Andrea Ablasser

Teaching & PhD PhD Students Ekaterina Gorbacheva, Iris Arianna Dorschel, Tieliang Gan, Yu Meng Past EPFL PhD Students Simone Margret Haag, Sélène Glück, Marilena Wischnewski, Sophie Rivara, Natasha Samson Courses Immunology - advances and therapeutic implications BIO-479 The students acquire advanced level knowledge regarding the functioning of the (vertebrate) immune system. A strong focus is placed on the molecular mechanisms underlying innate and adaptive immune responses and their implications for medicine. Practical - Ablasser Lab BIO-603(AA) Pattern recognition pathways in innate immunity.The course aims to teach students about approaches to study mechanisms of innate immune recognition of pathogens. Awards Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2025 Paul Ehrlich Foundation 2024 Cloëtta Prize Professor Dr Max Cloëtta Foundation 2024 Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award NOMIS Foundation 2024 Paul Martini Prize Paul Martini foundation 2023 Friedrich Miescher Award 2020 EMBO Gold Medal 2021 2021 Leenaards Foundation's 2020 Science Prize 2020 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology 2020 Sanofi-Institut Pasteur International Junior Award for Biomedical Research 2019 2019 2018 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2018 ACTERIA Early Career Research Prize in Immunology 2018 National Latsis Prize Latsis foundation 2018 Membership to European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) 2019 Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Award 2021