Kurzfassung

The development of innovative immunotherapeutic approaches for the prevention and treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, e.g. autoimmune and allergic disorders, chronic infectious diseases as well as cancer, is of central interest. The Faculties of Biology and Medicine have initiated a PhD program entitled “Graduate School of Immunotherapy” for biologists (MSc) and medical doctors (MD) at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. It is funded as a Research Training Group by the German...The development of innovative immunotherapeutic approaches for the prevention and treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, e.g. autoimmune and allergic disorders, chronic infectious diseases as well as cancer, is of central interest. The Faculties of Biology and Medicine have initiated a PhD program entitled “Graduate School of Immunotherapy” for biologists (MSc) and medical doctors (MD) at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. It is funded as a Research Training Group by the German Research Council (DFG) and is closely associated with the University's Research Center Immunology (FZI). The scientific projects of the program are dedicated to the identification of target antigens for vaccination and immunotherapy (project group A), to vaccines, carrier proteins and adjuvants (project group B), and to immunotherapies and signaling in chronic inflammation and cancer (project group C). Students pass a curriculum consisting of three main core programs (METHCORE, IMMCORE, PROCORE) and are trained in seminars, course work, and laboratory rotations. By involving multiple disciplines, the participants gain broad and deep insights into innate and adaptive immunity as well as into structural biology and clinical medicine. They have the opportunity to acquire a wide spectrum of skills far beyond the immediate context of their own thesis work. Members of the graduate program acquire teaching and supervising skills in summer schools with excellent students from local partner high schools. Taken together, the program aims at educating a new generation of young scientist who are able to successfully work at the interface of basic and applied immunology and to substantially contribute to the improvement and further development of immunotherapy in different areas.» weiterlesen» einklappen