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Projects
For more information about the individual projects, please click at the corresponding title/box.
Project RA-A
RA A: From initiation to established infection

A01
Age-dependent airway epithelial determinants of severe human respiratory viral infections

A02
Age-dependent intestinal epithelial determinants of infections with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli & Campylobacter jejuni

A03
Molecular decision points that determine colonisation & infection risk in neonatal skin

A04
Epithelial physiology & immune status as decision points in the initiation of toxin induced Clostridioides difficile colitis

A05
Mechanisms of infection control by pathogen-educated epithelial-immune cell circuits

A06
Pulmonary Aspergillus infection progression determined by alveolar macrophages as initial responders

A07
Mechanisms facilitating local herpes simplex virus replication and control in the female reproductive tract

A08
Mechanisms of Chlamydia & human papillomavirus coinfection in metaplastic tissue of the uterine cervix

A09
Molecular decision points that determine colorectal cancer colonisation by Fusobacterium nucleatum
Project RA-B
RA B: From active infection to persistence

B01
Mechanisms driving chlamydial persistence & ascending infection in the female reproductive tract

B03
Mechanisms driving persistence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in lymphoid tissues of the intestinal tract

B04
Systems biology approach to identify key molecular decision
points for intracellular
persistence during infection
points for intracellular
persistence during infection

B05
Uncovering host mechanisms underlying Salmonella persistent infection of intestinal
epithelial cells
epithelial cells
Projects RA-C
RA C: From localised infection to pathogen spreading

C01
Mechanisms underlying
unconventional T cell function as decision points to prevent microbial spread via the lymph
unconventional T cell function as decision points to prevent microbial spread via the lymph

C02
Metabolic control of innate & adaptive immune responses to
cutaneous Staphylococcus aureus infection
cutaneous Staphylococcus aureus infection

C03
The lung as a pathogen-specific entry site for systemic infection

C04
Molecular decision points underlying the systemic spreading of Staphylococcus aureus
Central Projects
Central Projects

MGK
Integrated Research Training Group “DECIDE”
(IRTG DECIDE)
(IRTG DECIDE)

INF
Data management platform to facilitate data integration & in silico identification of decision points in infection

Z01
Central Tasks of the Collaborative Research Centre

Z02
Temporal and spatial single-cell genomics to map decision points in infection
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