Professor Dr. Frank Kirchhoff

Address Universitätsklinikum Ulm
Institut für Molekulare Virologie
Meyerhofstraße 1
89081 Ulm

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Role of cellular Helicases and Nucleases in HIV-1 infection and lentiviral transduction. (Research Grants)
- Completed projects
  - Die Funktion(en) des nef-Gens der Immundefizienzviren (Research Grants)
  - Fehlregulation von T-Zellfunktionen durch pathogene und apathogene Immundefizienzviren (Research Grants)
  - Evolution der nef-Funktion nach der Übertragung der Immundefizienzviren von natürlich infizierten Affen auf den Menschen (Research Grants)
  - Role of Nef-mediated TCR-CD3 downmodulation in the pathogenesis of AIDS (Research Grants)
  - Dysregulation von Apoptose durch Immundefizienzviren (Clinical Research Units)
  - Type I interferon induction and elimination of memory T cells by HIV and other primate lentiviruses (Research Grants)
  - Nanodiamonds as sensitive sensors to study tetherin structure and dynamics (Priority Programmes)
  - Manipulation of ILC function and survival by human and simian immunodeficiency viruses (Priority Programmes)
  - Antiviral Activity of Guanylate-Binding Proteins and Viral Countermeasures (Research Grants)
  - Role of PYHIN proteins in retroviral restriction, spread and latency (Priority Programmes)
  - Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the barrier function of the airway epithelium (Research Grants)
As Leader
- Completed projects
  - Zellsortierer (Major Research Instrumentation)
  - Zellanalysegerät (Major Research Instrumentation)
  - Konfokales Mikroskop (Major Research Instrumentation)
As Spokesperson
- Current projects
  - SFB 1279: Exploiting the Human Peptidome for Novel Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents (Collaborative Research Centres)
As Participating Researcher
- Completed projects
  - GSC 270: International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine Ulm (Graduate Schools)
  - GRK 1789: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Aging (CEMMA) (Research Training Groups)
  - Crossing Barriers with bio-based Therapeutics (Research Grants)
As Project Head
- Current projects
  - Interplay between HIV and amyloids in human aging (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Characterization of novel peptide ligands of GPCRs involved in lentiviral infections (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Peptides targeting the fusion peptides of enveloped viral pathogens (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Central tasks of the CRC (Collaborative Research Centres)
- Completed projects
  - Bedeutung verschiedener Korezeptoren für die Pathogenese und Transmission der Immundefizienzviren (Collaborative Research Centres)

As Prizewinner
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm 2009