Gerd Sutter
Veterinary Sciences
Friedrich Loeffler Institute
Germany
Biography
Gerd Sutter is the Full Professor and Chair for Virology at Institute for Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses,Department of Veterinary Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Curriculum vitae 1981-1988 Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich 1988-1990 Dr. med. vet. Doctorate, LMU Munich 1990-1993 Postdoctoral fello w at the Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 1996 Specialist for Vet. Microbiology (board exam) 1999 Habilitation in Virology, LMU Munich 1994-2003 Research group leader, Institute of Molecular Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum München 2003-2009 Director and Professor, Division of Virology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen 2009 Full Professor and Chair for Virology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, LMU Munich
Research Interest
Research interests Vaccine development with emphasis on vectorvaccines based on Modified Vaccinia virus Ankara(MVA). Prevention of zoonotic and emerging virusinfections, e.g. avianinfluenza, MERS and WestNile fever, orthopoxvirus infections. Mechanisms of (pox-) viral modulation of the hostimmune system including evasion of innate andadaptive responses to infection.
Publications
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Song F., Fux R., Provacia L., Volz A., Eickmann M., Becker S., Osterhaus A.D., Haagmans B.L., Sutter G. (2013). Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) spike protein delivered by Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA) efficiently induces virus- neutralizing antibodies. J Virol , 87:11950-11954.
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Kremer M., Suezer Y., Vo lz A., Frenz T., Majzoub M., Hanschmann K., Lehmann M.H., Kalinke U., Sutter G. (2012). Critical role of perforin- dependent CD8+ T cell immunity for rapid protective vaccination in a murine model for human smallpox. PLoS Pathog , 8:e1002557.
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Sutter G. , Moss B. (1992): Nonreplicating vaccinia vector efficiently expresses recombinant genes. PNAS USA , 89, 10847-10851 (first description of recombinant vaccinia virus MVA).
