!!Lars Nitschke - Curriculum Vitae
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__EDUCATION__
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*2002 Habilitation in Molecular Immunology, University of Würzburg\\
*1989 - 1993 PhD thesis at Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg (mentor: Prof. G. Köhler, Nobel laureate)\\
*1982 - 1989 Studies in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Freiburg and Sussex University;  Diploma in Chemistry
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__RESEARCH TRAINING__
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*1993 - 1997 Postdoc at Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg (Prof. G. Köhler)
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__FORMER STUDENTS (selected)__ \\
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*Julia Jellusova (PhD from  2007 - 2010, now PI at BIOSS Institute, University of Freiburg)\\
*Jochen Ackermann (PhD from 2008 - 2011, Postdoc at F. Crick Institute, London, Prof. V. Tybulewitz)\\
*Miriam Wöhner (PhD from 2009 - 2012, now Postdoc at IMP, Vienna, Prof. M. Busslinger)\\
*Daniel Radtke (PhD from 2011 - 2014,  Postdoc at University of Oxford, Dr. Oliver Bannard)\\
*Jennifer Müller-Winkler (PhD from 2010 - 2014, now  Postdoc at F. Crick Institute, London, Prof. V. Tybulewitz)
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__INVITED PRESENTATIONS AT INTL. CONFERENCES (selected)__
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*2020     Keystone Symposia, "B cell renaissance", Banff, Canada (speaker)\\
*2019     Gordon Research conference "Glycobiology", Lucca, Italy (speaker)\\
*2018     Keystone Symposia "B cells in immunity and autoimmunity", Dresden, Germany (main organiser and speaker)\\
*2017     EMBO conference "B cells in health and disease", La Corunja, Spain (speaker)\\
*2016     Sialoglyco conference, Santa Barbara, USA (speaker)\\
*2015     EMBO conference "Cellular Biology of animal lectins", Weizman Institute, Israel (speaker)
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__LEADERSHIP POSITIONS__
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*2013 - present Speaker of the DFG collaborative grant TRR130  "B cells: immunity and autoimmunity"\\
*2019 - present Vice-speaker of the DFG research unit "Sialic acids in development and immunity" (8 groups).\\
*2015 - present  Vice head of the department of Biology, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg.\\ \\