Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZIAnnual report 2025/26
7th Emerging Investigators EHA-EBMT Joint Fellowship Award of the EHA / EBMT for Sarah Staudt and Dr. Maik Luu on the topic "Pentanoate-engineered CAR T cells"
Appointed member of the Junges Kolleg at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften for Dr. Maik Luu on the topic "Microbiome-Cancer Immunotherapy interaction"
Bachelor's Thesis Award of the DHSN Riesa, Duale Hochschule Sachsen for Johanna Otto on the topic "Characterization of viral infections in an air-liquid interface model of the respiratory epithelium"
Bachelor's Thesis Award of the Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH for Gina-Marie Templin on the topic "Investigation of viral infections in an air-liquid interface cell culture model"
Best Pitch of the Leipzig Startup Night for Dr. Sandy Tretbar on the topic "CAR FINDER"
CAPES-Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship of the A. v. Humboldt-Stiftung for Dr. Gustavo Henrique Oliveira da Rocha on the topic "Role of PPARg in intestinal and central nervous system anti-inflammatory effects mediated by AhR-ligands in a chronic colitis models / New therapeutic strategies for IBD"
DAAD Doctoral Fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (DAAD) for Subha Shree Pethaperumal on the topic "Development and validation of a novel therapeutic approach for Inflammatory bowel disease targeting IL-12/IL-23p40 by a bacterial vector"
FEBS YSF grant of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) for Clara Gebhardt to support young European researchers
Annual Scholarship Program for Graduate Students from Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe offered by the Bavarian Center for Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST) for Katarina Pecic on the topic "Evaluation of Pd(II) Coumarin Complexes as Next-Generation Chemotherapeutics for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Therapy"
José-Carreras-DGHO-Ph.D. Fellowship of the University Hospital of Würzburg for Louis Reinhardt on the topic "Decoding FLT3: The Role of Abnormal Glycosylation in AML and CAR-T Cell Therapy"
Lídia Silva Santos Postdoctoral Achievement Award of the Institute for Molecular Medicine for Dr. Katharina Hennig on the topic "MyoChip: a muscle-on-chip für ALS"
Oral Presentation Award 2nd Prize of the Junge Gesellschaft für Virologie (Viral Vectors Workshop 2025) for Valentina Eberlein on the topic "Viral Trojan Horses: Non-Human Papillomavirus Capsids as Mucosal Vaccine Vector against RSV"
Poster prize of the 13th International mRNA Health Conference for Dr. Robert Serfling on the topic "CAR Finder"
Poster prize of the 18. Research Festival for Life Sciences (Leipzig University) for Vivien Wiltzsch on the topic "Proteomic profiling links increased mast cell activity in regenerating callus to impaired scaffold-guided bone healing in diabetes"
Travel grants for the conference "Humboldt meets Leibniz – Emerging Topics in Biomedical Engineering and Implant Research" of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG) for Vivien Wiltzsch and Benita Burghardt
Second Best Poster Award of the University of Groningen for Jasmin Dilz on the topic "Identification and evaluation of anti-infective compounds in human breast milk"
Top-3 Finalist der Lateral Flow Innovation Award of the Advanced Lateral Flow Conference for MicroDiagnostics Unit on the topic "CampyTube: A seamless integration of a molecular test and lateral flow detection"
Travel grant of the DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V. for Isabel Hanold at Young Scientist Workshop