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Dr. rer. nat. Florian Kurschus

Arbeitsgruppenleiter (AG Dr. rer. nat. Kurschus)


06221 56-36657
06221 56-1617

Ärztlicher / Beruflicher Werdegang

seit 2018

Group leader at the Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

2010 – 2018

Group leader at the Institute for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

2008 – 2010

Senior scientist in the group of Ari Waisman University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

2006 – 2008

Group leader, Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany (Prof. Dr. H. Wekerle)

2001 – 2006

Postdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany (PD. Dr. D. Jenne)

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

1997 – 2001

Ph.D.-Thesis in molecular immunology at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. B. Arnold and Prof. Dr. G. Hämmerling)

1991 – 1997

Diploma in biology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany

Research focus

Cytokines in inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis and multiples sclerosis (MS) and their mouse models

Effector mechanisms of T cell-mediated autoimmunity