Team Netherlands

Mihai Netea

Professor of Experimental Internal Medicine at the Radboudumc.

Research focus: Immune aging, trained immunity, and how the human immune system responds to challenges.

Marien de Jonge

Professor and the Head of Laboratory of Medical Immunology at the Radboudumc.

Research focus: Host–pathogen interactions, mucosal immunity, respiratory infections, and improving vaccines and diagnostics.

Peter Pickkers

Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the Radboudumc.

Research focus: Pharmacological modulation of the innate immune response in translational models and patients.

Niels Riksen

Professor of Vascular Medicine at the Radboudumc.

Research focus: Cardiovascular disease, immunometabolism, and trained immunity.

Romana Netea-Maier

Professor of Experimental Internal Medicine at the Radboudumc.

Research focus: Endocrine and immune interactions, with a particular emphasis on thyroid disorders.

Shih-Chin (James) Cheng

Head of Laboratory at the Radboudumc.

Research focus: Trained immunity, immunometabolism, and host–pathogen interactions to understand mechanisms underlying infectious, inflammatory, and immune-mediated diseases.

Quirijn de Mast

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the Radboudumc.

Research focus: Infectious diseases, global health, and host–pathogen interactions.

Matthijs Kox

Assistant Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the Radboudumc.

Research focus: Sepsis and critical care medicine, investigating immune dysregulation and mechanisms underlying severe infectious and inflammatory diseases.

Team Germany

Yang Li

Professor and Director at the Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Hannover.

Research focus: Computational biology, systems immunology, and multi-omics approaches to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying infectious and immune-mediated diseases.