (Med.) CHINA
supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wittmann, Dermatology, OE 6600,
project: Pathogenic role of keratinocytes in cutanneous lupus erythematosus
Final exam June 2009; Dermatology MHH, Leeds UK, Vienna Austria; University of Bern/Zürich Switzerland; since 2012 tumour immunology in Centre of Immune Regulation, University of Oslo, Norway
- Alexander Wolf GERMANY
supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kracht, now University of Giessen
project: Analysis of the mechanisms by which the yersinia enterocolitica virulence factor Yop.P inhibits host cell protein kinases
Final exam June 2009; Institute of Pharmacology Giessen; from 2012 Senior Scientist, Molecular Diagnostics, Qiagen, Hilden
- Katja Zscheppang GERMANY
supervisor: Dr. Dammann, Pediatric Pneumology, OE 6710,
project: ErbB4 receptor activation, trafficking, and function in fetal lung type II cells
Final exam June 2009; Pediatrics MHH; National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (OncoRay), Dresden; now Universitätsmedizin Charite Berlin, Medizinische Klinik, Infectiology and Pneumology