Host-Pathogen Interactions

The division host-pathogen interaction has a focus on synthetic genomics and diseases of the hoof. The team deciphers virulence traits as well as pathogenicity mechanisms and contributes to the improvement & development of vaccines and diagnostic assays. Our research covers mycoplasmas, Pasteurellaceae, Dichelobacter spp. and Treponema spp.

Forschungsgruppe J. Jores

Team members

  • Prof Jörg Jores - Veterinarian
  • Prof Peter Kuhnert – Molecular Biologist
  • Dr Jing Zhang – Bioinformatician
  • Dr Thomas Démoulins – Immunologist
  • Dr Melanie Willimann – Molecular Biologist
  • Isabelle Brodard - Technician
  • Marilou Bourgeon – Technician
  • Paraskevi Pramateftaki – Technician
  • Thatcha Yimthin – PhD student
  • Nora Ranzoni, PhD student
  • Laura Tassera – DVM student
  • Jan Philip Tscheulin, MSc student