Alumni

	Name	Title of dissertation	Supervisor
Congratulations to Christian for a successful defense of his PhD thesis on July 2011
	Brendel, Christian	Entwicklung lentiviraler Vektoren für die Gentherapie der X-chromosomalen Form der Chronischen Granulomatose Auszeichnung: Preis in Leukerbad 2008	Grez	"Die Neugier steht am Anfang jeden Problems, das gelöst werden will." (Galileo Galilei)

Congratulations to Markus for a successful defense of his PhD thesis on June 2011
	Steber, Markus	Regulation der 5-Lipoxygenase-Expression durch miRNA	Steinhilber	Thinking lateral and working forward in the field of RNA.

Congratulations to Oliver for a successful defense of his PhD thesis on May 2011
	Giegold, Oliver	Die Rolle des CXCR3- und des CXCR4-Rezeptors bei der Infiltration von Immunzellen in chronisch entzündetes Gewebe	Radeke	If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.

Congratulations to Stephan for a successful defense of his PhD thesis on March 2011
	Schultze-Strasser, Stephan	Molekulares Monitoring einer klinischen Gentherapie Studie Phase I/II für die Behandlung von X-CGD (X Chromosomen gebundene chronische Granulomatose) Auszeichnung: Juli 2007 Best-Presentation-Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gentherapie (DG-GT, German Society for Gene Therapy)	Grez	Science has to be fun as it’s hard work.

Congratulations to Christiane for a successful defense of her PhD thesis on March 2011
	Knopp, Christiane	Design chimärer Zytokinrezeptoren zur Stimulation von Lymphozyten vermittelt durch antigen-spezifische Tumorerkennung	Wels	"Die Neugier steht immer an erster Stelle eines Problems, das gelöst werden will." (Galileo Galilei)

Congratulations to Ute for a successful defense of her PhD thesis on February 2011
	Burkhardt, Ute	Rekombinante Tumorvakzine 11/2009 UCT-Best Abstract Forschungspreis	Wels	Key antigens for constructing cancer vaccines are identified and we are beginning to learn how to put them together - getting closer to our major goal: human benefit.

Congratulations to Astrid for a successful defense of her PhD thesis on December 2010
	Weiß, Astrid	Survivin, ein Inhibitor der Apoptose-Proteine, als Angriffspunkt einer peptid-basierenden Brustkrebstherapie	Groner	"The man of action has to believe, the inquirer has to doubt - the scientific investigator is both." (Charles Sanders Peirce)

Congratulations to Janine for a successful defense of her PhD thesis on October 2010
	Kimpel, Janine	Analyse der Wirksamkeit der Gentherapie der HIV-1-Infektion im humanisierten Mausmodell	von Laer	“Real is what can be measured.” (Max Planck)

Congratulations to Sabine for a successful defense of her PhD thesis on October 2010
	Lindner, Sabine	Einfluss von Toll-like Rezeptor 2 - Liganden auf die Leukotrien - Biosynthese in humanen Monozyten	Steinhilber	Es ist spannend, mit jedem Schritt wieder ein bisschen mehr zu verstehen.

Congratulations to Christine for a successful defense of her PhD thesis on Oktober 2010
	Moeser, Christine	I-kappa B kinases as novel targets for the pharmacotherapy of pain and inflammation	Niederberger	"In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Congratulations to Uta for a successful defense of her PhD thesis on October 2010
	Rabenhorst, Uta	In vitro and in vivo analysis of the transcriptional regulator FUSE Binding Protein 1 12/2009, Paul-Ehrlich-Förderpreis - verliehen vom Verein Freunde und Förderer des Georg Speyer Hauses e.V. und der Gesellschaft der Freunde Paul Ehrlichs e.V. magna cum laude	Zörnig	"Per aspera ad astra." (Seneca)

Congratulations to Isabel for a successful defense of her PhD thesis on July 2010
	Vogler, Isabel	„Gene-Modified T Cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy"	Grez	Becoming a scientist is a science.

Congratulations to Ashok for a successful defense of his thesis on March 2010
	Kumar, Ashok	"Transformation Potential of NPM-ALK, p21SNFT and Tax for Mature T Lymphocytes". Magna cum laude doctorate conferred	Laer	"Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves." (Josh Billings)

Congratulations to Cornelia for a successful defense of her PhD thesis on April 2010
	Richter, Cornelia	Differential regulation of IL-12p70 and IL-23 in dendritic cells. Poster Prize März 2009 - World Immune Regulation Meeting III The Abcam Award März 2009 - Best oral presentation - Dendritic cells and immune tolerance versus immune reactivity magna cum laude	Radeke	Every step forward is a step in the right direction.

Name	Title of dissertation	Supervisor
Schiefelbein, Dana	Analysis of the insulin-regulated enzyme HMG-CoA reductase in keratinocytes and during wound healing in healthy as well as insulin-resistant mice Interview magna cum laude doctorate conferred	Frank

Ziesché, Elisabeth	Analysis of generation and function of IL-22 in inflammatory immune activation magna cum laude doctorate conferred	Mühl

Kremer, Melanie	Investigation of new experimental therapies of the cutaneous T cell lymphoma Interview doctorate conferred	Schnierle	Jeder Tag, an dem du nicht lächelst, ist ein verlorener Tag.

Mahmud, Hayat	Targeted induction of tumor cell death by a fusion protein carrying human apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) Interview doctorate conferred	Wels	"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." (R.W. Emerson)

Funke, Sabrina	Targeted cell entry of lentiviral vectors Interview Auszeichnung: 30.08.2008 --> 3. Platz beim Forschungspreis 2008 für exzellente Nachwuchsforschung doctorate conferred	Buchholz	With passion and hard work you will reach your goal.

Huenecke, Sabine	Enhancement of natural killer cell cytotoxicity for improved graft versus leukemia / tumor effect: New option for immunotherapy after haploidentical stem cell transplantation Interview doctorate conferred	Köhl	Science is always on the path, never reachs an end.

Kloke, Björn-Phillip	Development of a simian immune deficiency virus (SIVsmmPBj) derived lentiviral vector Interview doctorate conferred	Schweizer

Bednorz, Nadja	Tracking Stat activation during mouse development and tumorigenesis doctorate conferred	Groner	"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." (Václav Havel)

Balah, Amany	Synergistic effects of IL-18 and double stranded RNA poly(I:C) in leukemic KG-1 cells Interview doctorate conferred	Mühl

Wittel, Gerda	Synthesis and characterization of immune modulating oligodeoxynucleotides doctorate conferred	Engels	Eines der beglückensten Erlebnisse ist es, die richtigen Leute zu finden, mit denen auch Hindernisse überwunden werden können.