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2011 - 01 - 31 Julia Kessler defended her PhD thesis at the Universität des Saarlandes, in Homburg, Germany
Department of Immunology - On Friday, 21.1.2011, Julia Kessler successfully defended her PhD work (magna cum laude) at the Universität des Saarlandes in Homburg/Saar Germany. The title of her PhD thesis is « Genetic and phenotypic characterization of different measles virus strains and their interaction with the innate immune response ».
Julia Kessler PhD has written or co-authored 5 publications and another publication is in preparation. She has given numerous oral presentations, both as department seminars and at international meetings. During her PhD Julia Kessler has learned a broad range of scientific techniques as well as soft skills that are essential for her future scientific career. The English speaking environment of the Institute of Immunology has prepared her for her new position as a post-doctoral scientist at the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University in Belfast, United Kingdom.
List of publication of Julia Kessler during her PhD at the department of Immunology:
JR Kessler, JR Kremer, CP Muller. Interplay of measles virus with early induced cytokines reveals different wild type phenotypes. Virus Research 155, 195-202, 2011.
B Bankamp, EN Lopareva, JR Kremer, Y Tian, MS Clemens, R Patel, AL Fowlkes, JR Kessler, CP Muller, WJ Bellini, PA Rota. Genetic Variability and mRNA Editing Frequencies of the Phosphoprotein Genes of Wild-Type Measles Viruses. Virus Research 2, 298-306, 2008.
PA Rota, KE Brown, JM Hübschen, CP Muller, JP Icenogle, MH Chen, B Bankamp, JR Kessler, DW Brown, WJ Bellini, D Featherstone. Improving Global Virologic Surveillance for Measles and Rubella. Journal of Infectious Diseases. In press.
JR Kessler, JR Kremer, SV Shulga, NT Tikhonova, S Santibanez, A Mankertz, GV Semeiko, EO Samoilovich, JJ Muyembe Tamfum, E Pukuta, CP Muller. Revealing new transmission routes of measles virus using sequence analysis of phosphor- and haemagglutinin genes. J Clin Microbiol. Epub ahead of print.
F Fack, J Kessler, P Pirrotte, J Kremer, D Revets, W Ammerlaan CP Muller. Detection of differentially modified pathogen proteins by Western Blot after 2-D gel electrophoresis and identification by Maldi-Tof-Tof. In: DNA Array Technologies. Editor J Stulik. Publisher: J. Wiley.
AM Billing, JR Kessler, D Revets, J Renaut, S Planchon, CP Muller. Proteome profiling of Measles virus-host interaction in human lung cells comparing wildtype and attenuated strains. In preparation.