Ari Waisman#
| Membership Number: | 7276 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.unimedizin-mainz.de/molekulare-medizin/en/home.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4304-8234 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2011, W3 Univ. Prof. and Director, Institute for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
- 2010 - 2011, Acting Director, Institute for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
- 2005 - 2010, W2 Univ. Prof. in the I. Medical Department, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
- 2001 - 2005, Independent Group Leader, Laboratory for Molecular Immunology, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- 2000 - 2001, Research Associate, Department of Immunology, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- 1996 - 2000, Postdoctoral research with K. Rajewski, University of Cologne
- 1994 - 1996, Postdoctoral research with L. Steinman, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Fields of Scholarship
- Study how inflammation affects the blood brain barrier
- Use of dendritic cells and mRNA to induce tolerance in autoimmunity
- Study NFkB signal transduction
- Development of genetic tools to investigate cell function for example the iDTR mice
- Role of the B cell receptor in B cell development
- Study the development of regulatory T cells
- Development of genetic tools to study cytokines and their receptors in autoimmunity
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Reinhart Koselleck-Projekt, DFG
- 2016 Sobek Prize: International multiple sclerosis research prize
- 1998 – 2000 The European Community Long Term Fellowship
- 1996 – 1998 The Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship (HFSPO)
