What is your current position?
I am a Dr. rer. nat. student in the group of Prof. Sebastian Zundler at Medicine 1 – Gastroenterology, Pulmonology and Endocrinology at Uniklinikum Erlangen. My project is part of the Transregio CRC 369 “DIONE – Degeneration of Bone due to Inflammation”.
What is your main research focus?
My research focuses on the gut-to-bone axis in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). I want to better understand the consequences of gut-imprinted immune cell trafficking for bone homeostasis. The molecular and cellular pathways driving inflammatory bone loss need to be better uunderstood.
What does your typical workday look like?
My day normally starts at 8 am, checking my mails, planned experiments and the general schedule for the day. Regularly, I receive samples from our outpatient clinic, isolate cells and do FACS stainings. In the meantime, I try to catch up on data analysis and visualization. Mouse experiment days are a bit different: early start at 6.30 am, constant lab work – happy to leave before 10 pm.
