Renkawitz Lab

Cell biology of the immune system

Landscape portrait of Jörg Renkawitz.

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Prof. Dr. Jörg Renkawitz

Cell biology of the immune system
Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology

+49 89 2180 71516
joerg.renkawitz@med.uni-muenchen.de

Research Topics

  • 3D cell migration and navigation
  • Macropinocytosis
  • Cellular, cytoskeletal, and nuclear dynamics
  • Imaging, CRISPR
  • Tissue-mimetic 3D microenvironments

We employ immune cells to unravel the basic mechanisms and principles of cell motility such as during cell migration, macropinocytosis and leukocyte trafficking. Our lab interdisciplinary combines advanced live-cell microscopy, genetic-engineering (e.g. CRISPR), custom-made micro-environments (e.g. microfluidics, 3D collagen matrices) and unbiased system-wide approaches. Thereby we aim to identify fundamental cell biological principles and their misregulation in disease. Read more...

Scientific vita

since 2018
Endowed Peter Hans Hofschneider Professor, Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich
2014-2018
Postdoctoral researcher, Michael Sixt Lab, Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria
2013
PhD, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry/LMU Munich, Advisor: Stefan Jentsch