Christine Goffinet

Biography

Christine Goffinet received her initial training in Molecular Biology and Microbiology during her Biology studies at the University of Hamburg.  2004, she joined the laboratory group of Prof. Oliver Keppler at the Department of Infectious Diseases of the University of Heidelberg. During her doctoral studies, she worked on the characterization and advancement of the human CD4/human CCR5-transgenic rat model for HIV infection.  During subsequent postdoctoral studies in Prof. Oliver Keppler's group, her research focused on the then recently identified HIV-1 restriction factor CD317/tetherin.  2010, she accepted an Independent Junior Research Group leader position at the Institute of Molecular Virology of the University of Ulm, headed by Prof. Kirchhoff. Her group investigates various aspects of HIV infection, including the ability of cellular proteins to impede HIV replication and mechanisms of cell-mediated sensing of HIV infection. Since 2013, as Junior Professor at MHH, she is leading the research group "Innate immunity and viral evasion" at the Institute for Experimental Virology at TWINCORE.

Research Interest

Experimental Virology