Organization structure

The institute has six locations in Germany (Leipzig, Potsdam, Halle, Rostock, Hannover and Erfurt).

The various units of the institute are organized in 10 departments. The scientific staff is supported by the administration, various staff units and central facilities and services.

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1. Director
   Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrike Köhl (executive)
   PD Dr. Sebastian Ulbert (deputy)

   1. Administration
      Anja Bochmann-Seidel
      Annette Schäfer (deputy)

      Executive departments

      Research Management
      Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrike Köhl
      Ilka Henze Business Development Diagnostics / ZDD and Patent Management
      Dr. Thomas Tradler
      Corporate Communication
      Jens Augustin
      Central Facilities & Officers
      PD Dr. Sebastian Ulbert
      IT Management
      Alexander Dossin

   1. Head Quarter
      Leipzig

      1. Department of GMP Cell and Gene Therapy
         Dr. Gerno Schmiedeknecht /
         Kati Kebbel

      2. Department of Cell and Gene Therapy Development
         PD Dr. Stephan Fricke

         1. Cell and Molecular Biology
            Dr. Ulrich Blache /
            Dr. Sandy Tretbar

         2. NK Cell Technologies
            Dr. Dominik Schmiedel

         3. In Vivo Models
            Dr. André-René Blaudszun /
            Dipl.-Biol. Nadja Hilger

         4. GMP Development
            Dr. Anna Dünkel /
            Dr. Paul Franz

         5. GMP Biopharmaceuticals
            Thomas Schmid

      3. Department of Preclinical Development and Validation
         Dr. Jörg Lehmann
         

         1. Toxicology and Immunotoxicology
            Sina Riemschneider

         2. Inflammation and Tumor Models
            Claudia Müller

         3. Proteomics
            Prof. Dr. Stefan Kalkhof

      4. Department of Vaccines and Infection Models
         PD Dr. Sebastian Ulbert /
         PD Dr. Thomas Grunwald
         

         1. Vaccine Technologies
            Dr. Jasmin Fertey

         2. Preclinical Validation
            PD Dr. Thomas Grunwald

         3. Vector-based Immunotherapy
            Prof. Dr. Hildegard Büning /
            Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hacker

         4. Antimicrobial Biotechnology
            Dr. Belinda Loh

      5. Department of Diagnostics
         Dr. Dirk Kuhlmeier

         1. CardiOmics
            Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Andreas Oberbach

         2. Ligand Development
            Dr. Michael Szardenings

         3. Experimental Imaging
            Dr. Sebastian Greiser

         4. MicroDiagnostics
            Dr. Dirk Kuhlmeier

         5. DNA Nanodevices
            Dr. David M. Smith

         6. Next-Generation Diagnostics
            Dr. Conny Blumert

         7. Bioinformatics
            Dr. Kristin Reiche

         8. Biological Material Analytics
            (Fraunhofer IKTS ATTRACT-Group)
            Dr. Juliane Spohn

   2. Department of Extracorporeal Therapy Systems
      Rostock
      Prof. Dr. Steffen Mitzner

   3. Department of Drug Design and Target Validation
      Halle (Saale)
      Prof. Dr. Stephan Schilling

      1. Molecular Biotechnology
         Dr. Holger Cynis

      2. Protein and Drug Biochemistry
         Prof. Dr. Stephan Schilling

      3. Drug Design and Analytical Chemistry
         Prof. Dr. Stephan Schilling (temp.)

      4. Protein Misfolding Diseases
         Dr. Anja Schulze

      5. Astacin Proteases
         Dr. Daniel Ramsbeck

   4. Branch of Institute Bioanalytics and Bioprocessing
      Potsdam-Golm
      Dr. Eva Ehrentreich-Förster (deputy)

      1. Administration
         Katja Okulla

      2. Transfer and Exploitation
         Dr. Katharina Kasack

      3. Officers

      4. Extremophile Research and Biobank CCCryo
         Dr. Thomas Leya

      5. Project Group "PZ-Syn"
         Dr. Jan Kiebist

      6. Department of Biosystem Integration and Process Automation
         PD Dr. Ralph Hölzel

         1. ivD Platform / PoC Technologies
            Dr. Harald Peter

         2. Biomolecular Nanostructures and Measurement
            PD Dr. Ralph Hölzel

         3. Biomimetic Functional Materials
            Dr. Nenad Gajovic-Eichelmann

         4. Laboratory and Process Automation
            Jörg Henkel

      7. Department of Cell-free and Cell-based Bioproduction
         Dr. Marcus Menger (temp.)

         1. Cell-free Protein Synthesis
            Dr. Marlitt Stech (temp.)
            Dr. Anne Zemella (temp.)
            

         2. Eukaryotic Lysates
            Doreen Wüstenhagen

         3. Functional Nucleic Acids – Aptamers
            Dr. Marcus Menger

      8. Department of Molecular and Cellular Bioanalytics
         Dr. Eva Ehrentreich-Förster

         1. Microarray and Sensor Technology
            Dr. Cornelia Hettrich (temp.)

         2. Biomarker Validation and Assay Development
            PD Dr. Harald Seitz

         3. Molecular Bio Engineering
            Dr. Markus von Nickisch-Rosenegk

         4. Microsystems for In Vitro Cell Models
            Dr. Katja Uhlig

         5. Microfluidic Cell Processing and Cell Analytics
            Dr. Michael Kirchbaum