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Prof. Dr. Florian Kühnel

Florian Kühnel is a Principal Investigator in SP9 and a member of the Curriculum Committee.
 

His research focus lies on oncolytic virotherapy, molecular retargeting, immunogenic cell death, and tumor immunology.

Prof. Kühnel has served as organizer of the seminar series ‘Gastroenterologisches Kolloquium’ since 2011, given lectures on oncolytic viruses and virotherapy in the program MSc. Molecular Medicine and MSc. Biochemistry, module ‘Tumorbiology’ since 2019, and since that same year has been a member of the advisory board of the central animal facility of the MHH.

Curriculum Vitae

Year Position
2018 Apl. Professor
2011 Venia legendi for ‘Experimental Virology’; MHH
Since 2011 Research group leader, Dept. Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectiology, and Endocrinology, MHH
2005 Principal Investigator
2001-2005 Postdoc, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, MHH
2005-2011 Principal Investigator (EU-project ‘Netsensor’) and Co-PI (Deutsche Krebshilfe)
2001-2005 Postdoctoral fellow (mentor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Kubicka), Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Endocrinology, MHH
2001 Dr. rer. nat. (“magna cum laude”), Leibniz-University of Hannover (Supervisors: PD Dr. rer. nat. Walter Müller and Prof. Dr. med Stefan Kubicka)
1997-2001 PhD student, Dept. Physiol. Chemistry and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MHH
1990-1996 Studies of Biochemistry (Dipl.), Leibniz-University of Hannover
1987-1990 Qualification and work as Chemical Technician (Kali-Chemie AG)