Advanced imaging to dissect host-virus interactions in zoonotic viral infections

Ferdinand-Bergen-Auditorium, LIV

Dr. Christian Sieben is Helmholtz Young Investigator at the Helmoltz Center for Infection Research in Braunschweig. His group investigates how viruses use and alter cellular structures for cell entry and assembly, to understand how they exploit and control plasma membrane signaling, and whether these mechanisms can be applied to inhibit virus infection. Understanding the nanophysiology of virus infection, i.e. the relation between nanoscale organization, dynamics and associated function will help to identify and characterize therapeutic targets that can be used to inhibit viruses early during infection.