Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene
@immh-mainz.bsky.social
Elucidating host-pathogen interactions to develop strategies against infectious and inflammatory diseases
Visit our homepage: https://www.mikrobiologie.medizin.uni-mainz.de
Visit our homepage: https://www.mikrobiologie.medizin.uni-mainz.de
We are happy to welcome Sophie Oberwalder to the Sparwasser Lab! 🎉
As a medical student, she is pursuing her medical doctoral research. Her project explores how transcriptional changes in regulatory T cells influence their ability to maintain immune balance.
#Immunology #Tregs #ImmuneRegulation
As a medical student, she is pursuing her medical doctoral research. Her project explores how transcriptional changes in regulatory T cells influence their ability to maintain immune balance.
#Immunology #Tregs #ImmuneRegulation
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We are happy to welcome Sophie Oberwalder to the Sparwasser Lab! 🎉
As a medical student, she is pursuing her medical doctoral research. Her project explores how transcriptional changes in regulatory T cells influence their ability to maintain immune balance.
#Immunology #Tregs #ImmuneRegulation
As a medical student, she is pursuing her medical doctoral research. Her project explores how transcriptional changes in regulatory T cells influence their ability to maintain immune balance.
#Immunology #Tregs #ImmuneRegulation
We are happy to welcome Raoufeh Alebouyeh! 🎉
She joins the lab of @luberod.bsky.social for her Master project and will complete her research in close collaboration with the IMMH, focusing on the metabolism of regulatory T cells.
#Immunology #Tregs #Immunometabolism
She joins the lab of @luberod.bsky.social for her Master project and will complete her research in close collaboration with the IMMH, focusing on the metabolism of regulatory T cells.
#Immunology #Tregs #Immunometabolism
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are happy to welcome Raoufeh Alebouyeh! 🎉
She joins the lab of @luberod.bsky.social for her Master project and will complete her research in close collaboration with the IMMH, focusing on the metabolism of regulatory T cells.
#Immunology #Tregs #Immunometabolism
She joins the lab of @luberod.bsky.social for her Master project and will complete her research in close collaboration with the IMMH, focusing on the metabolism of regulatory T cells.
#Immunology #Tregs #Immunometabolism
We are happy to welcome Jonas Loosen! ✨
As part of his Master’s in Biomedical Sciences, Jonas is conducting his project work in the lab of @luberod.bsky.social and in close collaboration with the IMMH.
His project focuses on how short-chain fatty acids influence #DendriticCells #Metabolism.
As part of his Master’s in Biomedical Sciences, Jonas is conducting his project work in the lab of @luberod.bsky.social and in close collaboration with the IMMH.
His project focuses on how short-chain fatty acids influence #DendriticCells #Metabolism.
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We are happy to welcome Jonas Loosen! ✨
As part of his Master’s in Biomedical Sciences, Jonas is conducting his project work in the lab of @luberod.bsky.social and in close collaboration with the IMMH.
His project focuses on how short-chain fatty acids influence #DendriticCells #Metabolism.
As part of his Master’s in Biomedical Sciences, Jonas is conducting his project work in the lab of @luberod.bsky.social and in close collaboration with the IMMH.
His project focuses on how short-chain fatty acids influence #DendriticCells #Metabolism.
We’re very happy to welcome Dr. Anna Lambert as postdoctoral researcher to the Vieira-Silva lab at the IMMH! 🎉
Her work focuses on genome-scale #MetabolicModeling, the #GutMicrobiome, and flux balance analysis. She aims to explore how cells or microbial ecosystems shift under different conditions.
Her work focuses on genome-scale #MetabolicModeling, the #GutMicrobiome, and flux balance analysis. She aims to explore how cells or microbial ecosystems shift under different conditions.
