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CV Prof. Dr. Bernd Lepenies
Education and Academic Positions:
Since 07/2015:
Associate Professor (W2) for Infection Immunology at the University of
Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Research Center for Emerging Infections and
Zoonoses (RIZ)
12/2014:
Habilitation in Biochemistry at the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin; Topic: "C-type
lectin receptors: ligand identification, cell-specific targeting, and their role in
infection and inflammation"
02/2009
06/2015:
Group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam,
Germany (Junior research group Glycobiotechnology, funded by the German
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF)
01/2008
01/2009:
Postdoctoral fellow at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, in the Laboratory of Organic
Chemistry (Group Prof. Dr. Peter H. Seeberger)
11/2004
12/2007:
PhD thesis (summa cum laude) at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, and the University of
Hamburg, Germany (Group Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleischer, and PD Dr. Thomas Jacobs)
10/1999
10/2004:
Diploma studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany
07/1998
07/1999:
Civilian service, Altenzentrum Springe, Germany
08/1985
06/1998:
School education, University-entrance diploma at the Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium Springe, Germany
Research Grants:
01/2015 12/2018:
Innovative Training Network (ITN) "Immunoshape" (EU, Horizon 2020): "Development of potent carbohydrate
immunomodulators targeting C-type lectin receptors on antigen presenting cells"
02/2009
09/2014:
Junior Research Group Glycobiotechnology, (BMBF, Fkz. 0315446): "Funktion der C-Typ Lektinrezeptoren (CLRs) bei
der Modulation der Immunantwort"
03/2011
06/2015:
Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 765 (DFG, FU Berlin); TP B8: Multivalent carbohydrate-carbohydrate
interactions for cell-specific targeting and imaging
07/2013
06/2015:
International Max Planck Research School (MPI-KG, University Potsdam): "Unraveling carbohydrate/lectin interactions
and targeting lectins in vivo"
10/2011
09/2013:
Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM) (BMWi; Fkz. KF2909301SB1, project cooperation with AnalytiCon
Discovery, Potsdam)
Research Interests:
Infection immunology; Glycoimmunology; Innate immunity; C-type lectin receptors; Vaccination; Adjuvants; Targeted drug
delivery
Scholarships and Awards:
Nachwuchsgruppe "Glykobiotechnologie": Grant by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
(2009 2014)
PhD Award "Intelligible Science", GKSS Research Centre, Germany (2008)
Travel awards from the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the German Society of Immunology, the
European Federation of Immunological Societies, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation (1999-2004)
Invited Talks (Selection):
International Conference on Host-Pathogen Interactions, Hyderabad, India: "The role of C-type lectin receptors in
pathogen recognition from glycan arrays to murine studies", 12.-15.07.2014
9th International Symposium on Glycosyltransferases, Porto, Portugal: "The role of C-type lectin receptors in
infection and inflammation", 18.-21.06.2014
MPI-India joint workshop "Chemical biology of infectious diseases", New Delhi, India: "C-type lectin receptors as
targets for immune modulation in infection and inflammation", 20./21.01.2014
National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: "Oligosaccharide synthesis and glyconanotechnology as tools
to understand carbohydrate-protein interactions", 02.07.2013
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan: "C-type lectin receptors as targets for immune modulation: from glycan arrays to
murine studies", 12.04.2013
Dwek Research School of Chemical Science, Rehovot, Israel: "Immune modulators on surfaces: glycan arrays as tools
for adjuvant development", 15./16.07.2012
Jenner Glycobiology and Medicine Symposium, Den Haag, The Netherlands: "Towards novel adjuvants: from glycan
arrays to murine studies", 31.03.-03.04.2012
Teaching Experience:
Radiochemistry for biochemistry students (practical course), FU Berlin, WS 2009/10
Glycobiology / Immunology (lecture), FU Berlin, since WS 2010/11
Immunology for biochemistry students (practical course), FU Berlin, since SS 2011
SS 2012
Memberships in Scientific Societies:
German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM)
German Society for Immunology (DGfI)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
European Macrophage & Dendritic Cell Society (EMDS)
Member of the selection committee of the German National Academic Foundation
Peer-Review Activities:
Reviewer for the following foundations: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council,
Minerva Stiftung, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
Ad-hoc reviewer for the following journals: ACS Chem. Biol., Bioorg. Med. Chem., Clin. Vaccine Immunol., Eur. J. Pharm.
Biopharm., Int. J. Med. Microbiol., J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Biosci. Bioeng., J. Carbohydr. Chem., J. Mol. Recognit., J.
Proteome Res., Med. Microbiol. Immunol., Nat. Commun., Nat. Rev. Drug Discov., PLoS One, Proteomics, Small
Additional Qualifications:
Accredited project leader for gene technology work according to §14, §15 GenTSV
Accredited leader of infection experiments according to §44 IfSG
Accredited leader of animal experiments according to §9 TierSchG (FELASA B,C)
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