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Prof. Dr. Stephan Ehl at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg is investigating how the immune system fights viruses and why it sometimes becomes a danger itself / In an online lecture on May 5, he will provide insights into his immune research

It seems paradoxical: the immune system can often effectively fight a Sars-CoV-2 virus infection. At the same time, people with particularly severe Covid-19 disease suffer less from the virus itself than from a misdirected immune response. The role played by so-called T immune cells and what science can learn from children with rare, congenital immune diseases will be reported by paediatrician and immunologist Prof. Dr. Stephan Ehl in the online lecture "Benefits and harms of the immune system - a delicate balance" on Wednesday, 5 May 2021 at 6.30 pm. Ehl is Medical Director of the Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg. The insights gained in his research allow a generally better understanding of the immune response and are crucial for the development of new therapies. The livestream of the lecture will be broadcast at www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/1hspitzenforschung. There will be an opportunity for questions after the 40-minute lecture.

About the person:

Prof. Dr. Stephan Ehl is a specialist in pediatric and adolescent medicine. He studied in Aachen, Erlangen and Munich. After working in Ulm and Zurich, he joined the Medical Center - University of Freiburg in 1998. He has headed the Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency since 2008, initially as Scientific Director and since 2012 as Medical Director. Ehl is spokesperson for the Collaborative Research Center 1160 IMPATH and Director of the Institute of Immunodeficiency at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg. He has received awards from the German Society for Pediatric Infectiology, among others. In 2020, he was inducted into the German National Academy of Sciences - Leopoldina.

The lecture series:

The lecture is part of the "One Hour of Cutting-Edge Research" series organized by the Medical Center - University of Freiburg and the Faculty of Medicine - University of Freiburg, in which Freiburg members of the German National Academy of Sciences - Leopoldina provide a broad audience with insights into their research. The series is supported by the Leopoldina.

Caption: Prof. Dr. Stephan Ehl
Image source: Medical Center - University of Freiburg / Britt Schilling

Further dates:

• Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 6:30 p.m.
  Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Katharina Domschke, Medical Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  Epigenetics - the interface between risk and resilience in mental illnesses

• Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 6.30 p.m.
  Prof. Dr. Charlotte Niemeyer, Medical Director of the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
  Hereditary predisposition as a risk factor for leukemia

Contact:
Johannes Faber
Press and Public Relations Officer
Uniklinik Freiburg
Phone: 0761 270-84610
johannes.faber@uniklinik-freiburg.de