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We’re very happy to welcome Dr. Anna Lambert as postdoctoral researcher to the Vieira-Silva lab at the IMMH! 🎉
Her work focuses on genome-scale #MetabolicModeling, the #GutMicrobiome, and flux balance analysis. She aims to explore how cells or microbial ecosystems shift under different conditions.
Her work focuses on genome-scale #MetabolicModeling, the #GutMicrobiome, and flux balance analysis. She aims to explore how cells or microbial ecosystems shift under different conditions.
We are happy to welcome Florina Reich and congratulate her on receiving a scholarship within the IRTG of the TRR355! 🎉
To pursue her medical doctorate, Florina will join the lab of @luberod.bsky.social and work in close collaboration with the IMMH on #Tregs and their role in #CeliacDisease.
To pursue her medical doctorate, Florina will join the lab of @luberod.bsky.social and work in close collaboration with the IMMH on #Tregs and their role in #CeliacDisease.
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We are happy to welcome Florina Reich and congratulate her on receiving a scholarship within the IRTG of the TRR355! 🎉
To pursue her medical doctorate, Florina will join the lab of @luberod.bsky.social and work in close collaboration with the IMMH on #Tregs and their role in #CeliacDisease.
To pursue her medical doctorate, Florina will join the lab of @luberod.bsky.social and work in close collaboration with the IMMH on #Tregs and their role in #CeliacDisease.
#ThrowbackThursday to an amazing week in Shanghai! ✨
Our team joined the 6th Meeting of our Sino-German Mobility Program, hosted by Peiying Li and Weifeng Yu at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
👀 Stay tuned for meeting number 7 👀
#Tregs #Collaboration #CDZ #AcademicExchange
Our team joined the 6th Meeting of our Sino-German Mobility Program, hosted by Peiying Li and Weifeng Yu at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
👀 Stay tuned for meeting number 7 👀
#Tregs #Collaboration #CDZ #AcademicExchange
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
#ThrowbackThursday to an amazing week in Shanghai! ✨
Our team joined the 6th Meeting of our Sino-German Mobility Program, hosted by Peiying Li and Weifeng Yu at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
👀 Stay tuned for meeting number 7 👀
#Tregs #Collaboration #CDZ #AcademicExchange
Our team joined the 6th Meeting of our Sino-German Mobility Program, hosted by Peiying Li and Weifeng Yu at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
👀 Stay tuned for meeting number 7 👀
#Tregs #Collaboration #CDZ #AcademicExchange
We are excited to welcome Julian Arian to our AG Sparwasser at the IMMH! Julian is conducting his project work on metabolic signaling regulation during the differentiation of regulatory T cells under the supervision of Luana, one of our PhD students.
#Immunology #TCells #Treg #ImmuneModulation
#Immunology #TCells #Treg #ImmuneModulation
October 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
We are excited to welcome Julian Arian to our AG Sparwasser at the IMMH! Julian is conducting his project work on metabolic signaling regulation during the differentiation of regulatory T cells under the supervision of Luana, one of our PhD students.
#Immunology #TCells #Treg #ImmuneModulation
#Immunology #TCells #Treg #ImmuneModulation
🚀 New tandem starts at IMMH: Lennart Paulsen begins his medical doctorate, teaming up with Aleksandra Lopez Krol (PhD) in a joint project on immune ageing.
Funded by the Else Kröner Graduate School #ImmunYoAge, Mainz Research School of Translational Medicine
#Immunology #EKFS #TransMedMainz
Funded by the Else Kröner Graduate School #ImmunYoAge, Mainz Research School of Translational Medicine
#Immunology #EKFS #TransMedMainz
October 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🚀 New tandem starts at IMMH: Lennart Paulsen begins his medical doctorate, teaming up with Aleksandra Lopez Krol (PhD) in a joint project on immune ageing.
