Welcome to the Grimbacher Lab at the CCI in Freiburg

Bodo Grimbacher

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About us

My research group is looking for genes in patients with inborn errors of immunity. We are also interested in the epigenetics and metagenomics of our patients. By investigating the genetic causes, we hope to gain a better understanding of patients‘ diseases so that we can develop and offer better, more targeted and individualized therapies.

Our Team

Group Leader

Prof. Dr. med. Bodo Grimbacher
Scientific Director of the Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI)
Vice Director of the Institute for Immunodeficiency (IFI) at the CCI
Medical Center – University of Freiburg
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CV Prof. Dr. med. Bodo Grimbacher

Since 2025 he is again Scientific Director of the Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center – University of Freiburg. From 2021 to 2022 he was on sabbatical at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA. Since 2019, he is Vice Director of the Institute for Immunodeficiency (IFI) at the CCI. Prior to his current position, he held the position of Scientific Director and Consultant at the CCI from 2011 to 2019. From 2006 to 2011, he was Consultant and Head of the EU Marie Curie Research Group in the Department of Immunology at the Royal Free Hospital, University College London, UK. He habilitated in Internal Medicine at the University of Freiburg in 2006 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hans-Hartmut Peter. From 2000 to 2006, he worked as a physician in the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Medical Center – University of Freiburg. Earlier in his career, he spent three years as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, from 1997 to 2000. His medical career began as an assistant physician in the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Medical Center – University of Freiburg from 1995 to 1997, after completing his medical doctorate at the University of Freiburg in 1995 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hermann Eibel. He received his academic training between 1988 and 1995, when he studied medicine in Aachen, Freiburg, and Hamburg.

Junior Group Leaders

Dr. Virginia Andreani
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Dr. Laura Gamez
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Prof. Dr. Michele Proietti
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Dr. Bei Zhao
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Postdocs

Dr. Marie-Céline Deau
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Dr. Manfred Fliegauf
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Physicians

Mate Krausz
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Sara Posadas
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PhD Students

Giulia Bressan
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Elena Sindram
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Members

Julia Andris
Management, GAINPROimmun e.V.
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Pavla Mrovecova
Lab Technician
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Gabriele Müller
Medical Documentary
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Teresa Sprang
Personal Assistant of Prof. Dr. Bodo Grimbacher
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Medical Students

Sophia Marie Armbruster, geb. Heimann
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Pia Hassunah
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Julia Hein
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Eyad Jannoud
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Dario Moradi
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Johannes Rohde
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Larissa Schöne
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Alissa Schröder
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Julia Silva
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Lara Stopp
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Katharina Thoma
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Helena Vaupel
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Student Assistants

Paul Kiewitz
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Anna Lang
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Nathalie Weimar
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Alumni

Dr. Andres Caballero
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Jorrell Rush-Kittle
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