Steffen Borrmann
@steffenbo.bsky.social
MD, infectious diseases researcher, MSc programme director
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The second cohort of our #DAAD funded M.Sc. programme is underway, already wrapping up the 3rd module led by the great malaria immunologist Rolf Fendel and Matthew McCall, and supported by two former IBC students, Elisabeth Mbolle and Flavian Fukah Jam, now PhD students with Rolf in Tübingen.
December 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The second cohort of our #DAAD funded M.Sc. programme is underway, already wrapping up the 3rd module led by the great malaria immunologist Rolf Fendel and Matthew McCall, and supported by two former IBC students, Elisabeth Mbolle and Flavian Fukah Jam, now PhD students with Rolf in Tübingen.
Reposted by Steffen Borrmann
Join us (again) for another fantastic BioMalPar meeting @embl.org and also a great pre-meeting @ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social
Do you want to join a community working to reduce the devastating toll of #malaria by pushing forward new ideas, innovations, and strategies? 🦟 🧬
Registration is now open for #EMBLMalaria: https://s.embl.org/bmp26-01-bl
✍️ Submit your abstract by 18 Feb
🗓️ 27 – 29 May 2026
#BioMalPar
Registration is now open for #EMBLMalaria: https://s.embl.org/bmp26-01-bl
✍️ Submit your abstract by 18 Feb
🗓️ 27 – 29 May 2026
#BioMalPar
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Join us (again) for another fantastic BioMalPar meeting @embl.org and also a great pre-meeting @ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social
Exciting to know that a main finding from our recent publication with @embomolmed.org (link.springer.com/article/10.1...) is taken up in a clinical trial that started a few days ago here in Tübingen and which may revolutionise chemoprophylaxis of malaria: euclinicaltrials.eu/search-for-c....
Complete attenuation of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites by atovaquone–proguanil - EMBO Molecular Medicine
To develop a Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) vaccine that precludes replication inside the host for improved vaccine safety, we tested chemo-attenuation (CVac) of sporozoites (SPZ) with atovaquone–proguani...
link.springer.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Exciting to know that a main finding from our recent publication with @embomolmed.org (link.springer.com/article/10.1...) is taken up in a clinical trial that started a few days ago here in Tübingen and which may revolutionise chemoprophylaxis of malaria: euclinicaltrials.eu/search-for-c....
Reposted by Steffen Borrmann
A short but wonderful course on #parasites for Master and PhD students organized by the one and only Jude Przyborski. Apply.
March 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A short but wonderful course on #parasites for Master and PhD students organized by the one and only Jude Przyborski. Apply.
Registration for the upcoming 16th joint Malaria Meeting of the joint Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin, @dzif.bsky.social and Paul Ehrlich Society on 3-4 April 2025 in Tübingen is still open: eveeno.com/16malariamee...
16th Malaria Meeting by DTG, DZIF and PEG
From April 3 - 4, the 16th Malaria Meeting will take place at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Tübingen, Germany. This meeting offers a unique platform to present and discuss the full spectrum of...
eveeno.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Registration for the upcoming 16th joint Malaria Meeting of the joint Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin, @dzif.bsky.social and Paul Ehrlich Society on 3-4 April 2025 in Tübingen is still open: eveeno.com/16malariamee...
Please share widely our announcement for applications to our 2-year M.Sc. programme "Infection Biology and Control" @ibc-msc.bsky.social by @unituebingen.bsky.social in collaboration with @institutpasteur.bsky.social and #CERMEL in Lambaréné, Gabon: bsky.app/profile/ibc-...
The 2-year M.Sc. programme "Infection Biology and Control" by @unituebingen.bsky.social in collaboration with the #CERMEL and the @institutpasteur.bsky.social at the #CERMEL in Lambaréné, Gabon, funded by the @daadworldwide.bsky.social is open for applications (15 June 2025): uni-tuebingen.de/ibc
Infection Biology and Control - Master
The Master's program Infection Biology and Control of the University of Tübingen with the study site Lambaréné in Gabon is fully focused on the predominant causes of the infectious diseases burden in ...
uni-tuebingen.de
March 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Please share widely our announcement for applications to our 2-year M.Sc. programme "Infection Biology and Control" @ibc-msc.bsky.social by @unituebingen.bsky.social in collaboration with @institutpasteur.bsky.social and #CERMEL in Lambaréné, Gabon: bsky.app/profile/ibc-...
This is following a nice spotlight article with colleagues from @humboldtuni.bsky.social, @unituebingen.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social on a new generation of genetically attenuated #MalariaVaccine from @unileiden.bsky.social published @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social (bsky.app/profile/cp-t...)
Spotlight in our February issue: Genetically attenuated parasites show promise as a next-generation #malaria #vaccine, by Julius Hafalla @steffenbo.bsky.social & Kai Matuschewski, highlighting Meta Roestenberg & colleagues’ @nejm.org & @natmedicine.bsky.social articles.
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
March 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is following a nice spotlight article with colleagues from @humboldtuni.bsky.social, @unituebingen.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social on a new generation of genetically attenuated #MalariaVaccine from @unileiden.bsky.social published @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social (bsky.app/profile/cp-t...)
Our paper from the MRCT Mali, @ki.se, @uniheidelberg.bsky.social and @unituebingen.bsky.social on the evolution of #DrugResistance after repeated use of #WHO recommended #ACT with slowly eliminated partner drugs, eg #piperaquine, is out @naturecomms.bsky.social (doi 10.1038/s41467-025-57726-5)
March 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Our paper from the MRCT Mali, @ki.se, @uniheidelberg.bsky.social and @unituebingen.bsky.social on the evolution of #DrugResistance after repeated use of #WHO recommended #ACT with slowly eliminated partner drugs, eg #piperaquine, is out @naturecomms.bsky.social (doi 10.1038/s41467-025-57726-5)
This imposing but peaceful fellow greeted me on Friday on top of the Stooss in the Alpstein mountain range - it were intensive, breathtaking moments since I was climbing up on a relatively steep side on the way to the summit
November 17, 2024 at 7:56 PM
This imposing but peaceful fellow greeted me on Friday on top of the Stooss in the Alpstein mountain range - it were intensive, breathtaking moments since I was climbing up on a relatively steep side on the way to the summit
Nice to be here - who doesn’t like blue skies! 🙂
November 17, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Nice to be here - who doesn’t like blue skies! 🙂