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Thomas Huenig - F1000 Faculty Member (since 22 April 2002)

Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Wurzberg, Würzburg, Germany

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Chairman of the Department of Immunology at the Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Wurzburg

EDUCATION:
• 1968-1974 Studies in Biology at the Universities of Wuerzburg and Heidelberg
• 1979-1981 Postdoc with Prof Dr M Bevan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SELECTED AWARDS:
• 1985 Karl-Winnacker fellowship
• 1985 Heisenberg fellowship
• 1985 Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
• 1994 Aronson-Preis 1994
• 1997 Humboldt/South African Research Award

MEMBERSHIPS:
• 1992-2002 Advisory Board of the German Society for Immunology
• Since 1997 Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute for Immunology, Heidelberg
• 2001-2007 Scientific Advisory Board of the BNI for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg
• Since 2001 Scientific Advisory Board of the Research Center Borstel
• Since 2002 IZKF Erlangen
• Since 2007 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Wilhelm- Sander-Stiftung
• Since 2/2008 Member of the Biomedical Commission of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation

RESEARCH PROJECTS:
• Regulation of the immune response
• Costimulation by CD28
• Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies
• Transgenic mouse models for MS

EVALUATIONS