Stephanie Jung

Professional experience and academic ecudation
10. 2020 – ongoing Juniorprofessor and groupleader “Cellular Virology” at the Institute of Cardiovascular Immunology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
(contract duration: 3 + 3 years + tenure track)

01.2017 – 09.2020 Postdoc at the Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Center Munich
Projects: Innate immune recognition of Hepatitis D virus infection, piloted and expanded the novel study of extracellular vesicles (EVs, "exosomes") into the Institute of Virology and the establishment of applicable methods; EV methodology.

07.2016 – 12.2016 Secondment to the Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, USA by Helmholtz Center Munich
Project: Identification of cellular interaction partners of hepatitis B and D virus proteins.

10.2014 – 06.2016 Postdoc at the Institute for Immunologie Marburg
Project: Immune recognition of endogenous RNA ligands.
Immune recognition of host and viral RNA; Impact of RNA structures and modification on Toll-like receptor and RIG I-like receptor activation; immunostimulatory potential of intracellular and in vitro treatment with RNases; RNA methodology.

02.2010 - 09.2014 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Institute for Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg
grade: summa cum laude (excellent)
Title: Immune recognition of endogenous RNA ligands
Supervisor: Prof. Stefan Bauer

09.2009 – 01.2010 Scientist at the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
Project: Regulation and function of immunoregulatory microRNAs
Establishment of microRNA quantification methods
11.2008 – 08.2009 Diploma Thesis at the Institute for Virology, Phillips-University Marburg
grade: 1.0 (very good)
Title: Characterization of an oligomerization incompetent mutant of EBOV-VP40
Supervisor: Prof. Stephan Becker