Join us for the next Inflammation, Repair and Development seminar to hear from Professor Sylvia Knapp speaking on ‘Determinants of lung immunity – from viral infection to fibrosis’. The session is chaired by Professor Clare Lloyd.
Speaker
Sylvia Knapp is Professor of Infection Biology at the Medical University of Vienna. Sylvia studied Medicine in Vienna and Berlin, is a board-certified internist and obtained her PhD at the University of Amsterdam. In 2006, she joined CeMM as a Principal Investigator and until recently, she continued her clinical duties while also running her own lab. Sylvia’s research focuses on the innate immune response to bacterial infections in general, focusing specifically on the comprehensive repertoire of macrophage functions in health, development and disease. Her group discovered the molecular mechanisms linking hemolysis and susceptibility to infections. Her latest research is directed towards the interplay of immune cells regulating lung tissue homeostasis in health and disease.