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Research Departments

Prof. Dr. Maya Topf

Integrative Virology

Prof. Dr. Maya Topf
Prof. Dr. Kay Grünewald

Structural Cell Biology of Viruses

Prof. Dr. Kay Grünewald
Prof. Dr. Gülsah Gabriel

Viral Zoonoses - One Health

Prof. Dr. Gülsah Gabriel
Prof. Marcus Altfeld

Virus Immunology

Prof. Dr. Marcus Altfeld
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Brune

Virus-Host-Interaction

Prof. Dr. Wolfram Brune
Prof. Dr. Adam Grundhoff

Virus Genomics

Prof. Dr. Adam Grundhoff
Prof. Stephanie Pfänder

Emerging Viruses

Prof. Dr. Stephanie Pfänder

Research Groups

Dr. Pietro Scaturro

Systems Arbovirology

Dr. Pietro Scaturro

Junior Research Groups

 Dr. Dr. Ulrike Lange

Genomics of Retroviral Infections

Dr. Dr. Ulrike Lange
 Dr. Tanja Laske

Viral Systems Modeling

Dr. Tanja Laske

Associated Groups

 Prof. Dr. Charlotte Uetrecht

Dynamics of viral structures

Prof. Dr. Charlotte Uetrecht
 Prof. Dr. Madeleine Bunders

Immune Ontogeny and Viral Infections

Prof. Dr. Madeleine Bunders
[Translate to English:] Kachel Nicole Fischer

Molecular Virology and Tumor Virology

Prof. Dr. Nicole Fischer

Alumni

 Dr. Gabrielle Vieyres

Cell Biology of RNA Viruses

Dr. Gabrielle Vieyres

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