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Prof. Dr. Kevin Thurley

Member, Steering-Committee Member

Institute of Experimental Oncology

Medical Faculty, University of Bonn University Hospital of Bonn Venusberg-Campus 1 53127 Bonn

kthurley@uni-bonn.de

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The mammalian immune response depends on the interaction and collaboration of many highly individual cells. Further, cells themselves are regulated by complex intracellular networks such as signal transduction and gene regulation, and cell-cell communication by diffusible ligands generates spatial signaling gradients, with far-reaching consequences for immune-cell decision making in compartments such as secondary lymphoid organs. Our group develops and applies mathematical methods for data-driven dissection of intercellular communication networks in time and space. Ultimately, we seek to derive predictive models in the context of clinical conditions such as chronic inflammation and cancer, to investigate the effects of perturbations and thus pave the road for optimization of targeted therapies in the future.

Kevin Thurley

Recent publications

  • BBS8-dependent ciliary Hedgehog signaling governs cell fate in the white adipose tissue.

    The EMBO journal

    Authors: Katharina Sieckmann, Nora Winnerling, Dalila Juliana Silva Ribeiro, Seniz Yüksel, Ronja Kardinal, Lisa Maria Steinheuer, Fabian Frechen, Luis Henrique Corrêa, Geza Schermann, Christina Klausen, Nelli Blank-Stein, Jonas Schulte-Schrepping, Collins Osei-Sarpong, Matthias Becker, Lorenzo Bonaguro, Marc Beyer, Helen Louise May-Simera, Jelena Zurkovic, Christoph Thiele, Kevin Thurley, Lydia Sorokin, Carmen Ruiz de Almodovar, Elvira Mass, Dagmar Wachten

  • Activation and maturation of antigen-specific B cells in nonectopic lung infiltrates are independent of germinal center reactions in the draining lymph node.

    Cellular & molecular immunology

    Authors: Sarah-Sophie Schacht, Josefine Graffunder, Pawel Durek, Jonas Wehrenberg, Annette Siracusa, Charlotte Biese, Mir-Farzin Mashreghi, Kevin Thurley, Laura Bauer, Andreas Hutloff

  • Type I Interferon Drives a Cellular State Inert to TCR-Stimulation and Could Impede Effective T-Cell Differentiation in Cancer.

    European journal of immunology

    Authors: Dillon Corvino, Martin Batstone, Brett G M Hughes, Tim Kempchen, Susanna S Ng, Nazhifah Salim, Franziska Schneppenheim, Denise Rommel, Ananthi Kumar, Sally Pearson, Jason Madore, Lambross T Koufariotis, Lisa Maria Steinheuer, Dilan Pathirana, Kevin Thurley, Michael Hölzel, Nicholas Borcherding, Matthias Braun, Tobias Bald

All publications by Prof. Dr. Kevin Thurley