Laura Graf

Dr.

Post-doctoral Researcher
(Alumni)

Institute of Virology
Center for Microbiology and Hygiene
Medical Center – University of Freiburg

Hermann-Herder-Str. 11
79104 Freiburg i Brsg.

Postgraduate Positions

since 2018 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Virology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg (Lab of Prof. M. Schwemmle)
2014 - 2018 PhD in Molecular Medicine, Institute of Virology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg (Supervisor: Prof. G. Kochs)
2013 Research associate, Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University of Erlangen-Nürnburg (Lab of Prof. M. Marschall)

Academic Training

since 2020 EIRA Mentoring program of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg
2014 - 2018 Multidisciplinary doctoral program of the International Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg
2011 International exchange, Syndey, Australia (Lab of Prof. W. Rawlinson)
2010 - 2013 Master of Science in Molecular Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
2007 - 2010 Bachelor of Science in Molecular Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Miscellaneous (Honors, Awards)

2021 Invited speaker, Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
2021 Poster prize, ePoster - oral presentation, 30th Annual Meeting of the Society of Virology

Publications based on CRC1160 funding

Hennig C, Graaf A, Petric PP, Graf L, Schwemmle M, Beer M, Harder T. Porcine Health Manag. 2022. Are pigs overestimated as a source of zoonotic influenza viruses? First published: 2022 Jun 30;8(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s40813-022-00274-x. PMID: 35773676 Free PMC article

Kolter J, Henneke P, Groß O, Kierdorf K, Prinz M, Graf L, Schwemmle M. 2022. Paradoxical immunodeficiencies-When failures of innate immunity cause immunopathology. Eur J Immunol. First published: 2022 May 12. doi: 10.1002/eji.202149531.

Chen Y, Graf L, Chen T, Liao Q, Bai T, Petric PP, Zhu W, Yang L, Dong J, Lu J, Chen Y, Shen J, Haller O, Staeheli P, Kochs G, Wang D, Schwemmle M, Shu Y. 2021. Rare variant MX1 alleles increase human susceptibility to zoonotic H7N9 influenza virus. Science. 2021 Aug 20;373(6557):918-922. doi: 10.1126/science.abg5953.