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                            Group Leader
NameProf. Dr. Karsten Kretschmer
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Education
| 2001 | Visiting Scientist, Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland | 
| 1999– 2003 | PhD Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany | 
| 1997– 1999 | Diploma Thesis, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany | 
| 1995– 1996 | Graduate Courses in Immunology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy | 
| 1991– | Study of Biology at the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Germany | 
Positions held
| since 2013 | Professor of Molecular and Cellular Immunology / Focus Immune Regulation, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany | 
| since 2009 | Member of the Paul-Langerhans Institute Dresden (PLID), Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung e. V. (DZD) | 
| since 2007 | Research Group Leader, DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) - Cluster of Excellence, Dresden, Germany | 
| 2003– 2007 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA | 
Honors
| 2013 | EYEnovative Research Award (jointly with M. Ader, CRTD), Novartis Pharmaceuticals | 
| since 2012 | Elected Member of the Henry Kunkel Society, | 
| 2004 | Heinrich-Büssing Award (Heinrich-Büssing-Preis der Stiftung zur Förderung der Wissenschaften an der Carolo-Wilhelmina) | 
| 2003– 2004 | Postdoctoral Fellowship (KR 2316/1-1), German Research Foundation (DFG) | 
| 2001 | Award of the Association for Cell Biology and Biomedical Research Braunschweig (Förderpreis des Arbeitskreises für Zellbiologie und Biomedizinische Forschung) |