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Medizinisches Forschungszentrum, Institute of Immunobiology

Position

Head, Institute of Immunobiology
Head, Medical Research Center

Profile Function

Head of clinic/institute/center

Research Area

Immunology, Virology, Stromal Cell Biology, Mathematical Modelling

Former Positions

1995-1996 Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Molecular Immunology, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin.
1996 Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Molecular Virology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1997-1999 Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
1999-2002 Senior research fellow at the Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
2001-2008 Co-founder and scientific advisor, Ganymed Pharmaceuticals 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)
2002-present Head, Institute of Immunobiology, Kantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland
2009-present Head, Medical Research Center, Kantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland

Awards

1993-1994 NaFöG-fellowship of the Senate of Berlin
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 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Affiliations

Swiss Society of Allergology and Immunology (SSAI)
German Society of Immunology (DGfI)
American Society of Immunology (AAI)

Patents

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

Additional Information

Citations in Google Scholar:
http://scholar.google.ch/scholar?q=author:ludewig+author:burkhard&hl=de&as_sdt=0,5

Publications in PubMed:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=ludewig+b+NOT+(Ludewig+Bernd+OR+Ludewig+Britta)


SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
1999 – 2002 1 PhD student, 4 MSc students
Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2002 – 2017 15 PhD students, 12 MSc students, 22 postdoctoral fellows
University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland; UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2001 – 2008 Privatdozent (lecturer) – Immunopathology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2008 – 2014 Titularprofessor (lecturer) – Immunopathology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2014 – present Titularprofessor (lecturer) – Immunology, Science Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2016 – present Dozent (external lecturer) – Immunology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
 
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2003 Joint Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Allergology and Immunology and the Swiss Society of Pneumology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2010 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Allergology and Immunology on Translational Immunology, St. Gallen, Switzerland,
2010 Member of the Organizing Committee at the 11th International Symposium on Dendritic Cells in Fundamental and Clinical Immunology - DC 2010, Lugano, Switzerland
2016 Co-organizer of the first Keystone Symposium on “Stromal Cells in Immunity”, Keystone, USA
2017 Joint Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Allergology and Immunology and the Swiss Society of Pediatrics, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2017 4th Lymphoid Tissue Meeting “Focus on: Stromal Cells”, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2018 Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 5th European Congress of Immunology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2002 – present Veterinary officer of the Medical Research Center, Kantonsspital St.Gallen
2002 – 2012 Biosafety officer of the Medical Research Center, Kantonsspital St.Gallen

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
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