Cluster 1:
Project 1

Wenqing Xu
Master of Molecular Medicine
PhD-Thesis:
IL-38 receptors in the context of inflammation
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Project 3

Ann-Chi Yu
Master of Science, Biomedicine
PhD-Thesis:
Regulation von Resolution und Regeneration bei Paracetamol- induziertem Leberschaden
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Heiko Mühl
Contact:
Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
Associate

Xin You
Physician,
medical scientist
PhD-Thesis:
PhD-Thesis: The role of interleukin 38 (IL-38) in inflammatory colon carcinogenesis
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Heiko Mühl
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Associate

Ioanna Tsoukala
Master of Science,
Technical Biology
PhD-Thesis:
Exploring the mechanisms of immune-supression in leukemia
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Dr. Hind Medyouf
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Georg-Speyer-Haus
Email address:
www.georg-speyer-haus.de
Associate

Anna Schwantes
Pharmacist
PhD-Thesis:
Macrophages in sensing and executing Ferroptosis
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brüne
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Associate

Michelle Seifert
Master of Science,
Biomolecular Engineering
PhD-Thesis:
Development of molecular strategies for the lysosomal degradation of target proteins
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Dr. Schara Safarian
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Heiko Mühl Contact
Contact:
Fraunhofer Institut für Translationale Medizin und Pharmakologie (ITMP)
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
https://www.itmp.fraunhofer.de/
Associate

Blerina Aliraj
Master in Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
PhD-Thesis:
Multispectral imaging of immune cell interactions in the context of inflammation
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof.Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Associate

Gunjan Arya
Master of Technology, Biotechnology
PhD-Thesis:
The role of IL 38 in cardiovascular diseases
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof.Dr. Andreas Weigert
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Ralf Brandes
Prof. Dr. Ellen Niederberger
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
tba
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Cluster 2:
Project 4

Ira Lamminger
Pharmacist
PhD-Thesis:
Fatty acid provision upstream of cPLA2a during the resolution of inflammation in leukocytes
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Dieter Steinhilber
Dr. Astrid Kahnt
Contact:
Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.uni-franfurt.de/53483647/Steinhilber
Project 5

Fatıma Hacer Kurtoğlu Babayev
Master of Science, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
PhD-Thesis:
The role of secreted modular calcium binding protein (SMOC) 1 in atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction (MI)
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Fleming
Contact:
Institute of Vascular Signalling
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
tba
www.vrc.uni-frankfurt.de
Project 6

Irina Bode
Master of Science, Biology
PhD-Thesis:
Translational changes in glioblastoma in Tumor Treating Fields
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
PD Dr. Tobias Schmid
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Project 7

Nicole Zander
Master of Science
PhD-Thesis:
tba
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Scholich
Contact:
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.kgu.de/zpharm/klin
Project 8

Denis Benning
Master of Science
PhD-Thesis:
The Impact of IKKε in skin diseases
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Ellen Niederberger
Contact:
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
tba
www.kgu.de/zpharm/klin
Project 12

Matthias Denkewitz
Master of Medical Science, Infection Biology
PhD-Thesis:
SARS-CoV-2 infection in Monocytes/Macrophages: pattern of inflammation and it's resolution
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Denisa Bojkova
Contact:
Institute of Medicinal Virology
University Hospital Frankfurt
Email address:
tba
www.kgu.de/
Associate

Marcel Müller
Pharmacist
PhD-Thesis:
Transcellular biosynthesis of pro-resolving lipid mediators (SPM) in co-incubations of macrophages with dying neutrophils
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Dieter Steinhilber
Dr. Astrid Kahnt
Co-Supervisor:
tba
Contact:
Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.uni-franfurt.de/53483647/Steinhilber
Associate

Vanesa Guerrero Ruiz
Master of Science, Immunology
PhD-Thesis:
Macrophage lipid metabolism in the tumour microenvironment
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brüne
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Associate

Sofie Meyer
Master of Science,
Molecular Medicine
PhD-Thesis:
IFN signalling in the hypoxic tumor microenviroment
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
PD Dr. Tobias Schmid
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Associate

Michelle Haß Pharmacist
PhD-Thesis:
The role of IKKε in T-cell-regulation in melanoma
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Ellen Niedernberger
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Prof. Dr. Heiko Mühl
Contact:
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.kgu.de/zpharm/klin
Associate MD

Milou Heffels
Medical Student
MD-Thesis:
ALOX15B in the glioblastoma microenvironment
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
PD Dr. Tobias Schmid
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Associate MD

Yuwei Du
Medical Student
MD-Thesis:
Pro-resolving mediators in mast cells
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Scholich
Contact:
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
https://www.kgu.de/zpharm/klin/
Cluster 3:
Project 9

Ludmila Ciomirtan
Pharmacist
PhD-Thesis:
The role of DYRK1B in leukocytes – immunological effects and regulatory mechanisms
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Robert Fürst
Contact:
Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.uni-frankfurt.de
Project 10

Alicia Schneider
Master of Science
PhD-Thesis:
tba
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Ralf Brandes
Contact:
Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.vrc.uni-frankfurt.de
Project 11

Ahmed Mohammed
Master of Science, Molecular Biology
PhD-Thesis:
Metabolic adaptation of fibroblasts in regeneration and tumour therapy
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Florian Greten
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Amparo Acker Palmer
Contact:
Georg-Speyer-Haus
Email address:
www.georg-speyer-haus.de