Jan Rupp

Consolidated Researcher Details:

Institute:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Lübeck
Research Area:
Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology
Website:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Lübeck
Prof. Dr. med.
Jan Rupp
jan.rupp [at] uksh.de
+49 (0) 451 / 500 - 45 301
Researcher ID: C-8794-2011
RTG-Project (Principal-Investigator): The impact of HIF-1α on host immune responses in chlamydial infections of the murine female genital tract
RTG-Project (Principal-Investigator): How the microenvironment shapes intracellular chlamydial infection and pathogenicity
RTG-Project (Principal-Investigator): Infection-induced inflammation in a Chlamydia mouse model
RTG-Project (Principal-Investigator): The role of microbiome- induced metabolic and inflammatory changes on urogenital- tract infections
RTG-Project (Principal-Investigator): Role of HIF-1α during Chlamydia infection in vivo
RTG-Project (Principal-Investigator): Towards the Implementation of Next Generation Sequencing in Routine Infectious Disease Diagnostics
RTG-Project (Principal-Investigator): Functional characterization of microbial interactions in inflammatory bowel diseases
RTG-Project (Principal-Investigator): Modulation of the immune and cytokine response during an in vivo infection with Chlamydiae
RTG-Project (Principal-Investigator): Modulation of urogential tract infections with Chlamydia in mouse model
RTG-Project (Principal-Investigator): Influence of the microenvironment on the pathogenicity of C. trachomatis in ascending genital tract infections in females

Why this profession?

It was not my childhood dream to become a doctor, but I felt that studying medicine would leave me open to a lot of different opportunities later on in my daily work. And that´s how it went: I still enjoy taking care of my patients as well as the incessant process of improving science in my lab and my work as a lecturer and scientist.

Why RTG Genes, Environment and Inflammation?

The combination of these three aspects is very unique and completely fits in with my view on how inflammatory processes elapse. Understanding how the environment shapes host-pathogen interactions is one of the most fascinating facets in infection biology and will keep us busy for quite a while. The findings coming out of the RTG will not only expand our comprehension of inflammation in general, but will also result in future trends to improve the experimental models and constitute research as close to vivo as possible.