Department for Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene
Institute for Virology
Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Hermann Herder Str. 11
79104 Freiburg i. Brsg.
Current position
Junior Group Leader, Institute of Virology, Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Academic training
| 2020 - 2022 | 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, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 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 |
Scientific qualifications
| 2018 | Dissertation in Molecular Medicine, University of Freiburg (Supervisor: Prof. G. Kochs) |
Postgraduate positions
| since 2022 | Junior Group Leader, Institute of Virology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg |
| 2018 - 2021 | Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Virology, Medical Center – University of Freiburg |
| 2014 - 2018 | PhD in Molecular Medicine, Institute of Virology, Medical Center – University of Freiburg (Lab of Prof. G. Kochs) |
| 2013 | Research associate, Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Lab of Prof. M. Marschall) |
Miscellaneous (Honors, Awards)
| 2021 | Poster prize, ePoster - oral presentation, 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology |
| 2013 | Graduation with honors (Master of Science in Molecular Medicine) |
link to all publications from L. Graf: Pubmed
Publications based on CRC1160 funding
Geiger RA, Khera D, Tenthorey JL, Kochs G, Graf L, Emerman M, Malik HS. 2024. Heterozygous and generalist MxA super-restrictors overcome breadth-specificity tradeoffs in antiviral restriction. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Oct 10:2024.10.10.617484. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.10.617484.
Graf L, Staeheli P. 2023. A human protein that holds bird flu viruses at bay. Nature. 619(7969):253-254. doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01942-w.
Petric PP, Schwemmle M, Graf L. 2023. Anti-influenza A virus restriction factors that shape the human species barrier and virus evolution. PLoS Pathog. 19(7):e1011450. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011450.
