Lab Members
We are an international group with laboratories based at the University of Cologne and at University College London.
Research in the Walczak Laboratory is focused on the study of the functional interplay between cell death, ubiquitin and inflammation in cancer, (auto-)immunity and infectious diseases. The group is particularly interested in unravelling the mechanisms of how this functional interplay, when triggered by different death receptor-ligand systems, affects the (patho-)physiology in cancer, (auto-)immunity and the body’s response to infection. By gaining a better understanding of this functional interplay, the Walczak lab aims to devise novel therapies for these diseases.
Principal Investigator
Professor Henning Walczak, PhD
Administration
Anna Vanessa Breutner
Scientific Coordinator and Executive Assistant
Phone: +49 221 478 81975 (Biochemistry building)
anna.breutner
uk-koeln.de
Annette Froitzheim
Financial Coordinator and Executive Assistant
Phone: +49 221 478 84079 (CECAD building)
annette.froitzheimuk-koeln.de
Annelie Ziedrich
annelie.ziedrichuk-koeln.de
Postdocs
Dr. Marie-Christine Albert
Phone: +49 221-478 84080 (CECAD building)
marie-christine.albertuk-koeln.de
Dr. Peter Kreuzaler
Phone: +49 221 478 84074
peter.kreuzaleruk-koeln.de
Dr. Florian Malchers
Phone: +49 221 478 81978
florian.malchersuni-koeln.de
Dr. Eva Rieser
Phone: +49 221 478 84072
erieseruni-koeln.de
Dr. Santiago Serrano-Sáenz
Phone: +49 221 478 84074
sserranouni-koeln.de
Dr. Jakob Suckale
Phone: +49 221 478 81977 (Biochemistry building)
jsuckaleuni-koeln.de
PhD Students
Alexis Betrancourt
Phone: +49 221 478 84067
alexis.betrancourtuk-koeln.de
Debora Bonasera
Phone.: +49 221 478 81971
debora.bonasera1uk-koeln.de
Fabian Brensing (MD candidate)
Phone.: +49 221 478 84073
fabian.brensinguk-koeln.de
Omar Hassan, MD
Phone: +49 221 478 37432
omar.hassanuk-koeln.de
Julia Saggau
Phone: +49 221 478 81967
Julia.saggau1uk-koeln.de
Ana Beatriz Varanda
Phone.: +49 221 478 84073
ana.varandauk-koeln.de
Katharina Witt
Phone.: +49 221 478 84277
katharina.wittuk-koeln.de
Yanhui Zhang
Phone: +49 221 478 84277
yanhui.zhanguk-koeln.de
Scientific Lab Members
Charles Rauch
Phone: +49 221 478 84073
charles.rauchuk-koeln.de
Technical Assistants
Berthold Gaßen
Phone: +49 221 478 81972
berthold.gassenuni-koeln.de
Birgit Hops
Phone: +49 221 478 84075
bhopsuni-koeln.de
Britta Jenke
Phone: +49 221 478 84075
britta.jenkeuk-koeln.de
Martina Munck
Phone: +49 221 478 81974
martina.munckuni-koeln.de
Venelin Nikolov
Phone: +49 221 478 84067
Venelin.nikolovuk-koeln.de
Ismail Sarwari
Phone: +49 221 478 84067
ismail.sarwariuk-koeln.de
Maria Stumpf
Phone: +49 221 478 81973
maria.stumpfuni-koeln.de