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Medizinisches Forschungszentrum, Institut für Immunbiologie

Position

Leiter, Medizinisches Forschungszentrum
Leiter, Institut für Immunbiologie

Funktion

Klinik-/Instituts-/Zentrumsleiter/in

Forschungsgebiet

Immunologie, Virologie, Mathematische Modellierung

Frühere Positionen

1995-1996 Postdoktorand, Department of Molecular Immunology, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin.
1996 Postdoktorand, Department of Molecular Virology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1997-1999 Postdoktorand, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
1999-2002 Oberassistent, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
2002-heute Leiter, Institut für Immunbiologie, Kantonsspital St. Gallen
2009-heute Leiter, Medizinisches Forschungszentrum, Kantonsspital St. Gallen

Auszeichnungen

1993-1994 NaFöG-Stipendium des Berliner Senats
1996 Golda Meir Postdoctoral Research Fellowship of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1996 Wood-Whelan Research Fellowship of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1997-1999 Postdoktorandenstipendium der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft

Mitgliedschaften

Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Allergologie und Immunologie (SGAI)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie (DGfI)
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

seit 2008 Vorstandsmiglied der Swiss Clinical Trials Organization (www.scto.org)
seit 2010 Mitglied des Vorstands der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Allergologie und Immunologie

Patente

Sahin, U., O. Türeci, und B. Ludewig. Verfahren zur Identifizierung biologisch aktiver Strukturen mikrobieller Erreger (MicroGATE). No. 101 08 626.1, February 22, 2001

Weitere Informationen

2002 – 2008 Co-founder and scientific advisor, Ganymed Pharmaceutical AG, Mainz, Germany
2008 Appointment as Full Professor (W3) for Experimental Immunology at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (Braunschweig) and the Medical School Hannover (declined)
2008 – present Member, executive board of the Swiss Clinical Trials Organization, the central cooperation platform for patient-oriented, clinical research in Switzerland
2010 – present Member and treasurer (since 2014), executive board of Swiss Society of Allergology and Immunology
2010 Member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Immunology
2013 Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Immunology
2016 – present Member of Evaluation Panels “Ambizione&Prima” of the Swiss National Science Foundation
2016 Member of Evaluation Panel “Infection and Immunity”, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France