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Contact
Lab: | Dr. Florian Full |
Department: | Institute for Virology |
Address: | Hermann-Herder-Straße 11 79104 Freiburg |
Phone: | +49 761 270 83720 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/virologie-en/research/florian-full-team.html |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Immunology and Virology |
Research Interests: | • Elucidating the role of the germline transcription factor DUX4 in herpesviral infections. • Evaluate the transcription factor DUX4 as novel target for anti-herpesviral therapy. • Characterize the epigenetics of the herpesviral genome. • Identification and characterization of antiviral restriction factors for poxviruses. |
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Education & Training: | 2010: PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Virology / Immunology, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany 2005: Diploma in Biology, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany |
Employment & Experience: | since 04/2021: Head of BMBF junior research group "Duxdrugs", Institute of Virology, University Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany 01/2021-03/2021: Head of BMBF junior research group "Duxdrugs", Institute of Virology, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany 2019-2020: Research Scientist, Institute of Virology, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany 2017-2019: Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowship of the EU, Institute of Virology, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany 2013-2016: Research Fellow (DFG-Scholarship), Harvard Medical School, Boston and The University of Chicago, USA (Laboratory of Prof. Michaela U. Gack) 2011-2012: Visiting scientist (3 months), Harvard Medical School, Southborough, MA, USA (Laboratory of Prof. Ronald C. Desrosiers) 2010-2012: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Virology, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany (Laboratory of Prof. Dr. Armin Ensser) |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Walter S, Franke V, Drayman N, Wyler E, Tay S, Landthaler M, Akalin A, Ensser A and Full F. (2021) Herpesviral induction of germline transcription factor DUX4 is critical for viral gene expression. BioRxiv. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: | Eva Neugebauer (since April 2021) |