2023
Winter semester 2023 / 2024
March 18th, 2024
Guest speaker
Dr. Andreas Linder
Post-Doc, AG Hornung, München
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023 - Breaktrough of mRNA technology
March 11th, 2024
Results colloquium
David Andreu Sanz, AG Kobold
RoseTTAFold-generated mini binders replacing scFv for CAR T cell therapy
Journal club
Till Johannsmann, AG Daniel
Nakandakari- Higa et al. Universal recording of immune cell interactions in vivo. Nature 2024
March 4th, 2024
Results colloquium
Amelie Muth, AG Subklewe
Modulating Bispecific Antibody-Mediated T Cell Exhaustion by Exposure to Glucocorticoids
Journal club
Rasmus Müller, AG Kobold
Zhao et al. IL-10 expressing CAR T cells resist dysfunction and mediate durable clearance of solid tumors and metastases. Nature Biotechnology 2022
February 26th, 2024
Results colloquium
Dr. Sarah Kim-Hellmuth
The fascinating effects of genetic diversity on the human immune system and beyond
Journal club
Charlotte Carcopino, AG Kobold
Cancelled
February 19th, 2024
Results colloquium
Sabine Oganesian, AG Theurich
Characterization of the Tumormicroenvironment in Cutaneous T cell Lymphoma with a special focus on B cells
Journal club
Mirjam Schobel, AG Rothenfußer/ Kim- Hellmuth
Cancelled
February 12th, 2024
Results colloquium
Lisa Gregor, AG Kobold
Prostanoid- resistant CAR T cells in cancer
Journal club
Sara Egea- Rodriguez, AG Helfrich
Bawden et al. CD4+ T cell immunity against cutaneous melanoma encompasses multifaceted MHC II- dependent responses. Science Immunology 2024
February 5th, 2024
Educational colloquium
Dr. Anne Holtermann, AG Kobold
Cancelled
Journal club
Sandra Dirschl, AG Daniel
Hamilton et al. In vivo human T cell engineering with enveloped delivery vehicles. Nature Biotechnology 2024
January 22nd, 2024
Educational colloquium
Dr. Ignazio Piseddu, AG Anz
Cancelled
Journal club
Emre Erdogan, AG Kobold
Corey et al. Novel engineered chimerif engulfment receptors trigger T cell effector functions against SIV-infectes CD4+ T cells. Molecular Therapy 2023
January 15th, 2024
Guest speaker
Larsen Vornholz
Postdoctoral scientist, Helmholtz Centre, München
Tumor-cell intrinsic STING signaling controls antitumor immunity
January 8th, 2024
Results colloquium
Julia Teppert, AG König/ Schnurr
Cell death-optimized 5´-triphosphate RNAs for improved tumor immunotherapy
Journal club
Dr. Matthias Thaler, AG Anz
Mackensen et al. "Anti-CD19 CAR T cell therapy for refractory systemic lupus erythematosus". Nature Medicine 2022
December 11th, 2024
Guest speaker
Dr. Sarah Kim- Hellmuth
Group Leader Immunogenomics, Helmholtz Centre, München
The fascinating effects of genetic diversity on the human immune system and beyond
December 4th, 2023
Results colloquium
Monika Sponheimer, AG Subklewe
The Yin and Yang of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Antibody-based Immunotherapy of AML: TNF-a Increases the Expression of the Leukemia-Associated Antigen CD70, and IFN-g Dampens ADCC by NK Cells
Journal club
Alexandra Leutbecher, AG Subklewe
Tang et al. CD47 masks pro-phagocytic ligands in cis on tumor cells to suppress antitumor immunity CD47 masks pro-phagocytic ligands in cis on tumor cells to suppress antitumor immunity. Nature Immunology 2023
November 27th, 2023
Results colloquium
Sophie Bernhard, AG Kobold
Arming CAR T cells with C-C-motive receptor 8 for cancer treatment
Journal club
Dr. Matthias Thaler, AG Anz
Cancelled
November 20th, 2023
Results colloquium
Stefan Niedermeier, AG Buchner
Exploring tumor microenvironment remodeling and ferroptosis resistance during Richter transformation
Journal club
Lena Jablonowski, AG Feuchtinger
Xiang et al. An "Off- the- Shelf" CD2 universal CAR- T therapy for T- cell malignancies. Leukemia 2023
November 13th, 2023
Results colloquium
Till Johannsmann, AG Daniel
Novel inducers of Treg cells to control autoimmunity such as T1D
Journal club
Viktoria Hartmann, AG Kobold
Nils Wellhause et al. „Epitope base editing CD45 in hematopoietic cells enables universal blood cancer immune therapy“. Science Translational Medicine 2023
November 6th, 2023
Educational colloquium
Dr. Thu Nguyen, AG Kobold
Clinical aspects of CAR- T cell therapy
Journal club
Lena- Maria Jablonowski, AG Feuchtinger
Cancelled
October 30th, 2023
Results colloquium
Alejandro Salinas- Illarena, AG Baldauf
Development of simplified virus- like particles (VLPs) for Vpx delivery to overcome chemotherapy resistance in AML
Journal club
Gordon Hoffmann, AG Kobold
Tousley et al. Co- opting signaling molecules enables logic- gated control of CAR T cells. Nature Cancer 2022
October 16th, 2023
Results colloquium
Mara Henrich, AG Kobold
CAR-T cell therapy in colorectal cancer - Disease specific engineering of CAR-T Cells utilizing chemokine receptors
Journal club
Valerie Kolarik, AG König/ Schnurr
Swietlik et al. Cell-selective proteomics segregates pancreatic cancer subtypes by extracellular proteins in tumors and circulation. Nature Communications 2023
