Andrea Ablasser

Andrea Ablasser is Associate Professor at the Global Health Institute, Faculty of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Research in her lab focuses on fundamental mechanisms of innate DNA recognition and their role in biology. She has received numerous accolades for her contributions to the field of innate immunity, including the prestigious 2018 National Latsis Prize and the 2018 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators. Andrea previously completed postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Veit Hornung in Bonn, Germany.

Andrea studied medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and carried out part of her practical training at Harvard Medical School. When she finished her medical degree, she was ranked as one of the top ten students in Germany.