In our “SFB 1381´s Female Minds” series we introduce the female project leaders in our SFB by letting them answer three questions- about the SFB, their career, their balancing of work and private life, gender issues in general etc.
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Laura Gámez-Díaz studied Microbiology in Colombia and completed her Master´s degree in Biology through a joint program between Colombia and Canada, before pursuing a PhD in Freiburg. Following her postdoctoral training in Freiburg and New York, Laura was appointed as Junior Group Leader at the CCI at the University Medical Center Freiburg. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of immune dysregulation, particularly in LRBA deficiency. During the first funding period of our SFB 1381, Laura was awarded with the SFB 1381 Young Investigator Grant, and she is currently co-leading project B10. |
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Following research and study stays in Paris, Singapore, Berkeley, and various locations in Germany, Valérie Hilgers has led a research group at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg since 2016. A recipient of both an ERC Starting Grant and an ERC Consolidator Grant, she will begin her new role as Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel in July 2025. Valérie’s research focuses on the genetics and epigenetics of the nervous system, and within our SFB, she leads project B02. |
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Claudine Kraft began her early research career in Vienna and Zürich, and in 2017, she became a W3 professor at the University of Freiburg. Her research centers on autophagy, the cellular waste disposal system. In our SFB, she leads project B10 and is also a member of the management board, in addition to co-heading the central project Z03. She is a founding member of “Women in Autophagy,” a network empowering women and other under-represented gender identities in the field of autophagy. |
