"Chance favors only the prepared mind."
Louis Pasteur
Welcome to the Institute of Immunology !
The Institute of Immunology was founded in 1967 as the first research institution in German-speaking countries solely dedicated to immunology research. Today, it offers an excellent international research and training environment with almost 50 members from more than 15 countries.
The Institute is structured into of 4 research divisions (Division of Immunobiology, Division of Immune Cell receptors and T-cell activation, Division of Immune Regulation, Division of Cellular Immunology and Immunohematology) with 7 research groups. Moreover, the Institute of Immunology runs a Laboratory for Immunodiagnostics.
COVID-19 research at the Institute of Immunology
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Publications
January 2023: Chimeric antigen receptor T (CART) cell therapy targeting the B cell specific differentiation antigen CD19 has shown clinical efficacy in a subset of relapsed/refractory (r/r) diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients. Despite..
August 2022: Worldwide, pollen of the weed mugwort (Artemisiavulgaris) is a major cause of severe respiratory allergy, with its major allergen, Art v 1, being the key pathogenic molecule for millions of patients. Humanized mice transgenic for a..
August 2022: Antibody-based tests are available for measuring SARS-CoV-2-specific immune responses but fast T-cell assays remain scarce. Robust T cell-based tests are needed to differentiate specific cellular immune responses after infection from..
The importance of cellular metabolic adaptation in inducing robust T cell responses is well established. However, the mechanism by which T cells link information regarding nutrient supply to clonal expansion and effector function is still enigmatic.
CD4+ T cell trafficking is a fundamental property of adaptive immunity, thus mechanistic insight into T cell migration is key to understand T cell-mediated immune diseases.
SARS-CoV-2 has triggered a pandemic that is now claiming many lives. Several studies have investigated cellular immune responses in COVID-19-infected patients during disease but little is known regarding a possible protracted impact of COVID-19 on..
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Eine der führenden Immunologinnen Österreichs und langjähriges Mitglied des Instituts für Immunologie ist im 92. Lebensjahr verstorben.
