Projects

Project 1

The NSM2 as virus effector: targets, topology and functional consequences in T cells

Lars Dölken, Niklas Beyersdorf and Sibylle Schneider-Schaulies

Project 2

Measles virus dependent regulation of sphingolipids at the T cell plasma membrane and their differential role in effector and memory T cell function

Elita Avota,  Markus Sauer

Project 3

Sphingolipids balancing CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory and effector T cell responses in chronic viral infections

Niklas Beyersdorf and Wolfgang Kastenmüller

Project 4

Role of Sphingosine-1 phosphate and S1P1-3 receptors in the pathophysiology of meningococcal meningitis

Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir

Project 5

The role of Sphingolipids in Innate Immune Recognition of Candida albicans

Oliver Kurzai

Project 6

Determining the role of sphingomyelinases in S. aureus phagocytosis

Martin Fraunholz, Christian Stigloher

Project 7

Sphingolipid trafficking and function in Chlamydiales infection

Thomas Rudel

Project 8

Mitochondrial sphingolipids and their role in infection

Vera Kozjak-Pavlovic

Project 9

Sphingolipid metabolic pathways in infection control by the use of chemically synthesized modified sphingolipids and in the era of sphingolipidomics

Burkhard Kleuser, Jürgen Seibel