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Chair of the Board of Directors
University of Zurich
Institute of Molecular Cancer Research
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zurich
Switzerland
Building / Room: Y36-L-66
Phone: +41 44 635 34 74
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1990-1996 M.S. Biology. Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany
1996-2000 Ph.D. in Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany
2000-2001 Post-doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany
2001-2006 Post-doctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford, CA, USA
2006-2012 Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2012-2021 Associate Professor of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2021-present Full Professor of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori and their contribution to colonization, persistence and pathogenesis
Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer: role of bacterial and host factors in the development of preneoplastic lesions
Neonatal immune tolerance and peripheral tolerance mechanisms
Pathogenesis and immune evasion in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
1996-1999 Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Max Planck Society
2001 Otto Hahn young investigators’ Award, Max Planck Society
2001 Dissertation Award, German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
2001-2002 Otto Hahn Post-doctoral Fellowship, Max Planck Society
2002-2004 Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, German Research Foundation (DFG)
2012 Georg Friedrich Götz Prize of the University of Zurich
2021 Jucker Prize for Cancer Research
2021 Cloëtta Award