Cluster 1:
Project 1

Anastasiia Kiprina
Master of Science, Biology
PhD-Thesis:
Mechanisms of IL-38 signaling in inflammation and cancer
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
Project 3

Jessica Raith
Pharmacist
PhD-Thesis:
Non-hepatic organ-to-liver cross communication in the pathophysiology and resolution of
acetaminophen-induced liver injury
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Heiko Mühl
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Ellen Niederberger
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.pzf.de/allg
Associate

Camilla Tondello
Master of Science,
Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology
PhD-Thesis:
Blockade of the XCL1/XCR1 chemokine axis as a type 1 diabetes therapy
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Urs Christen
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Scholich
Contact:
Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.pzf.de/allg
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

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

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 MD

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 MD

Julia Heinen
Medical Student
MD-Thesis:
Modelling pro vs anti-tumor functions of neutrophils in organoid cultures
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Cluster 2:
Project 4

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
Project 5

Ürün Ukan
Master of Science, Biotechnology
PhD-Thesis:
Role of soluble epoxide hydroxylase (sEH) in macrophagepolarization and resolution of Inflammation
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Fleming
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Institute of Vascular Signalling
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.vrc.uni-frankfurt.de
Project 6

Silvia Rösser
Master of Science,
Molecular Medicine
PhD-Thesis:
Translational regulation of the resolution of inflammation in macrophages
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
PD Dr. Tobias Schmid
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brüne
Co-Supervisor:
Dr. Hind Medyouf
Contact:
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.pathobiochemie1.de
Project 7

Joschua Friedel
Master of Science, Biology
PhD-Thesis:
Role of mast cell-derived mediators during resolution of inflammation
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Scholich
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Ellen Niederberger
Contact:
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.kgu.de/zpharm/klin
Project 8

Eleonora Mungo
Master of Science,
Molecular Bioscience
PhD-Thesis:
The impact of IKKε inhibition on the velocity of atherosclerosis progression: Do T-cells play a role?
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Ellen Niedernberger
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Heiko Mühl
Contact:
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.kgu.de/zpharm/klin
Project 12

Joshua Kandler
Master of Science, Molecular Biotechnology
PhD-Thesis:
SARS-CoV-2 infection in monocytes/macrophages: pattern of inflammation and its resolution
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Denisa Bojkova
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Institute of Medicinal Virology,
University Hospital Frankfurt
Email address:
www.kgu.de/einrichtungen/institute/zentrum-der-hygiene/medizinische-virologie/
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

Anja Kolbinger
Master of Science,
Human- and Molecular biology
PhD-Thesis:
The organization of microenvironments by eosinophil granulocytes and macrophages during local inflammation
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Scholich
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.kgu.de/zpharm/klin
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

Bethy Bezuneh Medical student
MD-Thesis:
Functional characterization of inflammation-regulated endothelial microproteins
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Ingrid Fleming
Contact:
Institute of Vascular Signalling
Goethe-University Frankfurt
www.vrc.uni-frankfurt.de
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

Sarah Ciurus
Master of Science, Molecular Biology
PhD-Thesis:
Characterization of the kinase inhibitor C81 during resolution of inflammation
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Robert Fürst
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.uni-frankfurt.de/53344830/
Institut_für_Pharmazeutische_Biologie
Project 10

Tom Teichmann
Master of Science,
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
PhD-Thesis:
The nuclear Corepressor NCoR1 and its physiological role in the vascular system
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Ralf Brandes
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Robert Fürst
Contact:
Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
www.vrc.uni-frankfurt.de
Project 11

Jennifer Zimmermann
Master of Science, Molecular Biomedicine & Genome Biology
PhD-Thesis:
The role of P2X4 in inflammation, regeneration and tumorigenesis
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Florian Greten
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Weigert
Contact:
Georg-Speyer-Haus
Email address:
www.georg-speyer-haus.de
Associate

Thomas Zech
Pharmacist
PhD-Thesis:
The effect of the carbazole derivative C81 on angiogenic processes in the endothelium
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Robert Fürst
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Dieter Steinhilber
Contact:
Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Email address:
http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/53344830/
Institut_für_Pharmazeutische_Biologie
Associate

Philipp Reus
Master of Science, Toxicology
PhD-Thesis:
Establishment of new antiviral therapy approaches against SARS-CoV-2
Thesis Committee:
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Sandra Ciesek
Co-Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Dieter Steinhilber
Contact:
Institute of Medicinal Virology,
University Hospital Frankfurt
Email address:
www.kgu.de/einrichtungen/institute/
zentrum-der-hygiene/medizinische-virologie/