Anja Erika Hauser
Charité - Universitätsmedizin
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, &
Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum, ein Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Berlin
Anja Hauser
...is interested in the different ways in which immune cells can interact with their surrounding tissues. To this end, her lab develops and uses novel microscopy methods. She particularly enjoys interdisciplinary work.
2018 Tenured position (W3), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Since 2012 Professor (W3) for Intravital Microscopy and Immune Dynamics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Since 2008 Group leader “Immune Dynamics”, Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany
2004–2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
2003-2004 Postdoctoral associate, Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany
2000-2003 PhD student, Freie Universität Berlin and Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Graduation „summa cum laude“
Research synopsis
If an organism reacts to a stimulus, such as during host-parasite interactions, a dynamic interplay of various cells is triggered. Immune cells, as well as non-hematopoietic cells, initiate, maintain, coordinate and terminate an immune reaction. In order to understand these dynamic cellular interactions on a molecular level, the lab of Anja Hauser is developing and applying novel imaging approaches. Our interests include the analysis of the impact of the microenvironmental factors, including mechanical stimuli, on tissue-specific immunity. Methods we are using include functional intravital microscopy, the detection of rare immune cells in tissues by multiplexed histology, and the analysis of those tissue microenvironments with spatial transcriptomics.
This study is Project 13 of the SPP 2332 PoP.