Funded by the Else Kröner Graduate School #ImmunYoAge, Mainz Research School of Translational Medicine
#Immunology #EKFS #TransMedMainz
Funded by the Else Kröner Graduate School #ImmunYoAge, Mainz Research School of Translational Medicine
#Immunology #EKFS #TransMedMainz
Congrats to our Master student Hitikk Chawla, recipient of the Mainzer Rotary Jugendpreis 2025! 🎉
He was honored by the #Rotary Clubs in Mainz for his outstanding work on the development of an oral vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
#MedicalResearch #PneumococcalDisease #VaccineDevelopment
He was honored by the #Rotary Clubs in Mainz for his outstanding work on the development of an oral vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
#MedicalResearch #PneumococcalDisease #VaccineDevelopment
September 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Congrats to our Master student Hitikk Chawla, recipient of the Mainzer Rotary Jugendpreis 2025! 🎉
He was honored by the #Rotary Clubs in Mainz for his outstanding work on the development of an oral vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
#MedicalResearch #PneumococcalDisease #VaccineDevelopment
He was honored by the #Rotary Clubs in Mainz for his outstanding work on the development of an oral vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
#MedicalResearch #PneumococcalDisease #VaccineDevelopment
#NewPaper in EJI! ✨
Led by Juan Nahuel Quiroz and @luberod.bsky.social (IMM, Mainz) we uncovered how dendritic cells rewire their protein tags when sensing danger, revealing a new layer of immune regulation.
🔗 Read here: doi.org/10.1002/eji....
#Immunology #DendriticCells #ImmuneRegulation
Led by Juan Nahuel Quiroz and @luberod.bsky.social (IMM, Mainz) we uncovered how dendritic cells rewire their protein tags when sensing danger, revealing a new layer of immune regulation.
🔗 Read here: doi.org/10.1002/eji....
#Immunology #DendriticCells #ImmuneRegulation
September 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#NewPaper in EJI! ✨
Led by Juan Nahuel Quiroz and @luberod.bsky.social (IMM, Mainz) we uncovered how dendritic cells rewire their protein tags when sensing danger, revealing a new layer of immune regulation.
🔗 Read here: doi.org/10.1002/eji....
#Immunology #DendriticCells #ImmuneRegulation
Led by Juan Nahuel Quiroz and @luberod.bsky.social (IMM, Mainz) we uncovered how dendritic cells rewire their protein tags when sensing danger, revealing a new layer of immune regulation.
🔗 Read here: doi.org/10.1002/eji....
#Immunology #DendriticCells #ImmuneRegulation
New paper from our lab just dropped: We discovered that an antibiotic can block #Tregs - immune cells that can help cancers hide. This could open new doors for #immunotherapy against #cancer.
Congrats to first-time first author Luana Silva!
Check out the publication here: doi.org/10.1002/eji....
Congrats to first-time first author Luana Silva!
Check out the publication here: doi.org/10.1002/eji....
August 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
New paper from our lab just dropped: We discovered that an antibiotic can block #Tregs - immune cells that can help cancers hide. This could open new doors for #immunotherapy against #cancer.
Congrats to first-time first author Luana Silva!
Check out the publication here: doi.org/10.1002/eji....
Congrats to first-time first author Luana Silva!
Check out the publication here: doi.org/10.1002/eji....
How Does Metabolism Shape Immunity?🤔
We want to know!
💡Submit your research to our special issue "Immunometabolism & Beyond" in the @eurjimmunol.bsky.social by Jan 31, 2026.
🔗 bit.ly/45xs3xo
Edited by Peiying Li & @timsparwasser.bsky.social
@efis-immunology.bsky.social
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social
We want to know!
💡Submit your research to our special issue "Immunometabolism & Beyond" in the @eurjimmunol.bsky.social by Jan 31, 2026.
🔗 bit.ly/45xs3xo
Edited by Peiying Li & @timsparwasser.bsky.social
@efis-immunology.bsky.social
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
How Does Metabolism Shape Immunity?🤔
We want to know!
💡Submit your research to our special issue "Immunometabolism & Beyond" in the @eurjimmunol.bsky.social by Jan 31, 2026.
