Elisabeth Greßler has completed her doctorate with summa cum laude
Biochemist Ms. Elisabeth Greßler successfully defended her PhD on important aspects of human cryptococcosis on April 8, 2022.
Institute of Immunology
The Institute of Immunology
The Institute of Immunology was founded in 1996 and deals with immunological issues in veterinary immunology. Current research topics include canine T cells, immunological causes of severe equine asthma and the interaction of IdeSsuis with porcine B cells.
Latest news
Here you can find out about current publications from the Institute of Immunology, third-party funding, doctoral theses, research results and much more.
News from our institute and the Centre for Infectious Diseases
Ackerknecht Prize for outstanding teaching by PD Dr. Uwe Müller in genetics
This year's Ackerknecht Prize for outstanding teaching in the field of preclinical medicine goes to PD Dr. Uwe Müller.
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften - 16.07.2021 - The duel
The Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften will take place again this year. Due to the pandemic, however, the event can be visited virtually this time. As in previous years, the Institute of Immunology, located at the Biotechnological-Biomedical Centre (BBZ), is also participating with a contribution.
Friederike Rabiger completed her doctorate with distinction
On May 11, 2021 at 3:30 p.m., our former PhD student, Ms. Friederike Rabiger, was able to defend her doctoral thesis on non-conventional T cells in dogs, which was crowned with two first authorships. Her convincing performance left no doubt in the minds of the doctoral committee present. She had…
Dr. Nicole Schütze wins the Hans Schleiter Award for best publication in 2019
This year, the Friends of the VMF will award the Hans Schleiter Prize to two junior scientists for their outstanding publications.
The junior scientist Dr. Nicole Schütze receives one of the two awards for her publication in 2019 of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (VMF).
Emmy-Noether junior research group to study severe asthma in horses
Our institute is home to the newly established Emmy Noether Junior Research Group headed by Dr. Christiane Schnabel. With funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), this group is investigating the causes of severe asthma in horses. The DFG is providing 1.7 million euros for the Junior…
Study
In our lectures and focus events we answer questions about immunology, genetics and laboratory animal science.
Further training at the Institute
Continuing education is an important topic if one wants to qualify in the field of immunology. The Institute of Immunology offers interesting options for this purpose.
Research at the Institute
Our research focus is in the field of infection immunology and deals with the interactions of the human and porcine immune system and the role of double-positive T cells in dogs.
Contact and Directions
Our institution is located in the southwest of Leipzig, only a few kilometres from the city centre. You can reach us comfortably by public transport or by car. There are plenty of parking spaces on the old exhibition grounds.
By plane Leipzig-Halle Airport is about 30 minutes by car from the city centre. Every half hour there is a shuttle bus between the airport and Leipzig Central Station. If there is no direct flight from your city to Leipzig, we recommend that you fly to Berlin (approx. 2 hours train journey to Leipzig), Frankfurt am Main or Hanover (each approx. 3.5 hours train journey to Leipzig). There are regular trains to Leipzig from all three cities.
The Interregio and Intercity trains connect Leipzig with almost all European cities.
By car You can reach Leipzig by car via the motorways A9 (Berlin - Nuremberg), A14 (Halle - Dresden) or A38 (Göttingen - Leipzig).
With the S-Bahn you reach the faculty with all lines - stop MDR.
S1 - direction Wurzen
S2 - direction Markkleeberg
S3 - direction Stötteritz
S4 - direction Geithain
S5 - direction Zwickau
If you arrive in Leipzig by tram, you can either take the tram line `16´ in the direction of Lößnig - stop `An den Tierkliniken´ or the line `2´ in the direction of Meusdorf - stop `Deutsche Nationalbibliothek´.