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Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation²

Immunology as a key to better health

ImmunoSensation2 is a Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bonn funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). We are dedicated to the study of innate immunity beyond the boundaries of classical immunology. We address the immune system as a sensory organ for health, which we term the immune sensory system. We are immunologists, neurobiologists, systems biologists, biochemists, biophysicists and mathematicians from the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn and the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) of the Helmholtz Association.

Founded in 2012, ImmunoSensation2 is currently in its twelfth year of funding. We continue to pursue our mission of innovative science in immunology. Further, we link immunology to other systems, such as the metabolic system and the nervous system. Ultimately, we want to better understand the intimate connection between the immune sensory system and human health and disease.

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Otto-Westphal Thesis Prize for Jonas Schulte-Schrepping

The German Society for Immunology e.V. (DGfI) anually honours one of its members by awarding the Otto-Westphal Thesis Prize. This year, Jonas Schulte-Schrepping from the research group of Prof. Joachim Schultze at the DZNE was selected for his PhD thesis on the systemic immune response to COVID-19. The prize is endowed with a prize money of 1,500 EUR.
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DGORH Honours

News categories: Honors & Funding

Honours for research orthopaedic rheumatology

The German Society for Orthopaedic Rheumatology (DGORh) awards the Arthur Vick Prize annually. The award serves to promote research in the field of orthopaedic rheumatology. The prize is endowed with 7,000 euros.
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Sendung mit der Maus

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Open doors with "the Mouse"

Children from the Bonn area visit laboratories at ImmunoSensation on a regular basis at the annual event "Türen auf mit der Maus" ("open doors with the Mouse"). This time, the group of Prof. Dagmar Wachten welcomed a group of 15 students in the age of 6 to 11 years. At "Türen auf mit der Maus" , institutions, companies and also research laboratories offer visits on-site for children, to show what the daily work looks like and educate scientific phenomena.
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Upcoming events

  • Event categories: Lecture On-site

    Immuno Talk

    BMZ I, Lecture Hall, Venusberg-Campus

    Prof. Dr. Janis Müller from the Institute of Virology, Philipps University Marburg is giving a talk titled "Extracellular vesicles in body fluids as defence against virus transmission"