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New Speaker and Executive Board Member

Prof. Joachim L. Schultze from the LIMES Institute Bonn resigned in his position as speaker and member of the executive board of the Cluster of Excellence.

We wish him all the best for his future tasks in the field of immunology and we are more then happy that he supports the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation as a member of the steering committe and valuable group leader.

As a succesor for the speaker position Prof. Waldemar Kolanus and as succesor for the executive board member position Prof. Elvira Mass, both from the LIMES Institute in Bonn, will replace Prof. Joachim L. Schultze.

Welcome Prof. Kolanus and Prof. Mass in your new roles in the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation2.

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