Annika Zaayenga

Short Academic Biography​

• BSc Life Science, Leibniz University of Hannover

• MSc Biotechnology, University of Münster

• Currently a PhD student at UKE, AG Hölzemer

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Research Interests

• My primary research project focuses on the early response patterns of innate cellular immune crosstalk in hemorrhagic fever virus infections, with a particular focus on identifying potential factors that protect macrophages from NK cell-mediated killing.

• Additionally, I am investigating cerebral organoids to better understand the immune response to hemorrhagic fever viruses in the brain.