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Nancy Dhyani

Ph.D. candidate (TUM)

Project Title:  Effect of climate change on chronic diseases (e.g. COPD) and the innate immune system: Function of Epigenome

Keywords: Epigenome, Trained Immunity, Innate Immune system, Redox Signalling, ROS (reactive oxygen species), NO (nitric oxide)

Lindermayr Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Mansi Kumari

Dr. rer. nat. candidate (TUM)

Project Title:  Effect of abiotic and biotic stress conditions on trained immunity: Redox-regulation of cellular pathways and epigenetic mechanisms

Keywords: ROS (reactive oxygen species), NO (nitric oxide), Trained Immunity, Epigenetics, Redox Signaling

Lindermayr Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Lin Shen

Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Identification, Validation, and Development of Novel Antifibrotic Drugs by Using Next-Generation Human Fibrosis Models

Keywords: Phenotypic Drug Screening; IPF; 3D Cell Culture; Cell Biology

Burgstaller Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Dmytro Sirokha

Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Deciphering the Role of Monocytes in the Progression of Pulmonary Fibrosis

Keywords: IPF, Monocytes, Myeloid Lineage, Platelets

Fernandez Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)

Marleen Stremlau

Ph.D. candidate (LMU Munich, Munich Medical Research School)

Project Title: Establishment and validation of an in vitro mini-lung model for activation of different types of disease mechanisms

Keywords:  lung-on-a-chip, Cyclic in vitro cell-stretch (CIVIC), Biphasic Elastic Thin for Air-liquid culture conditions (BETA) membrane

Schmid Lab (Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, LHI)