Karsten Kretschmer, PhD
Dr. Karsten Kretschmer
CRTD / DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies
Dresden – Cluster of Excellence
c/o Institute of Physiological Chemistry
MTZ, TU Dresden
Fiedlerstr. 42
01307 Dresden
Germany
karsten.kretschmer@crt-dresden.de
www.crt-dresden.de
Education and Research
| 1999 |
Diploma, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research & Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina, Braunschweig |
| 1999-2003 |
PhD, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig |
| 2003 - 2007 |
Postdoctoral fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA |
| since July 2007 | Group leader, CRTD/DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden |
Current Research Interests
- Regulatory T cells as an approach to promote immunotolerance
- Mechanisms of suppression by regulatory T cells
- Molecular pathways of Foxp3- and RORγt-mediated T cell differentiation
- MicroRNAs in tolerance and autoimmunity
- Foxp3 and regulatory T cells in hematopoiesis
