Stephanie Schüller

Biography

Stephanie Schüller always had a keen interest in the relationships between human pathogenic bacteria and their (unfortunate) hosts. After studying Biology at the universities of Bonn and Marburg in Germany, he finished my undergraduate studies with a one year diploma thesis on the gut pathogen Listeria monocytogenes in the laboratory of Prof. Werner Goebel at the University of Würzburg. He stayed on for my PhD thesis where he investigated how Listeria modulates the macrophage immune response with particular interest on antigen presentation. After completion of my PhD he went to the UK to study the interactions of Mycobacterium bovis BCG with human macrophages and investigate the characteristics of the Mycobacterium-containing phagosome. This work was performed in the group of Prof. Douglas Young and funded by a Marie Curie Fellowship. The final part of the project was completed at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam where he was hosted in the lab of Prof. Jacques Neefjes.

Research Interest

Application of in vitro organ culture of human intestinal biopsies to study EPEC- and EHEC-mediated signal transduction in intestinal epithelial cells and the subsequent innate immune response