Stephanie Jung

Principal Investigator

Stephanie.jung@ukbonn.de

orcid:0000-0002-7409-9715

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-jung-3a2a741ba/?originalSubdomain=de

Stephanie holds a Diploma in Human Biology (Theoretical Medicine) from Philipps-University Marburg. In the framework of the Helmholtz Postdoctoral Program, she established her research focus on innate immunity, virology, RNA biology and extracellular vesicles. In October 2020, she was appointed junior professor and head of the „Cellular Virology“ working group at the Institute of Cardiovascular Immunology at the Universitätsklinikum Bonn.

Julia Steinberg

PhD candidate

julia2.steinberg@ukbonn.de

Julia holds a Master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Christian-Albrechts University to Kiel and started her Ph.D. thesis, embedded in the BIGS Immunosciences and Infection, in 2021. She works on the recognition of Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) infections by the innate immune system, as well as on the role of Extracellular Vesicles in HDV infection.

Laura Pearson

PhD candidate

laura.pearson@ukbonn.de

Laura studied Human Biology at the Philipps-Universty of Marburg with a focus on Virology. Her Ph.D. thesis, started in April of 2023, is concerned with the roll of Extracellular Vesicles during Hepatits B infections, as well as the innate immunological response to Hepatits B and D co-infections.

Timo Wadenpohl

Technicial assistant

timo.wadenpohl@ukbonn.de

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Niklas Rickert

Master student

Former Lab Members

Arwaf Alharbi, visiting PhD student

Florentine Abel, lab rotation during bachelor studies

Bianca Broske, lab rotation during Master studies

Sven Kohrn, lab rotation during Master studies & Master thesis

Annika Walter, Scientist

Helena Shkuro, lab rotation during Master studies

Fiona Jacobs, Student research assistant