🔗 bit.ly/45xs3xo
Edited by Peiying Li & @timsparwasser.bsky.social
@efis-immunology.bsky.social
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social
We want to know!
💡Submit your research to our special issue "Immunometabolism & Beyond" in the @eurjimmunol.bsky.social by Jan 31, 2026.
🔗 bit.ly/45xs3xo
Edited by Peiying Li & @timsparwasser.bsky.social
@efis-immunology.bsky.social
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social
📢 New Grant: €300,000 from @ekfstiftung.bsky.social for our team working on mucosal #vaccines to fight off #Pneumococcus 🧫💉
Congrats to @timsparwasser.bsky.social, Prof. Lujan and the entire team for securing this competitive funding!
#VaccineResearch #PneumococcalDisease #TranslationalResearch
Congrats to @timsparwasser.bsky.social, Prof. Lujan and the entire team for securing this competitive funding!
#VaccineResearch #PneumococcalDisease #TranslationalResearch
July 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
📢 New Grant: €300,000 from @ekfstiftung.bsky.social for our team working on mucosal #vaccines to fight off #Pneumococcus 🧫💉
Congrats to @timsparwasser.bsky.social, Prof. Lujan and the entire team for securing this competitive funding!
#VaccineResearch #PneumococcalDisease #TranslationalResearch
Congrats to @timsparwasser.bsky.social, Prof. Lujan and the entire team for securing this competitive funding!
#VaccineResearch #PneumococcalDisease #TranslationalResearch
📢New role: Starting today, @timsparwasser.bsky.social will be leading the brand-new Department of Diagnostics as spokesperson – bringing together teams from genetics, pathology, microbiology & more!
Here's to stronger collaboration and smarter diagnostics! 🙌
#UMCMainz #Diagnostics #UM.Neustart
Here's to stronger collaboration and smarter diagnostics! 🙌
#UMCMainz #Diagnostics #UM.Neustart
July 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📢New role: Starting today, @timsparwasser.bsky.social will be leading the brand-new Department of Diagnostics as spokesperson – bringing together teams from genetics, pathology, microbiology & more!
Here's to stronger collaboration and smarter diagnostics! 🙌
#UMCMainz #Diagnostics #UM.Neustart
Here's to stronger collaboration and smarter diagnostics! 🙌
#UMCMainz #Diagnostics #UM.Neustart
What a fantastic two days!
Our Symposium "Immunometabolism & Beyond – From Liver to Brain" brought together scientists from Shanghai, Mainz & beyond. Thanks to all who joined us—and to our partners & the SGC for their support!
#SinoGerman #Immunometabolism
Our Symposium "Immunometabolism & Beyond – From Liver to Brain" brought together scientists from Shanghai, Mainz & beyond. Thanks to all who joined us—and to our partners & the SGC for their support!
#SinoGerman #Immunometabolism
June 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
What a fantastic two days!
Our Symposium "Immunometabolism & Beyond – From Liver to Brain" brought together scientists from Shanghai, Mainz & beyond. Thanks to all who joined us—and to our partners & the SGC for their support!
#SinoGerman #Immunometabolism
Our Symposium "Immunometabolism & Beyond – From Liver to Brain" brought together scientists from Shanghai, Mainz & beyond. Thanks to all who joined us—and to our partners & the SGC for their support!
