Division Experimental Immunodynamics
Whether an infected organism can successfully fight a pathogen depends primarily on the interactions of a large variety of cells of the immune system, both with each other and with the pathogen. The nature and intensity of these dynamic interactions is strictly correlated with functional parameters such as activation or inhibition of individual immune cell functions, or their deployment of defense functions.
Our division "Experimental Immunodynamics" is dedicated to the study of these interactions in the control of infections in different disease models, in particular Leishmania major and Staphylococcus aureus infection. The aim is to elucidate the molecular and cellular processes underlying the interactions between immune cells and the pathogen and to investigate their effect on the course of the immune response. We are focusing on the following questions:
