Further functions

• Director of the Institute for Systems Immunology, Max Planck Research Group at the University of Würzburg
• Holder of the Chair of Systems Immunology I
• Acting Head of the Department of Immunobiology

Special fields

• Function and development of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells
• Migration and dynamics of dentritic cells in tissue
• Immune defense against viral and bacterial infections
• Interface between the innate and the adaptive immune system
• Intercellular communication in tissue
• Development of new animal models