#SinoGerman #Immunometabolism
Big news: Prof. Alves-Filho (@uspoficial.bsky.social, Brazil) is joining us in Mainz as a Gutenberg Research College Fellow! He’ll be working with our team on immune cell research in cancer + autoimmunity. Science across borders! 🌍🧬
#Immunology #GRC #TranslationalMedicine #InternationalResearch
#Immunology #GRC #TranslationalMedicine #InternationalResearch
June 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Big news: Prof. Alves-Filho (@uspoficial.bsky.social, Brazil) is joining us in Mainz as a Gutenberg Research College Fellow! He’ll be working with our team on immune cell research in cancer + autoimmunity. Science across borders! 🌍🧬
#Immunology #GRC #TranslationalMedicine #InternationalResearch
#Immunology #GRC #TranslationalMedicine #InternationalResearch
We are thrilled to welcome Ni Zeng as a new postdoctoral researcher in our lab! Joining us with a prestigious @humboldt-foundation.de Research Fellowship, she will explore how metabolism shapes #Tcell function. Welcome aboard, Ni!
#Immunometabolism #CancerResearch #Autoimmunity #AgingResearch
#Immunometabolism #CancerResearch #Autoimmunity #AgingResearch
June 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We are thrilled to welcome Ni Zeng as a new postdoctoral researcher in our lab! Joining us with a prestigious @humboldt-foundation.de Research Fellowship, she will explore how metabolism shapes #Tcell function. Welcome aboard, Ni!
#Immunometabolism #CancerResearch #Autoimmunity #AgingResearch
#Immunometabolism #CancerResearch #Autoimmunity #AgingResearch
Mark your calendars!
PD Dr. Sethi gives his inaugural lecture on innate immune receptors & pathogens 🧬
🗓️ 13 June | ⏰ 3–5 PM | 📍 UM Mainz, Building 708H, Lecture Hall “Pathologie”
#Immunology #MainzScience #InnateImmunity
PD Dr. Sethi gives his inaugural lecture on innate immune receptors & pathogens 🧬
🗓️ 13 June | ⏰ 3–5 PM | 📍 UM Mainz, Building 708H, Lecture Hall “Pathologie”
#Immunology #MainzScience #InnateImmunity
June 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Mark your calendars!
PD Dr. Sethi gives his inaugural lecture on innate immune receptors & pathogens 🧬
🗓️ 13 June | ⏰ 3–5 PM | 📍 UM Mainz, Building 708H, Lecture Hall “Pathologie”
#Immunology #MainzScience #InnateImmunity
PD Dr. Sethi gives his inaugural lecture on innate immune receptors & pathogens 🧬
🗓️ 13 June | ⏰ 3–5 PM | 📍 UM Mainz, Building 708H, Lecture Hall “Pathologie”
#Immunology #MainzScience #InnateImmunity
🚀 New @naturemetabolism.bsky.social paper from Yu-San Kao and colleagues in Mainz shows the path to novel psoriasis therapies.
🧬 Read the original publication here: doi.org/10.1038/s422...
#Immunology #Psoriasis #Metabolism #ScienceNews
🧬 Read the original publication here: doi.org/10.1038/s422...
#Immunology #Psoriasis #Metabolism #ScienceNews
May 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🚀 New @naturemetabolism.bsky.social paper from Yu-San Kao and colleagues in Mainz shows the path to novel psoriasis therapies.
🧬 Read the original publication here: doi.org/10.1038/s422...
#Immunology #Psoriasis #Metabolism #ScienceNews
🧬 Read the original publication here: doi.org/10.1038/s422...
#Immunology #Psoriasis #Metabolism #ScienceNews
15 PhDs, 11 countries, 1 goal: Rethinking immunotherapy!
@luberod.bsky.social leads #UNLIMITED, a newly EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA Doctoral Network on lipid #immunometabolism with €4.5m for cutting-edge science!! Congratulationss!
#immunology
#bioinformatics
#drugdevelopment
@luberod.bsky.social leads #UNLIMITED, a newly EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA Doctoral Network on lipid #immunometabolism with €4.5m for cutting-edge science!! Congratulationss!
#immunology
#bioinformatics
#drugdevelopment
April 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
15 PhDs, 11 countries, 1 goal: Rethinking immunotherapy!
@luberod.bsky.social leads #UNLIMITED, a newly EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA Doctoral Network on lipid #immunometabolism with €4.5m for cutting-edge science!! Congratulationss!
