| Marie Parigger |
M.Sc. |
Host factors in zoonotic re-emerging alphavirus infection |
2025 – 2026 |
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| Melvin Daniel Roji |
Ph.D. ZIB (co-supervision) |
The development of platform technologies for emerging zoonotic neurovirulent RNA virus infections |
2022 – 2025 |
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| Ju Eun Yoo |
Ph.D. ZIB |
Understanding the role of phosphatidylserine and its receptors in cross-species transmission of alphaviruses |
2021 – 2025 |
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| Mara Duven |
Ph.D. ZIB |
The role of tetraspanins in infection and transmission of mosquito-borne reemerging alphaviruses |
2020 – 2025 |
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| Jule Hupfeld |
M.Sc. |
Proteomic analysis of different in vitro models infected with zoonotic neurotropic viruses |
2023 – 2024 |
PhD student at Hannover Medical School, Germany |
| Eve Kimberly Brown |
M.D. |
Bedeutung von Tetraspaninen für die Infektion von Gelenksfibroblasten mit arthritogenen Alphaviren |
2022 – 2023 |
Medical Student at Hannover Medical School, Germany |
| Mohamed Saad |
M.Sc. |
Identification and Characterization of Putative Alphavirus Entry Factors in Human and Avian cell lines |
2022 – 2023 |
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| Belen Carriqui Madronal |
Ph.D. ZIB |
Characterization of entry factor polymorphisms in RNA virus entry |
2019 – 2023 |
PostDoc at Fraunhofer-Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology (ITMP), Göttingen, Germany |
| Konrad Thorsteinsson |
Ph.D. Umeå University (co-supervision) |
Biophysical characterization of virus attachment to cell surface structures |
2019 – 2023 |
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| Rina Ötjengerdes |
M.D. (co-supervision) |
Characterization of the role of lipid lowering drugs in hepatitis C virus infection |
2019 – 2023 |
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| Kris Alvarez |
Ph.D. ZIB (co-supervision) |
Role of Salmonella invasion mechanisms for disease development |
2018 – 2023 |
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| Nicole Oberberg |
M.Sc. |
Die Rolle der Raf/MEK/ERK/RSK Kinasekaskade in der Replikation verschiedener human- und tierpathogener RNA Viren |
2022 |
|
| Guorong Sun |
Ph.D. ZIB (co-supervision) |
Identification of viral factors modulating neuronal outgrowth and infection |
2018 – 2022 |
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| Rebecca Möller |
Ph.D. ZIB |
The impact of chronic hepatitis C on arenavirus superinfection |
2017 – 2022 |
PostDoc at Biotech Research and Innovation Center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Lea Blank |
M.Sc. |
Flavivirus NS1 protein interactions with cellular chaperones |
2021 |
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| Josephine Schenk |
M.Sc. |
Characterization of protein complexes operating during cell entry of SARS-CoV-2 |
2021 |
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| Laura Maria Arroyo Fernandez |
M.Sc. |
Investigation of the role of TIM-1 in CHIKV cell entry |
2021 |
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| Rina Mareke Ötjengerdes |
M.D. (co-supervision) |
Einfluss von Lipoproteinrezeptoren und lipidsenkenden Medikamenten auf den Hepatitis C Replikationszyklus |
2018 – 2021 |
|
| Lisa Lasswitz |
Ph.D. |
Characterization of the role of CD81 in positive-strand RNA virus Infection of human cells |
2017 – 2021 |
Research Associate at University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany |
| Jared Kirui |
Ph.D. |
Characterization of phosphatidylserine-dependent recetpro TIM-1 in Chikungunyavirus infection |
2017 – 2021 |
Research Associate at Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia |
| Robert Friedrich |
M.D. (co-supervision) |
Adaption of hepatitis C virus to variants of scavenger receptor B 1 and to serum levels of endogenous SR-B1 ligands |
2017 – 2021 |
|
| Pia Alberione |
M.Sc. AMIBA |
Characterization of Single Nucleotide Variants of the HCV Entry Factor CD81 |
2019 – 2020 |
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| Francisco Zapatero Belinchon |
Ph.D. ZIB (co-supervision) |
Definition of a minimal set of cell surface molecules required for filovirus cell entry |
2019 |
|
| Ivana Kutle |
Ph.D. (co-supervision) |
Role of tegument proteins on acute and chronic mouse cytomegalovirus infection |
2014 – 2019 |
|
| Janina Bruening |
Ph.D. |
Proteomic analysis of lipoprotein-dependent changes in the Hepatitis C virus receptor complex |
2014 – 2018 |
Field Medical Advisor Virology at MSD Germany in Hannover |
| Vanessa Kienzle |
M.Sc. Biomedicine |
Functional characterization of serum response factor binding protein 1 in healthy and HCV infected liver cells |
2016 |
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| Wiebke Nicolay |
M.Sc. Biomedicine |
Characterization of human hepatoma cell innate immunity to RNA viruses |
2015 – 2016 |
|
| Pia Banse |
M.D. |
Structural and functional determinants of the HCV entry factor CD81 |
2014 – 2016 |
Medical Practice in Duisburg, Germany |
| Markus Flosbach |
M.Sc. Biochemistry |
The impact of chronic hepatitis C infection on the susceptibility to hemorrhagic fever viruses |
2015 |
|
| Janina Bruening |
M.Sc. Biomedicine |
Functional characterization of CD81-variants in Hepatitis C Virus cell entry |
2013 – 2014 |
|
| Daniel Meloblanco |
Ph.D. rotation |
Role of microRNA-122 in canine hepacivirus translation and replication |
2011 |
Assistant Professor at Fred Hutch in Seattle, USA |
| Kristina Schierhorn |
M.Sc. Molecular Medicine |
Characterization of the endocytosis mechanism of hepatitis C virus |
2009 – 2010 |
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| Katrina Ray |
Ph.D. rotation |
Evaluation of candidate TLR2 co-receptors |
2006 |
Chief Editor at Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
