Bettina Anselm started studying medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich in 2011 and joined the allegy-immunology research group in 2014 for her MD thesis. Her project focuses on the identification of predictive markers of the innate immune system and calcium regulation in the development of allergy through the assessment of gene expression in cord blood samples.

Andreas Böck studied statistics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. As a research associate at Technical University of Munich (TU Munich) he worked on the development and assessment of risk models for life sciences, in particular for tree mortality and prostate cancer, and held courses in statistics and higher math. He joined the Asthma & Allergy research group in April 2014. His current projects in the group of PD Dr. Schaub comprise the analysis of complex immune responses in the development of childhood asthma for several research projects of the group including SFB-TR22 and Trilateral.

Jana Eckert studied molecular biology at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin. As a research associate she worked on the innate immune system, breast cancer genetics and food allergy, while moving from a lab-based working environment to epidemiology. She joined the Asthma and Allergy research group in November 2017. She is working on CHAMP, a BMBF funded multi-centre research project, which aims at identifying biomarkers and predictors in childhood allergy and tolerance.

Hedwig Grella started studying medicine in 2007 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, and joined the allergy-immunology research group in summer 2011 for her MD thesis. Her project focuses on the identification of novel inflammatory markers by gene expression early in life, which are relevant in the development of atopic diseases including childhood asthma.

Dr. Hartmann  joined the Allergy/Immunology Research Group in March 2018. She is pediatrician, and now in Speciality training for Allergy. She is responsible for patient recruitment for translational studies for the Allergy/Immunology Research Group.

Dr. Hengst joined the Allergy/Immunology Research Group in spring 2017. She is pediatrician, allergologist and pediatric pulmonologist as well as anaphylaxis trainer. She was responsible for patient recruitment for translational studies for the Allergy/Immunology Research Group and is currently on maternal leave.

Elisabeth Klucker studied medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich from 2004 to 2012. She joined the Allergy-Immunology research group in summer 2009 for her MD thesis. Her project focussed on the role of Th1 cells in cord blood in the context of innate immune stimulation and the development of atopic diseases and asthma. She started as medical doctor in the University Children´s Hospital in Nov 2012 in the Department of Allergy & Pulmonary in the group of PD Dr. Schaub. She is responsible for the recruitment of patients in the CLARA-Study (SFB-TR 22) and for the treatment of allergy and asthma patients.

Johanna Krusche joined the research group Asthma & Immunology of the University Children`s Hospital Dr. von Hauner under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Bianca Schaub as a PhD student in April of 2017. She is working on her PhD project on the immunological mechanisms underlying asthma-protective properties of farm environments (DFG-funded). In particular, investigation on the interplay of innate and adaptive immunity as well as the pro-inflammatory NF-κB pathway with the negative regulator TNFAIP3 in the development of childhood asthma are in the focus of her project. She supports the BMBF-project ALLIANCE.

Kristina Laubhahn joined the Allergy and Immunology Research Group of Prof. Dr. med. Schaub at the Children’s Hospital of the University in Munich as a PhD student in July 2017.
She is a member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL, BMBF-funded), doing laboratory and coordination work for the national translational research project ALLIANCE, a longitudinal cohort of children (and adults) with follow-ups for the assessment of mechanisms of childhood asthma and wheeze.
The main project of her PhD thesis is to investigate the influences of genetic and epigenetic effects as well as mechanisms of immune regulation of asthma directly after birth and during disease development in childhood.

From 01st of February 2017 on she works within the scope of a student job as personal assistant in the office of Prof. Dr. Bianca Schaub. She is responsible for personal administration, documentation of finances, organization of business trips and other organizational missions.

Tatjana Netz is an assistant medical technician and joined the research laboratory in September 2009. She works in a DFG-funded project (SFB) with main focus on cell culture, flow cytometry and functional experiments.

Tatjana Nicklas started studying medicine in 2012 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. She joined the allergy-immunology research group of PD Dr. Schaub in winter 2016 for her MD thesis. Her project focuses on potential important genes involved in development of childhood asthma focused on the “allergy-protective” farm effect.

Katharina Rehbach started her studies in medicine in 2011 at the LMU Munich and joined the allergy-immunology research group in January 2015 for her MD thesis. Her project focuses on the immunological mechanisms that underlie the “farm effect”. She tries to examine on a biological basis how microbial exposure in early childhood provides effective protection from allergy, asthma and atopic diseases.

Isolde Schleich is a medical technical assistant, coordinates laboratory management and works on several projects in the immunology research group (including EFRAIM, a birth cohort study)  since 2004. Her main focus lies on cell culture work, DNA and RNA preparations, cytokine work, Luminex and FACS analysis.

Kim Schultis started studying medicine in 2011 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and joined the allergy-immunology research group in 2014 for her MD thesis. Her project focuses on identification of new biomarkers for the prediction of allergic diseases in childhood by investigating different gene expression in cord blood samples.

Julia Schüßling started studying medicine in 2012 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and joined the allergy-immunology research group in 2016 for her MD thesis. Her project focuses on the identification of immune mechanisms during asthma exacerbations in childhood by investigating different innate and Treg cell regulation.

As a former programmer she worked for software companies in the banking and hospitality industry. Her scope of activities was software design and development. Later on she was responsible for controlling and financial management in their family business.
In November 2017, Vera Strakerjahn has joined the Children’s Hospital of the University in Munich. She is working as a study assistant for the research project CHAMP and supports the team in administrative issues.

Elif Turan started her Medical Studies at the Georg-August University in Göttingen, and is currently a medical student at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich since 2008. She joined the Allergy-Immunology research group in April 2009 for her MD thesis investigating the role of Th2 cells in the development of atopic diseases in childhood.

Monika Twardziok studied Biotechnology in Berlin. During her doctoral thesis (FU Berlin, Pharmacy) she was working in pediatric cancer research at the Charité Berlin analyzing the mechanism of action of mistletoe extracts in Ewing sarcoma and leukemia. She joined the Asthma & Allergy research group in January 2016 working in a DFG funded project to identify immune-regulatory mechanisms in childhood asthma mediated by the farm-effect with a focus on the interplay between dendritic and regulatory T cells.

Vanessa Vogelsang started studying medicine in 2007 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and then transferred to the Technical University Munich. She joined the allergy-immunology research group of PD Dr. Schaub in summer 2013 for her MD thesis. Her project focuses on genes involved in Calcium signaling and their potential role in the development of childhood asthma.