Experimental Immunology

Immune cell populations are characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity to enable efficient and specialized responses to the diverse set of pathogens. This is particularly true for cells of the adaptive immune system, but also innate immune cell populations are heterogeneous and can adapt to different environmental conditions. Adaptation of immune cells is often associated with epigenetic alterations that lead to the fixation of gene expression patterns, finally resulting in cells with highly specialized fates, phenotypes and functional properties.

Leader

Prof Jochen Hühn

Immune cells have to be in balance. If they lose this balanced state, we become ill.

Jochen Hühn

Jochen Hühn recognized his interest in immunology early on. He studied biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Hamburg and also worked at the Cornell University (USA). During his time as a diploma and PhD student at the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute in Hamburg, he researched signal transduction in T-cells, a type of immune cell. After a further year as postdoc, he joined the research group "Experimental Rheumatology" of the Charité University of Medicine, Berlin. In 2006, he became a Junior Professor for Immune Regulation with a focus on rheumatology and clinical immunology. His successful research on regulatory T cells was rewarded with the Avrion Mitchison-Award for Rheumatism Research (2002), the Wolfgang Schulze Award for Rheumatism Research (2007) and the Langener Science Award (2007). Jochen Hühn has remained faithful to the investigation of regulatory T cells and currently heads the Department of Experimental Immunology at the HZI Braunschweig and holds a professorship at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) since August 2008.

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