Max J. Kellner
@mjkellner.bsky.social
Molecular biologist learning from the natural world. Now part of @www.helmholtz.de – aiming to decode disease resilience in bats and other remarkable species
Thank you @imbavienna.bsky.social and @vbcscitraining.bsky.social for providing an environment for growth beyond expectations. The awarded work would not have been possible without the amazing support and mentorship from everyone along the way. Deeply grateful 💙
🎉 Congratulations to Max Kellner, former PhD student in the Penninger Lab, who was presented with the ÖGBMT Life Sciences PhD Award Austria. The award recognizes Kellner’s PhD research on how dangerous viruses emerge from natural reservoirs like bats. More: https://imba.science/3KiRYSN
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Thank you @imbavienna.bsky.social and @vbcscitraining.bsky.social for providing an environment for growth beyond expectations. The awarded work would not have been possible without the amazing support and mentorship from everyone along the way. Deeply grateful 💙
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🦇 Fledertiere können verschiedene hochgefährliche Viren in sich tragen, ohne sichtbar zu erkranken. @mjkellner.bsky.social & @penningerlab.bsky.social haben nun die zellulären antiviralen Abwehrmechanismen in den Schleimhäuten der Tiere untersucht.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🦇 Fledertiere können verschiedene hochgefährliche Viren in sich tragen, ohne sichtbar zu erkranken. @mjkellner.bsky.social & @penningerlab.bsky.social haben nun die zellulären antiviralen Abwehrmechanismen in den Schleimhäuten der Tiere untersucht.
www.helmholtz-hzi.de/media-center...
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Hi 🦋 I’m thrilled to share that our #bat #organoid work has found a publishing home in Nature Immunology!
These models provided unprecedented insight into antiviral immunity at epithelial surfaces of the Egyptian fruit bat 🦇 — a natural reservoir of Marburg virus 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
These models provided unprecedented insight into antiviral immunity at epithelial surfaces of the Egyptian fruit bat 🦇 — a natural reservoir of Marburg virus 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bat organoids reveal antiviral responses at epithelial surfaces - Nature Immunology
Kellner et al. develop respiratory and intestinal organoids from Rousettus aegyptiacus to show elevated basal expression of interferon-ε (IFNε) and IFN-stimulated genes, along with robust, self-amplifying type III IFN responses that drive antiviral defense against zoonotic RNA viruses.
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May 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hi 🦋 I’m thrilled to share that our #bat #organoid work has found a publishing home in Nature Immunology!
These models provided unprecedented insight into antiviral immunity at epithelial surfaces of the Egyptian fruit bat 🦇 — a natural reservoir of Marburg virus 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
These models provided unprecedented insight into antiviral immunity at epithelial surfaces of the Egyptian fruit bat 🦇 — a natural reservoir of Marburg virus 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...