#immunology
#bioinformatics
#drugdevelopment
@luberod.bsky.social leads #UNLIMITED, a newly EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA Doctoral Network on lipid #immunometabolism with €4.5m for cutting-edge science!! Congratulationss!
#immunology
#bioinformatics
#drugdevelopment
We are thrilled to welcome Daria Kondrateva, a Master student from @uni.lu to our team in Mainz! As part of the International Master of #Biomedicine program, Daria will be working on her thesis project with Prof. Berod. We look forward to her contributions and #collaboration with the IMMH!
April 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We are thrilled to welcome Daria Kondrateva, a Master student from @uni.lu to our team in Mainz! As part of the International Master of #Biomedicine program, Daria will be working on her thesis project with Prof. Berod. We look forward to her contributions and #collaboration with the IMMH!
📢 Join us for the Symposium of our 5th Sino-German Mobility Program Meeting:
🔬 Immunometabolism & Beyond – From Liver to Brain 🔬
🏨 Mainz, May 20-21, 2025
🆓 Free participation, limited spots
📩 Register now: sparwasser.office@uni-mainz.de
Full program coming soon!
#Symposium2025 #Immunology #FreeEvent
🔬 Immunometabolism & Beyond – From Liver to Brain 🔬
🏨 Mainz, May 20-21, 2025
🆓 Free participation, limited spots
📩 Register now: sparwasser.office@uni-mainz.de
Full program coming soon!
#Symposium2025 #Immunology #FreeEvent
March 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📢 Join us for the Symposium of our 5th Sino-German Mobility Program Meeting:
🔬 Immunometabolism & Beyond – From Liver to Brain 🔬
🏨 Mainz, May 20-21, 2025
🆓 Free participation, limited spots
📩 Register now: sparwasser.office@uni-mainz.de
Full program coming soon!
#Symposium2025 #Immunology #FreeEvent
🔬 Immunometabolism & Beyond – From Liver to Brain 🔬
🏨 Mainz, May 20-21, 2025
🆓 Free participation, limited spots
📩 Register now: sparwasser.office@uni-mainz.de
Full program coming soon!
#Symposium2025 #Immunology #FreeEvent
Welcome, Shneh Sethi! An expert in #laboratory medicine will join our #teaching team this summer. We are looking forward to this fantastic #collabration!
March 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Welcome, Shneh Sethi! An expert in #laboratory medicine will join our #teaching team this summer. We are looking forward to this fantastic #collabration!
New Paper alert! 🚨
In a collaborative project, Luciana Berod's group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine uncovered new findings highlighting the powerful link between #metabolism & #immune_function. This breakthrough could open new doors for immune regulation & therapy!
#Immunology #Tregs #FoxP3
In a collaborative project, Luciana Berod's group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine uncovered new findings highlighting the powerful link between #metabolism & #immune_function. This breakthrough could open new doors for immune regulation & therapy!
#Immunology #Tregs #FoxP3
February 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New Paper alert! 🚨
In a collaborative project, Luciana Berod's group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine uncovered new findings highlighting the powerful link between #metabolism & #immune_function. This breakthrough could open new doors for immune regulation & therapy!
#Immunology #Tregs #FoxP3
In a collaborative project, Luciana Berod's group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine uncovered new findings highlighting the powerful link between #metabolism & #immune_function. This breakthrough could open new doors for immune regulation & therapy!
#Immunology #Tregs #FoxP3
Congratulations to Dr. Brandstetter & Dr. Dennebaum on their recent #promotion to senior physician (Oberarzt)! We are proud to have such dedicated doctors in our #diagnostics team to promote the development of our Department of Infection Medicine!
February 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Brandstetter & Dr. Dennebaum on their recent #promotion to senior physician (Oberarzt)! We are proud to have such dedicated doctors in our #diagnostics team to promote the development of our Department of Infection Medicine!