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After a three-year break, the 17th Research Festival for Life Sciences took place on 18.01.2024 at the Faculty of Medicine's Study Centre. The aim of the festival is the scientific exchange of talented young scientists from Leipzig's university.

In the "Immunology and Infectiology" section, Ms Laura Karwig impressed the jury with her poster on "Distinct characteristics of novel immunoregulatory canine non-conventional TCRαβ+CD4-CD8α- double-negative T cells" and was honoured by the jury for the best poster presentation. Laura Karwig, a PhD student at the Institute of Immunology since 2022, is working with her supervisor Dr Maria Eschke on the functional characterisation of TCRαβ+CD4-CD8α- double-negative T cells in dogs.

Congratulations, Laura!