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Prof. Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Director of the Department, born in 1948. Studied Biology at the University of Mainz and
graduated as Ph.D. 1977. Habilitation, Free University of Berlin 1981. Positions as Staff Scientist at the MPI for
Immunobiology Freiburg 1982-87, Professor for Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Ulm 1987-1991,
Full Professor and Chair, Dept. of Immunology, University of Ulm 1991-1998. Founding Director of the Max Planck
Institute for Infection Biology Berlin since 1993.
- Numerous awards. More than 600 publications. Highly Cited Researcher (category Immunology), Thomson Institute for Scientific Information, 2001.
Past President and Honorary Member of the German Society for Immunology. Coordinator Grand Challenges in Global Health project "Biomarkers of protective immunity and surrogate markers of TB disease in Africa" funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Past President of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS). Vice President of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS). Member of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina.
Director and
scientific member:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
S.H.E. Kaufmann
www.infection-research.de
Main fields of interest
- Rational design of a vaccine against tuberculosis
- Development of novel vaccination strategies
- Rational drug design against tuberculosis
- Biomarkers of susceptibility/ resistance in tuberculosis
- Role of cytokines and T cell populations in immunity against intracellular bacteria
- Regulation and memory in immunity to intracellular bacteria
- The role of proteasomes in MHC I processing
- Innate immune response to intracellular bacteria
- Mucosal immunity and mucosal vaccination against intracellular bacteria
- Chronic inflammation in the gut
- Host genetics in tuberculosis
- Gene knock out/down techniques for functional analyses of infectious processes
EU FP6
Integrated Projects
TB-VAC
MUVAPRED
Marie Curie Host Fellowship (ITN)
European Initiative for basic research in microbiology and infectious diseases (EIMID)
Network of Excellence
EUROPATHOGENOMICS
STREP
PRIBOMAL
EU FP7
Collaborative Projects
TB-VIR
NATT
PHAGOSYS
Research Infrastructure Project
TRANSVAC
National Institutes of Health / NIAID
A Systems Biology Approach to Infectious Diseases Research
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Biomarkers of Protective Immunity against TB (GC6-74)
Preclinical and clinical evaluation of a post-exposure TB vaccine (GC12-82)
DFG
Collaborative Research Centre SFB 421
Collaborative Research Centre SFB 633
BMBF
National Genome Research Network (NGFN)-PLUS
Competence Network PathoGenoMik-Plus
Publications search PubMed
Books List
Departmental research programmes
Overview
- Cluster 1: The clinical perspective
- Cluster 2: The pathogen perspective
- Cluster 3: Molecular crosstalk
- Cluster 4: Immune cells in defense
- Cluster 5: A view from inside
- Cluster 6: At the site of action