Prof. Dr. rer. nat. David Vöhringer
Head of Department
Wasserturmstrasse 3/5
91054 Erlangen
Institutions
Infektionsbiologie
Education, Training and Academic Positions
Curriculum Vitae
| EDUCATION / POSITIONS |
W2 Professor Since 2010
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Head of the Department of Infection Biology at the Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene of the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany |
Habilitation 2008 |
Habilitation at the Medical Faculty of the University of Munich. |
Group leader 2005-2010 |
Head of an Emmy Noether research group. Funded by the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft“ (DFG). Located at the Institute for Immunology, University of Munich, Germany. |
Post-Doc 2002-2005 |
With Prof. R. M. Locksley, Division of Infectious Diseases, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), USA. |
Ph.D. thesis 1998-2001 |
With Prof. H. Pircher, University of Freiburg, Germany. Finished with „summa cum laude“. Title: “T cell mediated autoimmune hepatitis and characterization of the Killer cell Lectin-like Receptor G1” |
Summer Student 1998 |
Analysis of T-cell receptor signal transduction in the lab of Dr. E. Palmer at the Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland. |
Diploma thesis 1997-1998 |
With Prof. H. Pircher, Department of Immunology at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Freiburg. Title: “Analysis of T-cell tolerance and autoimmunity in a transgenic mouse model.” |
Studies 1992-1994 1994-1998 |
Biology at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Main subjects: Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Clinical Chemistry. |
Scientific and educational activities
Member of the Ethics committee on animal experiments at the Government of Lower Franconia
Deputy spokesperson for the research focus "Immunology and Inflammation" at the Medical Faculty of the FAU
Member of the intramural funding program of the "Johannes und Frida Marohn-Stiftung"
Memberships and current offices
Member of the German Society of Immunologists
Member of the Faculty of 1000
Member of the Editorial Board of F1000 Research
Member of the Editorial Board of European Journal of Immunology
Immunology Advisory Board Member of Faculty Opinions
Prizes and awards
Award of the „Gesellschaft der Freunde der Universität Freiburg“ for the best diploma thesis of the faculty of biology (1998).
Scholarship for a Keystone meeting (2003).
Nominated for the participation at the Nobel Laureates meeting in Lindau (2007).
Poster prize (300€) at the World Immune Regulation Meeting in Davos (2007).
Selected to participate at the 15th German-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium in Irvine, CA (2009).
Funding of an ERC starting grant (2009).
Langener Wissenschaftspreis (10.000 €) awarded by the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut and the German city Langen (2011).
Best Lecturer award from Master of Molecular Medicine students (2020).
