GRK 592:  Lymphocytes: Differentiation, Activation and Deviation

• Subject Area: Medicine
• Term: from 2000 to 2009
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 272991

A new and unique training program in immunology for M.D. and Ph.D.students was established at the Medical School in May 2000. Thetraining program funded in part by the DFG and the State of Bavaria contains many elements that proved to be very successful at several American institutions. Examples are a financed trainee program at American institutions and German pharmaceutical companies, communication courses, workshops in special topics in immunology and guidance of students by a thesis advisory committee. We think our innovative training program together with the commitment ofthe participating faculty to teaching and mentoring will provide astimulating environment for graduate and medical students, which willallow them to finish their thesis projects in three years.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Hans-Martin Jäck
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Ulrich Beuscher; Professor Dr. Georg H. Fey; Professor André Gessner, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Martin Herrmann; Professor Dr. Dirk Mielenz; Professor Dr. Gerald Niedobitek; Professor Dr. Lars Nitschke; Privatdozent Dr. Andreas Pahl; Professor Dr. Georg Schett; Professor Dr. Robert Slany; Professor Dr. Alexander Steinkasserer; Professorin Dr. Gisa Tiegs; Professor Dr. Reinhard Voll; Professor Dr. Thomas Winkler