Lars Nitschke - Curriculum Vitae#
EDUCATION
- 2002 Habilitation in Molecular Immunology, University of Würzburg
- 1989 - 1993 PhD thesis at Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg (mentor: Prof. G. Köhler, Nobel laureate)
- 1982 - 1989 Studies in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Freiburg and Sussex University; Diploma in Chemistry
RESEARCH TRAINING
- 1993 - 1997 Postdoc at Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg (Prof. G. Köhler)
FORMER STUDENTS (selected)
- Julia Jellusova (PhD from 2007 - 2010, now PI at BIOSS Institute, University of Freiburg)
- Jochen Ackermann (PhD from 2008 - 2011, Postdoc at F. Crick Institute, London, Prof. V. Tybulewitz)
- Miriam Wöhner (PhD from 2009 - 2012, now Postdoc at IMP, Vienna, Prof. M. Busslinger)
- Daniel Radtke (PhD from 2011 - 2014, Postdoc at University of Oxford, Dr. Oliver Bannard)
- Jennifer Müller-Winkler (PhD from 2010 - 2014, now Postdoc at F. Crick Institute, London, Prof. V. Tybulewitz)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS AT INTL. CONFERENCES (selected)
- 2020 Keystone Symposia, "B cell renaissance", Banff, Canada (speaker)
- 2019 Gordon Research conference "Glycobiology", Lucca, Italy (speaker)
- 2018 Keystone Symposia "B cells in immunity and autoimmunity", Dresden, Germany (main organiser and speaker)
- 2017 EMBO conference "B cells in health and disease", La Corunja, Spain (speaker)
- 2016 Sialoglyco conference, Santa Barbara, USA (speaker)
- 2015 EMBO conference "Cellular Biology of animal lectins", Weizman Institute, Israel (speaker)
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
- 2013 - present Speaker of the DFG collaborative grant TRR130 "B cells: immunity and autoimmunity"
- 2019 - present Vice-speaker of the DFG research unit "Sialic acids in development and immunity" (8 groups).
- 2015 - present Vice head of the department of Biology, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg.