Elena Winheim

Elena Winheim is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Haniffa lab at the Wellcome Sanger Institute since April 2023. Previously, Elena worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Doctoral Student in the Krug lab at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München from July 2017 to December 2022, focusing on the modulation of dendritic cell function and development during viral infections. Elena's academic journey includes internships and thesis work at various institutions, including Universitätsklinikum Tübingen and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, and a comprehensive education in Molecular Medicine, culminating in a PhD from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in July 2022. Additional educational experiences were completed at the University of Antwerp and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.