October 9th, 2023
Guest speaker
Prof. Dr. Ralf Jungmann
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, München
Localizomics: Towards spatial omics using DNA-based super-resolution microscopy
October 2nd, 2023
Results colloquium
Viola Siegert, AG Buchner
Metabolic Reprogramming during the transformation of CLL to aggressive lymphom
Journal club
Luana Messa, AG Anz
Tian et al “Specific targeting of glioblastoma with an oncolytic virus expressing a cetuximab- CCL5 fusion protein via innate and adaptive immunity“. Nature Cancer 2022
September 25th, 2023
Results colloquium
Prof. Matthias Kroiß, AG Kroiß
What endocrine tumors can teach about cancer immunology
Journal club
Shenzhi Jia, AG Rothenfußer
Cancelled
September 18th, 2023
Results colloquium
Tanja Maier, AG Kroiß
Towards an understanding of the microenvironment of ACC: Impact of steroid hormones and glucocorticoid receptor signaling
Journal club
Vivien Menkhoff, AG Kobold
Cancelled
Summer semester 2023
July 24th, 2023
Results colloquium
Antonio Santos del Peral, AG Rothenfußer
Basal determinatnts of immune variation and response to the yellow fever vaccine
Journal club
Till Johannsmann, AG Daniel
Zani et al. The dietary sweetener sucaralose is a negative modulator of T cell-mediated responses. Nature 2023
July 17th, 2023
Results colloquium
Prof. Simon Rothenfußer, AG Rothenfußer
Lessons to learn from primary immunodeficiencies
Journal club
Paul Schwarzlmüller, AG Kroiß
Acharya et al. Endogenous Glucocorticoid Signaling Regulates CD8+ T Cell Differentiation and Development of Dysfunction in the Tumor Microenvironment. Immunity 2020
July 20th, 2023
Results colloquium
Sara Egea-Rodriguez, AG Helfrich
High levels of RECQL4 DNA helicase correlate with low numbers of tumor- infiltrating lymphocytes driving poor clinical outcome in patients of mal
Journal club
Lina Majed, AG Kobold
Zhang et al. Reprogramming tumor- associated macrophages to outcompete caner cells. Nature 2023
July 3rd, 2023
Results colloquium
Dr. Maike Buchner, AG Ruland, AG Buchner
Signaling thresholds in B cell development an CLL
Journal club
Jingke Tu, AG Theurich
Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes et al. TGF-β and CIS Inhibition overcomes NK-cell suppression to restore antitumor immunity. Cancer Immunol 2022
June 26th, 2023
Results colloquium
Phillip Müller, AG Kobold
Engineering of novel CAR T cells- Targeting lung cancer specific structures
Journal club
Lina Majed, AG Kobold
How to hold a journal club
(Guideline)
June 19th, 2023
Results colloquium
Alexandra Triebig, AG Kroiß
Targeting the Ferroptosis-Macrophage crosstalk in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC)
Journal club
Stefan Niedermeier, AG Buchner
Choi et al. Immune checkpoint blockade induces gut microbiota translocation that augments extraintestinal anti-tumor immunity. Science Immunology 2023
June 12th, 2023
Guest speaker
Prof. Dr. Per Thor Straten
Centre for Cancer Immune Therapy, University Hospital Herlev
The exercise of TAMing the immune system
June 5th, 2023
Results colloquium
Sandra Dirschl, AG Daniel
T cell specific miRNA targeting in Type 1 Diabetes
Journal club
Mirjam Schobel, AG Rothenfußer und Kim-Hellmuth
Hagan et al. Transcriptional atlas of the human immune response to 13 vaccines reveals a common predictor of vaccine-induced antibody responses. Nat Immunol 2022
May 29th, 2023
Public Holiday
Pfingsten
May 22nd, 2023
Results colloquium
Adriano Carboniero, AG Theurich
Metabolic reprogramming of Natural Killer cells by obesity-associated and tumour-derived cytokine networks
Journal club
Sara Egea-Rodriguez, AG Helfrich
Wang et al., STING agonism reprograms tumor-associated macrophages and overcomes resistance to PARP inhibition in BRCA1-deficient models of breast cancer. Nature Communications 2022
May 15th, 2023
Results colloquium
Amelie Muth, AG Subklewe
Lenalidomide in combination with continuous CD3xCD19 T cell recruiting bispecific antibody treatment maintains T cell function and delays exhaustion
Journal club
Alejandra Hernandez Caceres, AG Hopfner
Yu, X. et al. Reducing affinity as a strategy to boost immunomodulatory antibody agonism. Nature 2023
May 8th, 2023
Results colloquium
Dr. Iman Dalloul, AG Kobold
Canonical Switch in Cis or Trans and IgH Locus Suicide Recombinations
Journal club
Alexandra Leutbecher, AG Subklewe
J. Ding et al. Mesothelin targeting T cells bearing a novel T cell receptor fusion construct TRuC exhibit potent antitumor efficacy against solid tumors. OncoImmunology 2023
April 24th, 2023
Results colloquium
Introduction round and distribution of team jobs
Julia Teppert, AG König and Marx
Cell death-optimized 5’-triphosphate RNAs for improved tumor immunotherapy
April 17th, 2023
Results colloquium Kick-off i-Target 2.0
Emanuele Carlini, AG Kobold
Engineering an atypical cytokine signalling into human CSF-1-responsive CAR T cells