Monthly Archives: September 2015

Editorial

And the photo competition award goes to…

This August we organised a photo competition looking for the most creative ways on how our cluster members combine working in the lab and enjoying the summer. As the leaves will begin to fall soon, we are proud to announce our three winners and present their fantastic work. Dr Sebastian Schmitt (Structural Immunology) termed his creation “The moment, when summertime starts contaminating your tissue culture … Continue reading And the photo competition award goes to… »

Short Profile

Katarzyna Jobin – conducting research in a ‘very salty organ’

Katarzyna started her PhD at the Institute for Experimental Immunology in March last year as a part of the ImmunoSensation’s graduate program. She completed her studies in Biology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland and afterwards spent two and a half years at the University of Virginia   Can you tell us in one sentence, what your PhD project is about? It’s about the … Continue reading Katarzyna Jobin – conducting research in a ‘very salty organ’ »

Meet the expert

Working in a safety level four lab in Sierra Leone

Benjamin Meyer is currently finishing his PhD at the Institute of Virology in the group of Prof. Drosten. In the context of the recent Ebola outbreak, he joined the European Mobile Lab Team (EMLab), a pan European project, to perform Ebola diagnostics in Sierra Leone as part of the WHO GOARN emergency response. His PhD project originally dealt with development and implementation of serological assays … Continue reading Working in a safety level four lab in Sierra Leone »