New preprint from our lab, now on bioRxiv! We are VERY excited about this one! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... How does Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) immunity become linked to multiple sclerosis (MS)? (1/8)

A pro-inflammatory effector-memory T cell program links peripheral EBV priming to CNS autoimmunity

T and B cell-mediated immunosurveillance of the central nervous system (CNS) can become maladaptive in multiple sclerosis (MS). Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a likely driver of MS, yet how exactly EBV-s...

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Intracellular complement factor H protects neurons during CNS inflammation @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎉 Excited to share our new review in Trends in Immunology! We explore how cytokines shape neuronal function and how immune–neuron communication influences neurophysiology, CNS infection and chronic neuroinflammation. 📖 Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Neurons as cytokine sensors in the central nervous system

Cytokines are key messenger molecules that bridge the nervous and immune systems through a bidirectional signalling network. Beyond their roles in dev…

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Honored to be part of this network. Looking forward to stimulating discussions with the other fellows 🚀

Hertie Network (Hamburg site)@hertieneurosci.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our new Fellows are now featured on the #HertieNetwork website of📍Hamburg! 🎉Discover more about their exciting research and innovative projects here: www.hertie-neuroscience-hamburg.de 🔬✨🧠

Have a look at the exciting publication of our #HertieNetwork Fellow @janasonner.bsky.social: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41540266/. It shows how the brain senses circulating stress signals and actively suppresses T cells in the spleen to protect the central nervous system from further insult.

📢2nd Annual Meeting of the EFIS-IL Sex Differences in Immunity Study Group! 🗓️October 8-9, 2026 📍Hamburg, Germany 🔗https://linktr.ee/EFIS_ISD @yefis-immunology.bsky.social @dgfi-org.bsky.social @sfi-immunologie.bsky.social @swimm-immuno.bsky.social @irishimmunology.bsky.social @finnsocimm.bsky.social

Immune Sex Differences@sexdiffimmunity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our second annual meeting - please save the date and distribute

We’re excited to introduce the new Hamburg #HertieNetwork fellows for the 3rd funding period: @felixfischbach.bsky.social, Märit Jensen, @brissiek.bsky.social & @janasonner.bsky.social. Looking forward to inspiring projects, discussions & collaboration across sites! #UKEHamburg #HertieStiftung

Extremely proud to see our work out in @natimmunol.nature.com. We believe this a big step towards understanding and harnessing brain-immune-interactions. Thanks to the team and our collaborators, as well as @dfg.de and @ekfstiftung.bsky.social for funding this study. #neuroinflammation #immunology

Manuel Friese@manuelfriese.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Check out our latest research on how a neuron-immune axis modulates peripheral immune responses during multiple sclerosis. We discovered it by exploring pregnancy-associated immune modulation in multiple sclerosis. Special thanks to Jana Sonner and Audrey Kahn: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Check out our latest research on how a neuron-immune axis modulates peripheral immune responses during multiple sclerosis. We discovered it by exploring pregnancy-associated immune modulation in multiple sclerosis. Special thanks to Jana Sonner and Audrey Kahn: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A GDF-15–GFRAL axis controls autoimmune T cell responses during neuroinflammation - Nature Immunology

Here the authors show that endogenous or therapeutically delivered GDF-15 activates brainstem neurons that trigger splenic β-adrenergic signaling. This, in turn, suppresses autoreactive T cells and re...

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Come and visit Audrey (P401) and Aneta (P409) at today's poster session on #Neuroimmunology at the #IUIS2025. Their work and conference visit are supported by the @dfg.de and @dgfi-org.bsky.social.

Closing the DGfI Satellite Symposium with the President's Symposium. We congratulate all price winners, especially the young scientists from our community Philippa Meiser, Adam Wahida, Ali Maisam Afzali and Camilo Faust Akl.🥳🔬 @dgfi-org.bsky.social

Excited to travel to #Vienna to attend the #IUIS2025 including the #DGfI Satellite Symposium and share our work on #NeuroImmune crosstalk and #TcellImmunology in #Neuroinflammation.