Bertram Bengsch
Principal Investigator
Department of Medicine II, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases
Medical Center University of Freiburg
Hugstetter Straße 55
79106 Freiburg
- +49 761 270-32870
- bertram.bengsch@uniklinik-freiburg.de
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Current position
Academic training
| 2002 - 2008 | Study of Medicine in Freiburg with electives in London, GB, and Philadelphia, USA |
Advanced academic qualifications
| 2013 | PhD Dissertation (Faculty of Biology & SGBM), University of Freiburg |
| 2008 | MD Dissertation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg |
Postgraduate Positions
| Since 2020 | Heisenberg Professor and Section Head of Translational Hepatogastroenterology, Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Medical Center Freiburg |
| Since 10/17 | Group leader, Department of Medicine II, Freiburg |
| 2014 - 2017 | Postdoctorate (DFG fellowship), Institute for Immunology & Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (Prof. E.J. Wherry), University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2009 - 2014 | Clinical and research fellow, Department of Medicine II, University Hospital Freiburg |
Miscellaneous (Honors, Awards)
| 2020 | Heisenberg Professorship (German Research Foundation) |
| 2017 - 2019 | EXCEL Fellowship for Clinician Scientists, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg |
| 2016 | Postdoc scholarship award, Keystone meeting Q8 “Immunometabolism in Immune Function and Inflammatory Disease” |
| 2014 - 2016 | Postdoctoral research fellowship of the German Research Foundation |
| 2012 | MSD stipend for young clinician scientists (Hepatology / HIV) |
| 2009 – 2013 | Spemann Graduate School of Biology & Medicine (SGBM) MD, PhD Scholarship |
| 2008 | Ismar-Boas Prize –Prize (DGVS) for excellent medical thesis. |
| 2006 & 2007 | Prize for distinguished dedication to academic Teaching, 2006-2007 (Medical Faculty Freiburg, Project „Cicil“), and Media Prize 2006 (University of Freiburg) |
Publications listed in PubMed®
Publications (based on CRC1479 funding)
Edwards-Hicks J, Apostolova P, Buescher JM, Maib H, Stanczak MA, Corrado M, Klein Geltink RI, Maccari ME, Villa M, Carrizo GE, Sanin DE, Baixauli F, Kelly B, Curtis JD, Haessler F, Patterson A, Field CS, Caputa G, Kyle RL, Soballa M, Cha M, Paul H, Martin J, Grzes KM, Flachsmann L, Mitterer M, Zhao L, Winkler F, Rafei-Shamsabadi DA, Meiss F, Bengsch B, Zeiser R, Puleston DJ, O’Sullivan D, Pearce EJ, Pearce EL. Phosphoinositide acyl chain saturation drives CD8+ effector T cell signaling and function. Nat Immunol. 2023 Mar;24(3):516-530. doi: 10.1038/s41590-023-01419-y. Epub 2023 Feb 2.
Barsch M, Salié H, Schlaak AE, Zhang Z, Hess M, Mayer LS, Tauber C, Otto-Mora P, Ohtani T, Nilsson T, Wischer L, Winkler F, Manne S, Rech A, Schmitt-Graeff A, Bronsert P, Hofmann M, Neumann-Haefelin C, Boettler T, Fichtner-Feigl S, van Boemmel F, Berg T, Rimassa L, Di Tommaso L, Saeed A, D’Alessio A, Pinato DJ, Bettinger D, Binder H, John Wherry E, Schultheiss M, Thimme R, Bengsch B. T-cell exhaustion and residency dynamics inform clinical outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Hepatol. 2022 Aug;77(2):397-409. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.02.032. Epub 2022 Apr 1.
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