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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 eleventh 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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Sandra Zeidler and Dr. Christine Wuebben (from left to right) from Bonn at the Pitch4Med Contest at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Honors & Funding

ImmunoSensation entrepreneurs successfully pitch an innovative approach to fight respiratory viruses with an immunostimulatory nasal spray

—A team of researchers in the group of Gunther Hartmann at the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, and the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation2 successfully pitched their start-up idea of Coldex, a nasal spray that provides protection from viral infections, at the Pitch4Med Contest at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and the 2nd Medical Pitch Contest of the Medical Faculty, University of Bonn.
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Picture Florian Schmidt and Jan Hasenauer

Honors & Funding

Two ERC Consolidator Grants for ImmunoSensation members

—Another big success for the University of Bonn in securing grants from the European Research Council (ERC), with three researchers receiving an ERC Consolidator Grant. Two of those grants go to ImmunoSensation2 researchers: Professor Jan Hasenauer of the LIMES Institute and Professor Florian I. Schmidt of the Institute for Innate Immunity.
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Immunofluorescence staining of MAIT cells (green) next to mononuclear phagocytes (red) in kidney sections of mice with experimental glomerulonephritis. Cell nuclei in blue. Image: Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43269-0

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Vitamin B2 Derivatives Can Alleviate Chronic Kidney Inflammation

—Researchers from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and the University Hospital Bonn have demonstrated that certain derivatives of vitamin B2 can alleviate chronic kidney inflammation in mice. Their findings have been published in the journal “Nature Communications.”
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Upcoming events

Poster Winterschool 2024

Featured School On-site

ImmunoSensation Winter School

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Hotel Alpenblick
Ohlstadt, Germany

The school aims to stimulate curiosity and inspiration to follow the path from basic science aspects of immunology to the development of clinical practice applications and provide an outstanding opportunity for junior researchers to establish scientific networks.

  • Lecture Hybrid

    HYBRID Immuno Talk

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    On-site: Lecture Hall / BMZ I and online

    Human genetics as a tool to understand immunity

  • Event On-site

    Wissenschaftsrallye Poppeldorf 2024

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    Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Germany

    Young explorer wanted! Go on a scientifc discovery with us and test your knowledge and skills on different stations. For everyone between 13 and 18 years.

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